When was the first time you really felt like a grown up (if ever)?

It’s such a weird thing to think about- feeling grown up. I was always the child who was praised by other adults for being so mature for my age and so smart, but that is because many times it felt as though I was the grown up at home. I did most of the chores (which I wanted an allowance and I was the only child), and I often tried to jump in and be the mediator for my parents fights.

I’d like to say it was when my husband and I got our first apartment that I felt grown up, but just being as we were still in the same building as my parents, it was still too close to home. When we bought our townhome I definitely felt like we had a bunch of adult paperwork to deal with and we also had to deal with a broker, realtor and those at the bank, so that was definitely a grown up experience for us.

Have I ever really felt like a grown up though? Or have I just done grown up things as an adult child- because it definitely still feels more like the latter. I mean we just spent our honeymoon at Harry Potter World in Universal Studios because we are still literal children in our hearts! Honestly, I enjoy that childlike joy and awe about the world, so maybe I will never really feel like a “grown up.”