I Understand Millennials’ Issues With Adulting
The business of life is my full-time job, and I can’t keep up with it
The business of life is complicated and time-consuming. I’ve always got a to-do list going, and some of the items on it will take hours to complete. To be fair, I don’t always spend hours doing them; I prefer to goof off, but as a (mostly) retired person, I have the time to devote to my chores if I decide to spend it that way. If I were still working full time, or full time with a side gig, as I did throughout my 40s and 50s, meeting life’s demands would be a humongous struggle.
Who am I kidding? It’s a humongous struggle, anyway, and if I were still working, it might even be impossible. I might crawl under the covers or bury my face in my hands. I might even tweet, as so many Millennials do, “Ugh! I hate adulting!” Because being a grownup does suck; I will not lie.
Adults take care of home maintenance and repairs (subtitle: no wonder people rent, and more power to them)
The first time I saw a little pool of water on the kitchen floor, I assumed my husband had spilled something and hadn’t bothered to clean it up. He’s the family cook so he’s standing over and around the sink a lot, and he’s kind of a pig…
