What Makes You Feel Grown?
 

Besides paying bills :(. . . what are things you do that just make you feel grown?


1. Laying around in my pajamas all day if I want to without feeling like my mama is going to make me get dressed or do chores.


2. Eating dessert before dinner

3. Eating fast food as much as I want to, when I want to. I don't have to say, "Ma, can we; Ma, I want; Ma, please can we. . . " :p

-I think about every single article of clothing I have on (including undergarments) and ask myself who paid for it. I knew I was grown when everything was paid for by ME.

-having children makes some people feel grown. I guess the responsibility of caring for another person.

-Buying alcohol

-when I don't have to ask my mother or father for anything

-When I tell the folks I'm going somewhere rather than asking them.

-When you can pick out the kind of car you want and actually get it.

Working on my front yard makes me feel grown:D

Being able to discuss with my dad my mortgage and equity issues

being able to charge someone else rent:p

and being able to say I did all this on my own (with support of course)

What made me feel grown once I became legal at the tender age of 18 at that time wasssssssssssssssssssss

- I was able to buy alcohol if I wanted
- I could just walk in a club after I paid and not be carded
- No longer needed working papers to work, just apply for work
- Take the day off from work and laugh at the kids going to school
- Visit my old high school and just roam the halls and the administrators just wave or break their neck to speak to me. Instead of "Where is your pass?"
- Call people by their first name in stead of Miss, Mr. or Mrs So and So......


- Finally, after 18+ years of hearing it you can finally say it, GO ON SOMEWHERE AND PLAY THIS IS GROWN FOLKS CONVERSATION!!!!!!!!:D :D :D :cool:

What makes me feel grown....

I can come in my house whenever I get ready to.

I can have company whenever I want to.

I can talk on the phone whenever I want to. (you can tell what kind of rules I grew up with).

Being asked to bring a dish to the family gathering.

Having the OPTION of going to a family gathering!

Ain't that the truth?!?!?!

Heeeeeeeeeelllllllll YEAH!!!


Okay others:
LEaving out of the house @ any time I want with out having to ask permission.

Conversations with my mother -- now we have always been able to talk but now it is on a whole oter level.

Making and taking my own trips.

Doing my laundry when I want.

The phone can ring @ any time of night (I know I was not the only person with a phone curfew :o)

The phone ringing and me not answering it

When people call and ask to speak to the woman of the house

Ordering a drink

Getting carded :D

HELL YEAH!

Telling family folks EXACTLY how you feel!!! Sometimes people think you are still 5 or 6 years old....NOT! :mad: I'm a grown so and so woman! I'm not so and so's baby girl anymore! :p

My turn...

The fact that I can put folk in check who disrespect my house and I can throw 'em out and say, THIS IS MY HOUSE, DAGNABBIT!, knowing the deed to the house has my name on it. Likewise to kids who like to cut through my yard, I can say, Get yo' butt off my proppatay (read: property).

Side note: when I first moved in my house, I took the theme song to WOSU's talk show called "Open Line" and sang, Livin' in my house, oh yeah, it's my house and I live here (repeat). Iiiiiiit's my houuuuuse, aaaaand I liiiiiiive heahhhhhh, oh yeah now, oh yeah now.

Other things:
The phone rings and I know it's for me (as opposed to me playing secretary for someone else).

I can watch any movie I want to without having to resort to the old "push-button deception" trick, if you know what I mean.

Having guests come over any time I want.

Coming in as late as I want.

STREAKING!! *hee hee*

Blasting game show theme songs (and 80s music) on full volume till 2 and 3 in the morning with me dancing like crazy and no one can complain.

Leaving sound bites to TV game shows on my voice mail.

More later

I love that, although lately, I felt like I was obligated to do so. Fortunately, the situation has ended, although the binchnbrat were over the house this morning. :rolleyes:

Thank the Lawd I wasn't there because I would have cut up.:mad:

My Age:(

Feeling you my sistah :o :o !!!!!

Drinking soda before 12:00. I could NEVER drink pop before noon. I remember being a freshman in college and wanting a soda so bad one day and I looked at the clock...it was 11:30am. Then it struck me - I'M AWAY AT SCHOOL. I CAN HAVE POP WHENEVER THE HAYLE I WANT TO. I practically ran to the vending machine. I think I almost called my mom and slurped in her ear. (Notice I said almost)

Talking to my Mom about my baby boy and getting Mommy tips from her makes me feel grown.

1. Drinking wine on the weekends (well sometimes the weekday, darn ninth graders)
2. Writing checks
3. Coming and going as I please/
4. Nobody sends me money any more
5. Planning trips.
6. Going to bed early, hey I see why my parents went to bed before I did.
7. Not being able to hang like I did when I was in school. Man for Easter weekend I went to the Casino and after we ate everybody was falling asleep, didn't even try to play anything!:rolleyes:

1. Grocery shopping and buying whatever I want. Certain things my mother just does not buy anymore.

2. Getting my nails and toes done.

3. Cleaning up my room when I want to.

4. Feeling Wonderful on the drinking a glass of wine. . . whenever I do I feel like such a lady. :p Plus I no longer have 9th graders to be my reason. :D