Thursday, 14 May 2026

The Rude Awakening of Adulthood










41 comments:

Bob said...

That last one slayed.

Sidenote: we went to CostCo this week and I ranted about how they move stuff around. Adulting is not so fun!

Val Ewing said...

Adulting is hard but Grandparenting is a little easier.

Pixie said...


Adulting is hard, even in my sixties:)

Boud said...

Yes, it should be illegal to move stuff around in the store just when I've got used to it, I tell you.

Jamie Ghione said...

Yes, I get a little annoyed when they move stuff at the grocery store. I'm still trying to remember where to find Rice a Roni noodles at the local Safeway. Parts of the soda aisle got rearranged recently, but that one hasn't been much of a bother to me.

Kay G. said...

My husband is outside watering just now but wait til I show him the one about groceries being rearranged, that is HIM! LOL!

Frank said...

Adulting wasn’t so bad but oldaging is really a challenge.

Tom said...

...being an adult is highly overrated,

whkattk said...

The grocery store: I feel seen!! LOL

Ellen D. said...

How did I get so old so fast?!!

Jackie McGuinness said...

Yeah, it sucks, doesn't it. John complains after every Costco visit, about them rearranging everything!!

Ms. Moon said...

I often look around at family gatherings and think to myself (and sometimes even say out loud!)- all of this because I had unprotected sex.
Hey. When I realized that Dr. Bronner makes a bar soap with citrus scent i almost lost my mind with joy. It's the little things, baby.

Linda Sue said...

There are no adults in the country where I live...

Marcia LaRue said...

Damn, girl ... they all fit! I'm fast approaching 83 in August and everything seems to piss me off ... however, I try to keep it under control! Old age is not fun! I use to be fun, but now I'm too tired to be fun!

My name is Erika. said...

These are fun. I especially liked the Harry Potter one. I wish he could do some magic and bring gas prices down because the reality says its not going to happen.

Kathy G said...

I do the best I can to "adult" but it gets harder every year.

Sixpence Notthewiser said...

Hahahaha
Oh it hurts.

XOXO

Kirk said...

We adults have been sold a bill of goods.

Cleora Borealis said...

🤫 Shh. I actually like the grocery store practice of re-arranging things. I use that for my own purposes. When I forget what aisle my favorite shit is in, I mutter (loudly) about how the store moves stuff around too often. People near me grumble in agreement. I get validated even though I'm the dumbass with the broken brain! 🤪🤣

Rostrose said...

Dear Debra,
Expecto patronum.... 🤣 I love it!
Thanks for all the laughs! 😘
All the best from Austria, Traude

RedPat said...

Thanks for the laughs, Debra. I never know why they rearrange the grocery shelves.

DVArtist said...

Oh I love these. Too funny.

e said...

OMG, all of them! Especially the fucking grocery store switch up... Why, people, why?!?
Ms Moon - I found the lavender soap and bought 10 bars. It was at the discount store and it's not going to go bad. That's adulting!

Deedles said...

I was adulting from birth to nineteen. Married at nineteen and have been childing for the most part for fifty years and counting. These were so much fun.

This N That said...

It doesn't get any easier!!

Tundra Bunny said...

AHAHAHAHAHA, good ones!

Duni said...

Oh I agree with Pritika :)

John Going Gently said...

Love the unicorn

Linda's Relaxing Lair said...

Dear Debra, thank you for sharing this. Of course I love the cat, but they are all great.

Mistress Maddie said...

When I was little all I heard was about adulthood. I still don't know if I'm buying into it. Although the grocery store what happened to me last night. I walked in to find a rearranging of all the aisles.

LA Paylor said...

loved the pic of your parents grown up at age 24
I still don't feel equal to all the adult decisions I make
LeeAnna

DB Stewart said...

So accurate! I'm still made at my grocery store, lol.

Barbara said...

OMG. Wife and Kids sleepover

Mike said...

Grocery stores have a special name for that. It's called a reset.

angela said...

No one wants to think of their parents doing the horizontal mambo.
I might just send that one to my children lol

River said...

When I worked as checkout operator I would memorse where things were so I could tell people who asked me where things were in which aisle. Until a comany decided they were getting enough sales and had to "front" their stocks which meant some rearranging. Then I had to relearn everything in that particular aisle. It was annoying but not so much. These days (of retirement) I find it much more annoying because I want to be in and out of any store as quickly as possible and get back to the comfort of home again.

Travel said...

Then there is old age, another bucket of laughs.

Rade said...

THESE ARE BRILLIANT!!!!!

Moving with Mitchell said...

Adulting is not all it’s cracked up to be. But I’ve been childing more since I started adulting and that works. (But damned grocery stores.)

Guillaume said...

Being an adult often sucks. Thankfully I have a young boy and it's like living a second childhood.

Ur-spo said...

Uncle Alberstons regularly rearranges the aisles to personally annoy me.