25 Signs That You Have Grown Up

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• Your potted plants are alive. And you can't smoke one of them.

• Having sex in a twin-sized bed is absurd.

• You keep more food than beer in the fridge.

• 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to sleep.

• You hear your favorite song on an elevator.

• You watch the Weather Channel and carry an umbrella.

• Your friends marry and divorce instead of hookup and breakup.

• You go from 130 days of vacation time to 7.

• Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as 'dressed up.'

• You're the one calling the police because those darn kids next door don't know how to turn down the stereo.

• Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.

• You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.

• Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.

• You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald's.

• Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.

• You no longer take naps from noon to 6 p.m.

• Dinner and a movie - The whole date instead of the beginning of one.

• Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 a.m. would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.

• You go to the drugstore for Ibuprofen and antacids, not condoms and pregnancy test kits.

• A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer 'pretty good stuff.'

• You actually eat breakfast foods at breakfast time.

• "I just can't drink the way I used to," replaces "I'm never going to drink that much again."

• Over 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.

• You don't drink at home to save money before going to a bar.

• You read this entire list looking for one sign that doesn't apply to you.

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