18 Moments All Adults Who Don't Feel Like Adults Will Recognize

    *spends rent money on pizza and Pop-Tarts*

    1. Even though you’re making your own real money for one of the first times in your life, you’re still gonna buy the cheapest wine available.

    2. And you know HOW to cook, but you just choose to pour a bowl of cereal instead because you're resourceful.

    3. You can be serious, but you also know when to have fun and ask important questions.

    4. You've learned how to manage your stress in a refined and mature manner.

    5. You can't afford grad school but you CAN afford Netflix, which has a ton of shows that teach you important life lessons.

    6. You care about your job and are a responsible human in the workplace, but that doesn't mean you don't show up to work hungover from time to time.

    7. You acknowledge that you may have a little trouble managing your finances because, WTF, they never taught you this in school and Google can only help you so much.

    8. You've mastered the art of handling breakups as an adult...

    9. ...you maturely avoid them at all costs and block them on Instagram.

    10. You still don't feel adult enough to spend money on quality clothes and think anything at Forever 21 that's over $35 is too much.

    11. You try to convince your friends to go out and have a crazy weekend even though they'd rather have a low-key night in.

    12. You've considered patenting your ingenious inventions you made up in five seconds so you could get rich quick.

    13. You know how to take criticism from your co-workers really, really well.

    14. You've learned to be fully prepared for any dire situation.

    15. You feel like there's no possible way for you to make more mistakes well into your adult years, and yet you somehow manage to make them.

    16. You pay for a gym membership that you *maybe* use once or twice a year because you remember how fucking hard those classes are.

    17. You make decisions that some people may call "rash and irresponsible" but in your opinion, you're doing God's work.

    18. And finally, even though you haven't fully grasped how to be a real adult, you still honestly do not understand the youths of today.