When Did Everyone Else Grow Up?
March 12th, 2006
It’s bizarre to watch your friends grow up more quickly than you do. Strange to see people that you’d think would be at the same place in life as you are, suddenly surpass you in maturity.Â
My friends Jen & Alex have been together for five years and, in addition to having two puppies that I keep trying to steal, just bought the cutest house. We had an impromptu housewarming gathering yesterday, six friends hanging out all day and night in their living room. It felt so… adult. I live in a three room apartment, and they have a 7 room house PLUS a finished basement. It’s crazy.
Having a realtor for a friend isn’t helpful - after assisting Jen & Alex find their house, John immediately turned around and found a two-family home for another friend, Josh. If everything goes well, that deal will close at the end of this month, and I’ll have yet another friend who OWNS A HOUSE.Â
This is in addition to my married, home-owning friends, and friends who are already talking about having babies. And I just can’t keep up. How did everyone around me all of a sudden get so… grown-up?
Ah well. At least most of my New York friends are still happily unsettled. Makes me feel a little more normal.
you are moving at your pace…no worries. when the bug hits you, there usually isn’t any turning back
Please, Anna. You’re so far ahead of me, it’s not even funny.
I went through all this around my b-day. You don’t need to keep up with them. Just keep up with yourself. Besides, home ownership is overrated
Tell me about it!!! Thats how I felt about you and Emily.
Hey party people,
I certainly didn’t mean to sound like I was complaining! I am totally, completely happy where I am. It just constantly shocks me that people in my same age group are grown-ups when I’m not even close.
Then again, as I told Alexis on her blog today, “Childhood is short. Immaturity is forever.” (Calvin & Hobbes) So maybe I’ll never grow up!
I didn’t mean to sound snotty, either. But I know how you feel.
You can’t grow up yet, because if you did, you’d never want to hang out with me again!