What is something you used to be impressed with but are no longer?

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1. Compliments like “you’re the most beautiful women in the world” – random guy from bumble

2. Sex

3. Money

4. Always being busy. At first I admired folks who consistently chose to always have their plates too full (and act SO stressed about it – totally different if someone truly finds joy in a hectic schedule). Now though, folks who are usually too busy by choice, I see it as someone whose not OK being by themselves with down time, or that they are unable to say no to other people (lack boundaries). Both practices don’t impress me much.

5. Long marriages and “high school sweethearts.”

   I had a long marriage to my HS sweetheart and every year that ticked by I thought was a badge of honor (all 25 years). We ended in divorce after he had an affair.

   I would have continued on in contented mediocrity for the rest of my life never knowing how magical my life could be if he hadn’t thrown that grenade. It makes me encourage my kids to explore the world and discover themselves before chosing a life partner.

   My now-fiance and I are older and won’t likely get all the same years as our first marriage…. Hopefully we do but even if we dont, our short relationship has been more radiantly beautiful than my long previous marriage. Dont judge a love by the length of time!

6. Hom many boys/men fell in love with the same girl/woman.

   Idgaf anymore if ten males are interested in you, Theresa. Get your shit together and stop bragging.

   And Idgaf about Theresa anymore.

   Okay, a little one, but just a little one.

7. The bare minimum from men.

8. Luxury brands. I think I just bought into the hype when I was younger but, I’ve largely stopped seeing the appeal

9. As a child I used to be very impressed when people had high degrees because literally not a single adult my family knew had more than a high school education so I thought it was something super special.

10. D-ck size

    Now I KNOW that it’s not impressive, the bigger they the douchier the dude

11. Social media posts. To be fair i was a teenager then

12. On a not deep level, it’s a Kitchen-Aid.

    I love cooking and baking and I was so excited to save up and buy one. Honesty, I prefer using my hand beaters and the old-fashioned whisk and wooden spoon. So the Kitchen-Aid‘s primary function is looking good while collecting dust on my benchtop…

13. Money

14. Hot bodied men. Nice to look up but are you a grown up? If it’s a man over 30 that’s still strutting around, pecs forward, I actually cringe. If you have learned nothing in life beyond sex appeal, I have zero interest.

15. People who hate all popular music and tell you your taste is bad if you like [insert popular singer]. I used to think they’d listened to more music than everyone else and had objectively better taste.

    In reality, a lot of teens and 20-somethings just pretend to hate singers/bands that make the charts. You’re fooled until one night when they tell you, in a whisper, that they love Carly Rae Jepson. And they act super embarrassed about it.

    Also, some people just take their music taste straight from Pitchfork reviews 😂

16. People who brag about working crazy hours. Having no work life balance is not a flex.

17. University students ahah 😀 I thought they were so relaxed, studying less, happier, and having extremely cool friends. I’m on my senior year. I have studied harder than ever, I never meet my friends out, we are just friends having similar courses, and now counting back for my graduation day knowing I will never miss my uni days. It wasn’t what I had thought sincerely lol