Twenty, the hardest year yet

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.