What is the most ‘you’ll understand it when you’re older’ thing?

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1. Youth.

2. We have food at home

3. Money doesn’t grow on trees

4. Hemorrhoids.

5. “Dad, is it true that in some countries, men don’t know their wives when they get married?”

   “It’s like that everywhere, son…”

6. going to bed early.

7. Alcohol and drug use. Never got why people drink as a kid (I’m irish and it is a huge part of our culture)

   I still don’t drink a lot as an adult but I do now understand why people do, especially as someone who’s socially awkward. Not only does it make socialising easier… but life can be pretty tough as an adult and sometimes we need to dull the senses. Personally I just don’t like who I am when I drink, so I choose not to, much prefer smoking cannabis and even then its a once I a blue moon thing (and I’d rather smoke alone than be social)

8. Guarding the thermostat

9. Christmas is for family not for presents

10. The older I get, the smarter my parents were.

11. “Youth is wasted on the young”.

12. Not to believe everything you think

    Before I was 25 I was a slave to my thoughts

13. The importance of a select few good friends rather than the importance of a lot of friends.

14. Being picky with food. Doesn’t hit the same when you’re the one paying for it.

15. Parents are just people. They are just as capable of being wrong as anyone else.

    There is very little chance my dad could beat up your dad.

16. Unresolved problems that catch up with you when you get older.

    Source: I’m going through this right now with my own sense of self, body image, direction in life, etc.

17. Body pain…….!!!!

18. Getting socks and pants for Christmas. The older I get the more happy I am to get them

19. Turning the lights off when you leave a room

20. Adults are just big kids

21. That life is short and goes by very quickly. When you’re young you think you will be young forever, but age soon catches up on you. And before you know it, you’re saying things like, ” yeah I remember that, it was about 25 years ago” .

22. How important it is to show your love to those close to you while you can.

23. “we have food at home”

24. Most things people do aren’t your business or problem.

25. The underlying sorrow of older people. They have been through so much loss, so much heartache. Watched their parents get old and die. Lost friends, spouses, family. Lost the familiar community they grew up in as condos and offices and towers sprouted up where low-rise buildings and family businesses once were. Been crushed by job loss and feeling irrelevant to younger generations. Anxiety over health issues they have no tools to understand.

26. Just how insanely *expensive* everything is, especially household staples like bread/eggs/milk.