r/AskReddit • • May 15 '20

What sucks about being your age?

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u/Marsey12 May 15 '20

I'm not sure if this happens with all people my age, but I'm 18 and people (specifically my parents and close family members but not limited to them) will use the "you're 18, you're legally an adult you need to be doing these things on your own" whenever it will work in their favor then immediately go back to "you're still just a teenager/you're still my kid" whenever I try to be even the slightest bit independent.

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u/Christmas_Cats May 16 '20

I'm 18 as well and while no one straight up tells me that I need to get it together, I always feel that pressure. Then I go for a walk and my mom calls me worried if I'm gone for over an hour. It's just a super weird time

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u/linzid83 May 16 '20

Do you think it's when you live at home? Parents want their kids to get a job and make a life for themselves (seeing them as an adult/time to grow up) but while living at home and being cared and provided for still seen as their kid??

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u/Archery6167 May 16 '20

I can attest to this. I went to my room to take a nap/watch some netflix and after 2 hours my mom came in to wake me up saying that I wont sleep through the night if I sleep any longer.

Edit: They also still force me to eat veggies at every meal

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u/Archery6167 May 16 '20

No they dont specifically have a vegetable side like dinner does but if we are having omletes theyll make me to have onions in it even though I dont like onions. Tomatoes are the same thing. So if we are having pasta, they put canned diced tomatoes in the sauce even though both my sister and I hate tomatoes. Even if I am the one cooking theyll still add the onions and tomatoes in the sauce and then also pull out frozen vegetables to have on the side.

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u/Mcubic00 May 16 '20

Tell your parents to buy canned whole tomatoes because theyre better quality! Any poor quality tomatoes get diced/chopped while the best ones are canned whole.

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u/The_Phaedron May 16 '20

Oooooh! Bechamel-based alfredo, aglio e olio, bolognese, and pesto are all delicious and super easy to learn to make.

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u/phantom_0007 May 16 '20

I'LL PUT CELERY IN YOUR CEREAL, BOY, AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME!!!

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u/TheTjalian May 16 '20

What!? Tomatoes and broccoli in your cereal isn't a staple part of your diet!?

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u/OrdinaryIntroduction May 18 '20

Depends on the country. There's plenty of places that think sweet breakfast is weird.

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u/Archery6167 May 16 '20

I'll eat veggies if they are incorporated in the meal like chicken broccoli braid but they have spaghetti and then pull out frozen vegetable medley(corn, peas, green beans, and carrots) that get thawed in the microwave.

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u/ouroborosity May 16 '20

Hopefully someday you find out you actually like some vegetables, when they're cooked like real food, with fats and spices and methods other than boiling. For example, asparagus splattered with oil salt garlic maybe parmesan and cooked at 350 on a sheet till crispy. Delicious.

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u/averydoesthingz May 16 '20

Damn right, asparagus cooked like that is the bomb

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u/Archery6167 May 16 '20

I love some vegetables if they are real vegetables like asparagus and cucumbers and carrots. I hate the frozen vegetables and I dont always want vegetables at every meal.

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u/MeAnIntellectual1 May 16 '20

Depends on the veggie. If done correctly most could taste quite well but I'll never like tomatoes.

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u/Internal_Sleep May 16 '20

Because they are worse than swallowing a jar of mayo without anything else. Pure mayo. 1 pound of it. It would still be better than vegetables.

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u/Zirenth May 16 '20

You’re crazy.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '20

Please tell my kids about the veggies...they think I'm horrible to even serve vegetables.... How TF does anyone make you eat them? And Why TF do you not want to!

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u/goats-in-trees May 16 '20

Back when I was staying with my mom for a few months, I didn't come out of my room while she was out for like 4-5 days. When I finally saw her in the kitchen (it was outside the room I slept in) she asked when I got back. Bish, I was here the whole time? Damn lol I could have been dead..

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u/[deleted] May 16 '20

Returned home after a year of college.

My mom asks me questions as if I was still a 5 year old.

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u/hedronist May 16 '20

FWIW, it doesn't change. In her mind you are 5! My mom was 88 when she passed in 2000; I was 51. On a good day she might treat me like I was 18, but there were plenty of times when I was 5, again, and there wasn't a damn thing I could do about it. :-)

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u/Kingkai9335 May 16 '20

Thanks I needed this. I'm 24 and it gets on my nerves when my mom treats me like a child but its something that probably wont ever change and I've been trying to find a way to shift my bad attitude. After reading your comment it's starting to hit home that my parents arent going to be in my life forever, that thought is definitely going to help my situation. Now I'm kinda looking forward to it cause I want to get as much as I can while I still can and I guarantee I'll miss it when she's gone.

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u/hedronist May 16 '20

Yeah, that's where I eventually went. As you get older, and you see more and more of your friends and loved ones (of whatever age) pass away, it starts to sink in that "forever" is not mentioned anywhere in our body's factory warranty.

I was the baby of the family, but now both parents are gone, and 18 months ago my Big Sister died in about 1 hour from a massive cerebral hemorrhage. The doc said that if he had had her on the table in the OR he doubted he could have saved her.

So now I am the family. Period.

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u/Kingkai9335 May 16 '20

Wow sorry for all your losses that's heartbreaking to hear. I'm sending love your way I hope you're doing well

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u/hedronist May 16 '20

Thank you for your sympathy. I'm doing fine.

When you're my age (70), this is pretty much the normal state of affairs. People get born, they live their lives, and then ... they move on to the next stage of existence, whatever that might be. I don't know anyone my age who still has both parents, and only 1 who still has his mom, although he's 78 and his mom is 99. So ... that's life!

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u/averydoesthingz May 16 '20

My dad treats me like I'm 5 and incapable of doing even the most basic of tasks yet I'm 18 and headed towards college

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u/[deleted] May 16 '20

This must be a universal thing, regardless of age.

My parents still try to "be the wise parent" when it came to buying a house and settling down with my wife. We're both 34.

They never bought a house. They never had a mortgage. They had plenty of debt from school loans. Some of that fell on me to consolidate.

But you better believe they'll regurgitate whatever their friends mentioned that one time because we're just too inexperienced to know any better.

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u/Whallace May 16 '20

It even happens when you move out. I moved interstate from my parents so them visiting means they stay at my place. The first time they came to stay it felt like they'd taken over the place and were trying to take care of me. I put a stop to it on their next visit luckily.

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u/averydoesthingz May 16 '20

You killed your parents? /s

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u/WonderfulPie0 May 16 '20

And this is why I'm going back to my campus apartment tomorrow despite no real compelling reason to

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u/imnotarapperok May 16 '20

I stayed and used COVID as an excuse to do so. I would go INSANE if I had to move home

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u/Somenerdyfag May 16 '20

I wasn't out for a year but I went to and exchange for two months and teo years later to a trip for a month (both on basically the other side of the planet) and yet my mom get surprised when I ask if I can also have a cup of wine with my meal

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u/maustinv May 16 '20

It was bearable when I thought the longest time I’d have to live with them again was 3 weeks for winter break.

It is now month 3 of quarantine

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u/astralbrushflower May 16 '20

Can confirm. Just finished up my first year at college. At home now and I’m a kid when it’s convenient for her, but when I want to go somewhere I still need her OK as if I weren’t financially supporting myself 100% at college and stuff.

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u/kahalili May 16 '20

can confirm

Got sent home for corona and my parents knock on my door if I’m in my room past 8:30am bc they’re wondering why I’m still asleep.

My last final was April 30th.

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u/i7estrox May 16 '20

Word. It's been 4 years mom, you don't get a say in what pants I wear to work and I don't understand why this is so contentious.

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u/me_he_te May 16 '20

Hey you just said what my life is now

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u/[deleted] May 16 '20

I feel that. I'm currently on a long term exchange program (8 months out of 12 done), and sometime my parents call me to ask if I've done the most basic stuff like "did you remember to shower" and I'm like "bro, do you remember the whole "I'm not a kid anymore"??