From my e-mail inbox: 25 Signs that You've Grown Up!

[newyearsday]

Some of these are pretty good, thought I'd share

25 SIGNS THAT YOU'VE GROWN UP!!!

1. Your house plants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.

2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.

3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.

4. 6:00am is when you get up, not when you go to bed.

5. You hear your favorite song in an elevator.

6. You watch the Weather Channel.

7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of "hook up" and "break up."

8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.

9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as "dressed-up."

10. You're the one calling the police because those %&@# kids next door won't turn down the stereo.       

11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.

12. You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.

13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.

14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald's leftovers.

15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.

16. You take naps.

17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.

18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3AM would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.

19. You go to the drug store for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests.

20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good shit."

21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.

22. "I just can't drink the way I used to" replaces "I'm never going to drink that much again."

23. 90% of the time you spend infront of a computer is for real work. [hmmmm...maybe not!]

24. You drink at home to save money before going to a bar.

25. When you find out your friend is pregnant you congratulate them instead of asking "Oh shit, what the hell
happened?"
 
 Bonus:

26. You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that doesn't
apply to you and can't find one to save your sorry old  ass!  Oh No!!!

[serious crayons]

That's hilarious, Jenny! I'll be 49 next week, and I'll admit that, sadly, most of them do apply to me. But I'll have to say a few of them still don't -- certainly not No. 26; I did find a few signs to save my sorry old ass. Not sayin which others, except that No. 23 DEFINITELY doesn't! Clearly the people who compiled this list are not Brokies.

[cmr107]

9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as "dressed-up."

I'm not looking forward to that one. 

16. You take naps.

Oh come on. That could also be a sign you're a college student! 

[isabelle]

This is brilliant Jenny! I feel so good to see that I am not the only one having all those "grown-up" (or should I say: 'growing old'?) symptoms!

2 things still do not apply to me:
1.although I am now 40, I still get 130 days holiday a year (but then I'm a teacher... and a French one!)
2.I'd never call the police about noise... I'd still join the party instead!

Oh, and in France they don't play music in elevators... But I am proud to say that is still not the place where I'd hear my favourite songs/tunes!

[Penthesilea]

Jenny, these are really good. And the best thing, 10 of these don't apply to me That must mean I'm still only halfway grown-up 

Another sign that you've definately grown up/getting old:

...the stars/heros of your youth turn 40.

That one applied to me three years ago, when Johnny Depp turnedt 40. Not that I ever was much of a fan of him, but I always liked him and I couldn't believe it 

[serious crayons]

I agree, Chrissi. And what's even scarier is when public figures -- governor, senator, CEO of a company -- is younger than me. I always think, how can s/he possibly be grown up enough to do that job? 

[Arad-3]

Ooooooh My goodness!!!  Those are hysterical!!!

[Penthesilea]

I agree, Chrissi. And what's even scarier is when public figures -- governor, senator, CEO of a company -- is younger than me. I always think, how can s/he possibly be grown up enough to do that job? 

Duh, that's right. Especially with politicians. It's horrible when politicians start being younger than yourself. "S/He's too young to be in charge (of whatever)"

Another one:

...when you get motherly feelings for sport stars instead of drooling over them

That happened to me last week when my niece showed me her collection of soccer star pictures from her fav team.
Soccer players used to be men, now they're boys.

[isabelle]

These keep getting better and better!

Another sign: when you don't try to seduce your pupils/students any longer, but realize how 'young' (read: chidlish ) they are.

When your kids cannot believe that you didn't have all your favourite films on videotapes as a child, or worse still, that dvds and CDs did not exist...

[Kelda]

These keep getting better and better!

Another sign: when you don't try to seduce your pupils/students any longer, but realize how 'young' (read: chidlish ) they are.

When your kids cannot believe that you didn't have all your favourite films on videotapes as a child, or worse still, that dvds and CDs did not exist...

ah isabelle - you managed to get into your account then? Isobel is no more!?