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The local newspaper is running articles on the different decades of life. Each week is a different decade. Last week, they did the 20's and I thought they were horribly off, so I'm posting it here with my commentary to see what you all think.
A little older, a little wiser and a place of your own
Scott Craven
The Arizona Republic
Sept. 22, 2007 12:00 AM
Twenty is that age that marks your passing from carefree youth to responsible grown-up (for most of us, anyway). The teen years are gone, and it's time to start getting more serious.
20 signs you are an adult in your 20s
1. You have your own place. Even better, no roommates.
True for the most part.
2. You mailed back a credit- card application and actually received a credit card. Sweet.
Got my credit card when I was 18.
3. You just received your first credit-card bill. Not so sweet.
Not so bad if you use one responsibly.
4. Dating is no longer just about lust. It's also about feelings.
Dating was never about lust for me in the first place. Honestly.
5. Friday nights are lonelier as your friends start getting married.
Not really. My married friends acted the same after marriage as they did before.
6. You stop by your parents' house for dinner. Not because you miss them, but because it's a free meal.
Will agree with this one.
7. Goodbye family vacation, hello two weeks in Paris.
As if I could afford it?
8. You open a 401(k) retirement account at work, knowing it will be years before you see the point.
Pretty much agree.
9. You wonder how your parents survived weekends before there were ATMs.
Hardly ever use them actually.
10. You pay for your own car insurance and understand why your parents were eager to boot you off their policy.
My parents actually seemed to want to keep me on their policy.
11. Not only can you vote, you actually do. And you feel as if your vote made a difference.
I did vote. Did not feel it made a difference.
12. You start to read books for pleasure.
Did that when I was a kid. I actually read alot less now.
13. You're ideological, a phase that will last several years before cynicism settles in.
Ha! Maybe at 8, though I do have my moments at times.
14. You toss the pillow sack in favor of real luggage.
Actually did get a real luggage set recently.
15. In need of a sofa, you browse the new-furniture ads rather than Craigslist.
Haven't actually bought a sofa yet. We'll see.
16. You cash in the life-insurance policy your parents had on you, because right now, it seems as though you are going to live forever.
My parents had a life-insurance policy on me?
17. You put your collection of Adam Sandler movies in the attic.
Never had that collection and I don't have an attic.
18. That rapid heartbeat you used to experience in bars is gone, because the ID in your pocket is real.
Can agree to this one.
19. You can rent a car, which sure beats using the bus when you travel.
Not 25 yet. Even if I were, don't know I could afford it.
20. Marriage doesn't seem so otherworldly, maybe even kids someday.
More than a maybe.
A little older, a little wiser and a place of your own
Scott Craven
The Arizona Republic
Sept. 22, 2007 12:00 AM
Twenty is that age that marks your passing from carefree youth to responsible grown-up (for most of us, anyway). The teen years are gone, and it's time to start getting more serious.
20 signs you are an adult in your 20s
1. You have your own place. Even better, no roommates.
True for the most part.
2. You mailed back a credit- card application and actually received a credit card. Sweet.
Got my credit card when I was 18.
3. You just received your first credit-card bill. Not so sweet.
Not so bad if you use one responsibly.
4. Dating is no longer just about lust. It's also about feelings.
Dating was never about lust for me in the first place. Honestly.
5. Friday nights are lonelier as your friends start getting married.
Not really. My married friends acted the same after marriage as they did before.
6. You stop by your parents' house for dinner. Not because you miss them, but because it's a free meal.
Will agree with this one.
7. Goodbye family vacation, hello two weeks in Paris.
As if I could afford it?
8. You open a 401(k) retirement account at work, knowing it will be years before you see the point.
Pretty much agree.
9. You wonder how your parents survived weekends before there were ATMs.
Hardly ever use them actually.
10. You pay for your own car insurance and understand why your parents were eager to boot you off their policy.
My parents actually seemed to want to keep me on their policy.
11. Not only can you vote, you actually do. And you feel as if your vote made a difference.
I did vote. Did not feel it made a difference.
12. You start to read books for pleasure.
Did that when I was a kid. I actually read alot less now.
13. You're ideological, a phase that will last several years before cynicism settles in.
Ha! Maybe at 8, though I do have my moments at times.
14. You toss the pillow sack in favor of real luggage.
Actually did get a real luggage set recently.
15. In need of a sofa, you browse the new-furniture ads rather than Craigslist.
Haven't actually bought a sofa yet. We'll see.
16. You cash in the life-insurance policy your parents had on you, because right now, it seems as though you are going to live forever.
My parents had a life-insurance policy on me?
17. You put your collection of Adam Sandler movies in the attic.
Never had that collection and I don't have an attic.
18. That rapid heartbeat you used to experience in bars is gone, because the ID in your pocket is real.
Can agree to this one.
19. You can rent a car, which sure beats using the bus when you travel.
Not 25 yet. Even if I were, don't know I could afford it.
20. Marriage doesn't seem so otherworldly, maybe even kids someday.
More than a maybe.