Top 10 Worst Things About Being an Adult

1. Having to have a job

   

   Honestly, yes. At the risk of sounding like a spoiled brat (forgive me, I was raised like one by both parents), thank you so much, Mother and Father, for giving me the gift of life - a gift I have to literally work for until the day I die, or I'll be homeless and miserable.

   I would like to just collect money for free.

2. Having to pay bills

   Bills, bills, bills, and more bills. Get used to seeing them in your mailbox.

3. Having to pay taxes

   Honestly, yes! Who even decided this was a good idea? The government gets money from my hard work!

   Everyone's least favorite word in the English dictionary.

   I'm not looking forward to being an adult.

4. Being expected to act like an adult

   Me in eighth grade: *Cries because Dad won't let me go to Walmart*

   Dad: You are not eight years old. You're in eighth grade, the oldest year of middle school, and you shouldn't cry over something so small. It's not as bad as Grandpa's death two years ago.

   Me as an adult: I'm not going to Walmart because I'm afraid Dad won't let me. I don't want to be banned from Walmart or severely punished when I get home.

   Not going to Walmart was one of my childhood punishments, but now it's become a goal and a blessing in my adulthood.

   At least if you're a voice actor and get to spend time with the people you choose to be with, this doesn't apply. They are so lucky.

5. Never having enough time

   My life goes by way too fast because of all the homework I get in college. I also sleep a lot, and my parents make me go to bed early.

   Tell me about it! My job always keeps me busy, and I almost never have time to go on *The Top Tens List* website anymore.

   Between work and other stuff, most adults never have time to watch movies, play video games, or do anything else fun.

6. Getting thrown in jail when you break the law

   

7. Not having a summer vacation

8. Having to be responsible all the time

   As a kid, you mess up and it's no big deal. But as an adult, everything falls on your shoulders.

   Being responsible for myself when my mental health is bad is not fun.

9. Worrying about getting an STD

10. Dealing with relationship pressures

The Newcomers
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    Having to buy everything for yourself

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    Going bald

The Contenders

13. Having a slower metabolism

14. Being told you're too old for ________

    

    Honestly, at 25, I get stares for playing Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh!, but to them, I say, Mind your own business! If you want to be boring and miserable, be my guest, but I will always enjoy watching SpongeBob and playing video and card games.

    If someone ever tells me I'm too old for amusement parks and roller coasters, they'll feel my wrath.

    Honestly, screw anyone who says I'm "too old" to do things like trick-or-treating.

15. Watching your physical appearance deteriorate

16. Always being tired

    

17. Not being able to party anymore

18. Losing touch with what's "cool"

    Think of what Abe Simpson said when you reach an older age: "With it."

19. Realizing if you don't do it, no one else will

20. Feeling like life is more boring

    That is definitely true. As you get older, life isn't as fun as it was when you were a little kid. Whenever it snows and school gets canceled (I'm a teenager), I feel really stressed, irritable, sad, and depressed. When I was younger, I would get so excited whenever it snowed, but I no longer feel that way. I live in Lynnwood, WA, and I'm just glad that the snow isn't as bad as in some states, like Chicago.

    When I was little, my life was fun. I could do whatever I wanted, like playing with toys, playing in the snow, and missing school due to the weather (I didn't like school back then). But now, whenever there's a snow day, I realize how boring it is.

21. Not having field trips anymore

    

22. Having to raise kids

    Luckily, if you are fortunate enough to live in a society that allows you to have a choice in the matter, you don't. It has never sounded appealing to me. My instincts have always even said, NO WAY and RUN.

    When I was a kid, I used to think that I would have to have kids, and that if I did, I would adopt. I think parenting would traumatize me. I don't find babies cute. It sounds like torture, including changing diapers thousands of times. You read that right. Thousands.

    Raising a human with someone does not sound potentially romantic at all to me, if I felt romantic attraction. I'm already glad that I don't full-time take care of the family dog because he's the rest of the family's dog. If someone can't handle a dog or a cat, why could they handle a whole human being?

    Pregnancy is dangerous and changes so much about how a woman's body works. Some say that men want kids like a child wants a puppy.

23. Growing hair in weird places

24. Going through a mid-life crisis

25. Knowing your parents no longer fix your problems

    For example, I'm an adult, and my mom is overprotective, so she won't let me go out alone. But when I asked her to take me on more vacations, she said she no longer has to care about my problems since I'm an adult, and I have to deal with it myself.

    I mean, it's part of life. Being independent is way better than having to rely on others to spoon-feed you.

26. Having hangovers

    I drink lots of water during and after drinking alcohol.

    I usually don't drink much booze, so I've never had a hangover. I prefer non-alcoholic drinks anyway.

27. Being closer to death