What. The. Hell. So, I’m sitting here kind of confused if I
do say so myself. Really curious as to why after all this time no one ever forewarned
me that being twenty would be by far the worst year of my existence thus far.
Everyone jacks you up for twenty. They say “You’re no longer a teen!” but what
they don’t say is “Shit, twenty sucks. Have fun this year, it’s the worst one
so far.” And before you go arguing in your head about why whatever younger age
you are in now is worse, let me give you thirteen reasons why being twenty is
the worst year so far.
1.
You’re expected to be somewhat financially
stable on your own. Or in my case almost one hundred percent financially
stable.
2.
You’re expected to know what it is you plan to
do for the rest of your life.
3.
Good old granny comes wandering in asking if you
have met “the one” yet. Not old enough to drink but old enough to tie the knot.
4.
If your maturity level is high enough to have
older friends, sucks for you. They have plans to go to the bar? You can
pre-game and post-game but nothing in between. Guess I’ll see you guys in a few
hours and by the time you get back you’ll be trashed and I’ll be Sober Sally
yet again.
5.
If you have uptight parents (I’m blessed with
the opposite) you can’t even tell them that you understand why craft beers
taste so damn good compared to college cheap-o beer. Or that you totally get
why they always felt horrible the day after a date night when they drank one
bottle of wine too many.
6.
Every bar you pass is tormenting you and
laughing at you because you are just shy the legal age to come in and join all
the fun.
7.
Sucks being twenty because you aren’t twenty-one
and literally everyone categorizes you as a baby. Doesn’t matter if your
twenty-first birthday is five weeks from now or five years from now, we’re all
the same if we aren’t twenty one yet.
8.
When you’re nineteen you think it sucks but it
really isn’t that bad. You are just waiting on twenty and it’s your LAST year
as a teenager.
9.
When you’re eighteen, hell you’re an adult.
Cheers to jail time if you do any wrong from here on out!
10.
When you’re seventeen you can officially drive
your pals around if you got licensed in your sixteenth year.
11.
When you’re sixteen… hell do I even have to
explain why sixteen really isn’t that bad.
12.
Fifteen you get to get your drivers permit and
you’re that much closer to being the queen or king of the road.
13.
Everything younger than fifteen doesn’t even
remotely get to join the list of even potential arguments about why being a
certain age is bad. Fifteen and under, you are still living with mom and dad
and having them take care of your every needs, hold onto this. You’ll miss it.
And that my dears, is why I’m just a bit disappointed that no one warned me that being twenty… well it kind of sucks. So, if you are under twenty, it sucks. Get ready, you’ve been warned.
