What have you bought that made you say "now I'm an adult"?

[Deleted]

For me, I'm sure there were several items, but most recently, I bought a pill cutter. That is for sure something I never thought I'd own.

[circa1978]

Legal fees to create a trust and our will.

[glitzy07]

Along the same lines as yours, one of those pill holders that have the day of the week on them. I use it for vitamins, but still.

[mysteriouswife]

A house.

[jinkies]

So my husband has been having heart problems and some of the medications are causing digestive issues.

The other day, I looked around our bedroom, and he had: a stethoscope, a blood pressure cuff, several pill bottles, and bulk size amazon package of metamucil cookies. (for the record, he is only 41 and constantly lamenting that he feels so much younger than he is). I got the worst case of the giggles and just could not stop laughing. I think I ended up offending him, but it's just so absurd to me that we are old enough to need all that. I definitely don't feel very adult, but the contents of his nightstand beg to differ.

[VillainV]

Gutters

[katfco]

Aug 11, 2020 12:30:37 GMT -5 glitzy07 said:

Along the same lines as yours, one of those pill holders that have the day of the week on them. I use it for vitamins, but still.

I bought myself one of those--it has 5 pills in it. But then, I also bought my daughter 2, one for morning and one for `evening. 

I've bought a lot of "now I'm an adult" stuff. My amazon wish list is full of organizational things I want, but I think my first one was packing cubes. I got way too excited when they came. 

[k3am]

katfco, packing cubes always seemed so dumb to me. Like.. wouldn't they take up MORE space because you're just adding another thing to the bag??? And then my Fab Fit Fun box had... packing cubes. I was not excited. And then I used them last week and it turns out.. they are the best and I don't know how I lived without them.

[goldengirlz]

A Land’s End bathing suit

Even my H (of belt- and tie-wearing fame!) was like, Are you my dad now?

[underwaterrhymes]

A face shaver.

[ssmjlm]

Pricey furniture

[cjcouple]

A matching bedroom set

[achi]

Life insurance
A will/powers of attorney

[cattledogkisses]

I have one of those daily pill sorter things, lol.

We are refinancing our house right now, which feels very adult-y for some reason.

[chchchia]

reading glasses, although that made me feel like I was ready for the geriatric unit

[achi]

Aug 11, 2020 13:03:40 GMT -5 chchchia said:

reading glasses, although that made me feel like I was ready for the geriatric unit

hahah - yes! I haven't bought them yet but my optometrist suggested switching to "anti-fatigue" lenses for my glasses and adding low power reading glasses when I'm wearing contacts. I'm pretty sure my reaction was "whaattttt... fuck that. I am not that old."

[sometimesrunner]

Enthusiastically bird-watching.
Seeing ads for Lands End on Instagram and thinking "wow, that's cute!"

[icedcoffee]

Not really bought, but kind of I guess because I paid $30,000 for IVF, but when I left the hospital with my first kid I felt very "you're just going to let me leave with this thing?" about the whole thing.

[icedcoffee]

Oh--also buying clothes at Costco.

[Nonny]

I'm just going through this post and going:

pill cutters (I have two) - check
umbrella policy - check
house - check
pill sorters (I have many) - check
packing cubes - check
blood pressure cuff, face shaver, reading glasses - check, check, check

We do need estate planning though.

[Nonny]

Aug 11, 2020 13:16:28 GMT -5 icedcoffee said:

Oh--also buying clothes at Costco.

My favorite sweats, slip on shoes, cardigan, and work out leggings are all from Costco at some point in the last decade.

[isabel]

I jut bought an expensive electric toothbrush because I decided it was better to do that and try to avoid the pain and expense of gum graft surgery. I think it’s mostly the idea that I could potentially need gum grafts that makes me feel ollllld.

[isabel]

Aug 11, 2020 13:16:28 GMT -5 icedcoffee said:

Oh--also buying clothes at Costco.

Shit, I did that in college. They have good stuff sometimes!

[lagom]

Putting money in my HSA so I can pay my huge fucking dental bill tax free.
My HSA/DCFSA make me feel very adult, and not in a good way. In a “adulthood sucks” way.

[HRH Queen Dick I, Orphan]

This is not something I bought but honestly I feel like an adult only because most of my relatives are dead.

[mysteriouswife]

Aug 11, 2020 13:37:55 GMT -5 HRH Queen Dick I, Orphan said:

This is not something I bought but honestly I feel like an adult because most of my relatives are dead.

Agreed.

In the same line, I now have a funeral dress.

[Susie]

- a house.
- a car, by myself, with no dad, no H, no one but me.  And I negotiated the price.
- a percentage of my firm -- so I still work my ass off FT but I am no longer an employee.
- professional service fees for things I used to do myself to save money but now it's more efficient and/or just worth it to me to outsource:  an accountant to do my taxes, a housekeeper to come biweekly, oil changes in my car, etc.
- swimsuits from Lands End and work clothes from Talbots, womp womp
- umbrella insurance
- I'm considering buying a generator for power outages
- All kinds of gardening and yard stuff, and bird houses/feeders.
- High SPF sunblock

I could keep going all day.

[SuziSaysDa]

House, but that did not happen until I was 40.

In college I decided I was an adult when I paid to have a shot at urgent care. I had a sinus infection and was headed to spring break in Cancun.

[shananagins]

A bed with adjustable base.

[court26]

Reading glasses for me too! Now I am getting a divorce and I feel the adult may hit me in other ways because so much of it was shared.