Growing up all i could think about was, well growing up. Being old enough to work, to drive, and otherwise just be independent I had this illusion of what being a grown up would be like. Literally I swear the media, and adults in general, made being a grown up seem so much crazier than it actually was. Today I just want to touch on a few things that I thought i’d have to deal with a whole lot growing up, and have not.
First and foremost and I literally put this before everything, algebra. I’m not kidding by any stretch of the imagination. I have never once had to solve for X in real life in any meaningful way that the equations that were shoved down my throat played any prominent role in. Believe me I never hated school, and I don’t have problem with anything else I spent day in and day out learning. Scratch that, cursive, who the hell was I supposed to impress with my cursive? Anyways I digress. Geometry helped me measure twice and cut once, chemistry gave me the common sense to not create an accidental bomb and, algebra gave me summer school. Screw algebra.
Next and probably just as crucial a fear I thought I’d have to deal with all the time, quicksand. Anyone else? Maybe I watched to much Indiana Jones, but I swear there wasn’t a sand dune I walked by I didn’t raise an eyebrow to growing up. Seriously I thought that stuff was as common as a rainy day. I mean why would they make such a big deal of this in movies? Now i’m wondering where the hell I even find quicksand! Also, tornadoes, and earthquakes, but I know those are real, and also that I want nothing to do with them anyways, so I don’t mind.
Moving right along, the supernatural. Why did everyone have a ghost story, or was a Bigfoot eyewitness? I was terrified of the dark. I thought at some point, everyone had to fight off an evil spirit or some crap. It’s just so weird to me how openly adults would share a paranormal experience of some sort. All of those freaking ghost chaser shows playing at midnight didn’t help either. I mean, I had no reason not to believe these people and their stories! Oh, and aliens, where the hell are they? I feel as though real life is so much more mundane now because, expectations were set so damn high!
Hope I’m not the only one this jaded. Does anyone else have something to share that they thought they’d have to deal with as an adult. Leave us a comment and let us know.
