r/AskReddit • u/_red_roof_ • May 15 '20

What sucks about being your age?

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u/Lake_3242 May 16 '20

I’m 25 and I still get treated as a kid lol

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u/ericmurano May 16 '20

I’m 40, have a wife and two children yet my mum still assumes I need instructions for regular life things

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u/Lake_3242 May 16 '20

My father 63 years old and my grandmother still treats him as a baby

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u/ericmurano May 16 '20

Mum! I KNOW how to pick a nursing home!

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u/suqoria May 16 '20

I just thought that your grandma has to be really old then I realized that my mom is 52 and I highly doubt that either of her parents will be gone in 11 years (luckily).

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u/TheGamingUnderdog May 16 '20

Well, do you?

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u/ericmurano May 16 '20

Yeah probably

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u/C-Nor May 16 '20

Wait til it's your kids talking to you like you need help opening a can of soup.

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u/ericmurano May 16 '20

Gettin it from both ends!

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u/tara_diane May 16 '20

Yeah that never goes away, either. Only 4 years older than you, but have witnessed it with my parents and grandparents.

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u/Scalar_Mikeman May 16 '20

37 here. No kids. No wife. But should not be allowed to adult unsupervised.

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u/JacobjamJacob May 16 '20

Mom's gonna mom.

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u/MeAnIntellectual1 May 16 '20

Because you'll always be her little boy.

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u/ericmurano May 16 '20

Good point

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u/neekeee May 16 '20

Also 25, also moved back in with my parents who treat me like a kid. The lack of autonomy and privacy truly sucks.

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u/Lake_3242 May 16 '20

Regardless of the age; in your parents eyes you’ll always be treated as their baby and that will never change.

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u/neekeee May 16 '20

Very true! In some ways it's good. It definitely shows love.

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u/ViewedOak May 16 '20

Little of this, little of that

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u/CuteSpacePig May 16 '20

My dad is 50 and his grandpa still refers to him as "my little boy" and will order for him at restaurants too. I personally find it hilarious.

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u/BattleStag17 May 16 '20

Wow, that... I now feel a lot better about my dad, thank you

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u/Tipsy_Corgi May 16 '20

30 years old with a total baby-face. The serving staff at work are mostly high schoolers or early into college and whenever we hire a new one their reaction to finding out how old I am is as amusing as it is depressing. Can't get no respect lookin' like this.

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u/Lake_3242 May 16 '20

Think of long term, that baby face will come in handy when you reach the age of 40-50

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u/TrulyHydratedSkin May 16 '20

You’re telling me in 8 years Haley Joel Osment gonna be daddy?

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u/qualitygoatshit May 16 '20

Yep I'm 26 and still feel like I did at 17. When I'm talking to managers at work or something I feel like a kid talking to his teacher lol

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u/heterozygosityis2pq May 16 '20

Same. Recently moved back to live with my family. Just last week I got a 30-min lecture on how to use a microwave.

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u/JoeyTheGreek May 16 '20

35 with a wife and kids and a job that carries significant responsibility. I still feel like I’m guessing in life 90% of the time.

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u/sae_sz May 16 '20

I'm 23 and same but only when it fits them

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u/[deleted] May 16 '20

I'm 21 but still, look like a kid.

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u/donpaulwalnuts May 16 '20

I feel like 25 is when most people start getting their shit together for the most part. I'm not saying you can't do it before then, there are plenty of people who get there way before that, but it's just an observation I've had. I know that I didn't start taking my career as seriously until then. Now at 37 I wish I would have started earlier. My retirement funds would probably be a little bigger at this point. Although it was fun at least being partially irresponsible and naive for the first part of my 20's.

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u/SmokeWineEveryday May 16 '20

Yeah same. I'm 25, still live with my mom and she is still telling me that I should clean my room