26 Ways Being An Adult Isn't What You Thought It Would Be
Note to our past selves: lightsabers will never be a thing.
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Growing up influenced by pop culture, you pretty much know what to expect when you're an adult. Like, you know you're going to have to fight your evil, leather-clad father with a laser sword, while holding down a well-paying job that affords you lots of time off.
Or something like that. Of course, reality never quite matches up.
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![I will go to sleep when I want to! I feel tired every single day of my existence.-](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/5/8/619658.jpg?v=2)
![AS a kid, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life As an adult, I'm scared I'll never figure it out](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/6/5/9/619659.jpg?v=2)
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![8 ADULTHOOD LINE LINE ADULTHOOD That's not how it works.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/3/3/619533.jpg?v=2)
![a kid 0 thought IId never sell out As an adult that's all 0 want to do CRAun](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/3/1/619531.jpg?v=2)
![Once I live alone I will paint my walls whatever color like and E will decorate with whatever furnishings I want!' TWo years later only one room has](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/2/5/619525.jpg?v=2)
![I thought I'd have money and endless time to hang out with my friends. Now I'm broke as hell and I'm m lucky to see them once a month.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/0/8/619508.jpg?v=2)
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![As a kid I thought I'd save the world As an adult I can't even save facebook from my racist family](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/1/8/619518.jpg?v=2)
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![I THOUGHT ACNE WENT AWAY WITH AGE NOW PIMPLES POP UP IN WEIRD PLACES](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/1/3/619513.jpg?v=2)
![As a child, I expected a grand wedding with the person I love once I become an adult. A s an adult, I just wish that I can skip the wedding and save m](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/1/0/619510.jpg?v=2)
![I can't wait to make a living playing music! ENR How did an empty bar manage to yell 'FREEBIRD!' at me?!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/0/6/619506.jpg?v=2)
![I always looked er forward to getting to eat what I want, when I want. OFMOND CUTTER I just didn't MTATORYCL plan on my metabolism slowing down.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/0/7/619507.jpg?v=2)
![Mom, leave 1990s me alone! I can't wait to make my own decisions! 2010s Mom! Mom! What should I do? CRACKED COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/0/5/619505.jpg?v=2)
![When I was a kid, a vacation was something E used to escape from doing house chores... As an adult, look forward to vacations so 0 can finally have ti](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/0/3/619503.jpg?v=2)
![I THOUGHT THE BEST CHOICES WOULD BE COMPLETELY OBVIOUS J J L but I didn't expect that most situations require you to choose from almost infinite possi](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/0/1/619501.jpg?v=2)
![I aspire to grow into an adult $o I can buy things without my parents saying 'no'. And upon adulthood, I realize exactly why my parents said 'no' to t](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/9/9/619499.jpg?v=2)
![CRACKED COM 3 Betty Crocker's han The NEW EVERYTHIN HOW COMPLETE Tighttusd TO wsette COOK Decyaye I THOUGHT THAT AT some POINT I WOULD know HOW TO COO](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/2/1/619521.jpg?v=2)
![I'M GOING I'M GOING TO BE AN TO BE A ASTRONAUT! DOCTOR! I'M GOING TO BE PRESIDENT! When I was young, I thought I could become anything I wanted to be.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/4/9/7/619497.jpg?v=2)
![0 couldn't wait to get away from all the high school Drama Cliques Stupidity DON'T EAT MY SANDWICHI Turns out most of those problems are still a major](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/0/0/619500.jpg?v=2)
![Growing up watching James Bond and Seinfeld, I thought sex was going to be abundant when I became an adult. Nope. CRACKEDCONT](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/5/1/6/619516.jpg?v=2)