"I wanna be a grown up!" was the statement my daughter made yesterday.
This has been one of those weeks for me where grown up stuff hasn't been so fun. I wish I could close my eyes, click my heels together and go back to simpler times. Where the worst problem was forgetting a homework assignment or having a curfew that was too early.
Last week I spoke of "reality beach" and how even on vacation, your reality has a way of following you. I feel so lucky to have had a vacation but I still find myself craving a respite from the everyday. Just a few days where I don't worry about my daughter's asthma or my son's behavior. How I'd love to escape the knowledge that life isn't a fairytale, adults make mistakes, and the good guy doesn't always win.
I definitely have my parents to thank for sheltering me as a child from the adult world. I would venture to guess that I, too, probably made a similar statement as my daughter did yesterday. Wishing to be an adult who could make her own decisions. Little did I know, how hard making decisions would be.
So, I suppose I should be glad that my daughter believes being an adult would be great. Maybe it means I'm doing a good job of hiding my frustration with the adult world. Because if she felt the weight of the world as I do right now, I don't think she'd want to be an adult anymore.
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I get this too. Sometimes being a responsible adult is overwhelming. There are definitely days when I don't want to be the grown up.
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Wow!! Very well said..
I too wish for just one day, I could go back to being a kid.. where reality usually is peachy..
But then again,if I went back to being a kid, I'd miss my wine! lol
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I dread the day my daughter figures out she wants to be all grown up and leave her childhood behind...
Sounds like she thinks you make it look easy!
What I wouldn't give to go back to having no responsibilities, even for just a day!
*support* Just think...such a heavy weight helps make our backs stronger so that when the time comes we can carry things that matter the most.
At least that's what I tell myself.
:)
I think the only part of adulthood that was cool was the part when we were over 18 but still supported by our parents while living away from them. Once that gravy train dried up, life began anew and the reality of everything life slaps us with came to be!
Some days I wish I could go back to being an irresponsible kid too!
Those are usually the days I convince T to help me build a fort in the living room, or we stay up late watching a movie. I try to do something with him that we both enjoy, so I can attempt to forget all the "adult world" problems I have.
I hope things start to go better for you...being an adult can be a real drag sometimes. XO
This was hard to read. My son just told me yesterday it seems like being an adult is hard. Sigh...I guess I'm not a graceful as you. :) It's hard to keep the weight off of them sometimes. Good for you for keeping up the fairytale! Stopping by for the first time from PYHO.
Being an adult is SO overrated! Sometimes I just want to run away.
Wouldn't it be nice if we could throw a tantrum every now and then? Just let all the frustration and stress out instead of keeping it in. But as adults that's a huge no-no.
Being an adult is HARD!! There is an upside to it sometimes, WE get to make the rules. Well, at least that is what we tell ourselves!
Thanks all! Seems I'm not alone thinking adulthood is way over rated!
I can not tell you how many times I have wished I knew then what I know now about being an adult. But man does that make me feel old!
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