I’m an adult now, I bought a major appliance
On Sunday I finished the moving in process with going to Best Buy to buy a washer and dryer. The apartment I am renting doesn’t have a set included but it has a spacious laundry room next to the bathroom so I figured I might as well take the plunge. I thought about buying one on craigslist but I thought about all the unseemly crap people could have washed in those washers and I decided against it. The last thing I want is mixing my stuff with the remnants of someone else’s cum sock.
I did my research on their website and decided on a lower end set, not the cheapest but nothing fancy. After all, my wash is divided between colors and whites, much like the south before the repeal of Jim Crowe laws except without the hatred and lasting bitterness. When I arrived at Best Buy (one of my least favorite stores to shop at) I patiently waited for a salesperson to come over and help me out.
Eventually this young woman full of energy came bounding over to me and I told her what I wanted, she looked at my choices and shook her head and began to lecture me, “You don’t want those, they are so basic. Have you looked at this model yet? It can handle larger loads, it has something like twenty odd settings….”
“Look, these are just for me. I might do three loads a week, if that. Plus I honestly just break my laundry down between darks and whites, I wouldn’t even know what half of those setting do. And I didn’t want to spend a lot just incase I moved in the next year or two and had to get rid of these.”
I felt like I stated my case in a winning fashion, I was ready to purchase and get the hell home so I could do important things like watch TV and put off doing school work. She then came at me with this, “Well what happens if a girl moves in with you or you have a kid? This won’t be enough for you.”
Holy shit! She is totally right, but what about everything else? Is my car a good family car? I don’t think my drawers and cabinets are child proof, not to mention my electrical outlets! Do I have enough room? Plus I am on the second floor, I am going to need a baby gate.
I was just here to buy a washer and dryer and now I am totally evaluating my life. It was a knock out blow, I was starting to consider jumping up and buying the largest capacity washer and dryer because I know washing those clothe diapers are going to be a bitch. Then I snapped out of it, “I don’t see that happening anytime soon, unless you were just trying to make an offer.”
Her face was red, she shut up, and then went to ring me up. To seal my victory I kicked her in the ovaries and crushed her with a Maytag dryer.
However the damage to me was done, I had finally become an adult because I bought a major appliance.
What do you think was the unofficial moment you became an adult?
This is going up at humor-blogs.com
Well, the unofficial moment I became an adult was when I said, “I do..”
And the unofficial moment I became a kid again was when I said, “I don’t anymore….”
I’ll get back to you if I ever become an unofficial adult again… ;o)
The clock is ticking…
Don’t remind me.
This is lame, but at 28 I started pre-buying XMAS and other gifts all year long. Like “Oooohhh, Jim will love this for…..Something!! I’ll put it away for an occasion!” While maybe it’s economical, I still feel my Mother peeking over my shoulder in approval every time I do it. That, and I can’t pass up a great deal on bulk Paper Towels, I just cant. I have a good 45 rolls in my storage closet.
That is incredibly lame
It had to be when I was 30 and got married to an older woman who had two teenage daughters and a grand-daughter!!
that is never good
Errrr, I became an adult when I moved countries at 19, 7 months pregnant.
Now I’m only an adult when the child is awake.
ready to knock out a few more?
Heeeeellllllllllll no. My stomach is finally flat again and I’m finally caught back up on sleep. You insane?
what about the sex without the kids?
When i was 18, got my own place, a salary job, and had to live a “responsible” life.
now i’m 22, and moved back home to take care of my decrepid parents because they can barely wipe their own asses(sadly, i’m not lying)
responsible is so overrated
When I realized that everything I owned no longer fit in my car.
That was heartbreaking for me, that means I actually had to get a moving truck
I realized I was an adult once I started going to work after drinking the night before and severely hungover with 3 hours sleep. When you feel its better to work with a killer hangover than call in sick, it is a sure sign you are an adult.
Or that you are a functioning alcoholic…
[...] Kevin at Pointless Banter had one of those moments over the weekend at Best Buy with a cheerful salesperson while buying a washer and dryer. Perky sales girl brought up about the long-term ramifications of buying appliances, which for right now are just for him. She asked him about the “what ifs” of his purchase: Holy sh*t! She is totally right, but what about everything else? Is my car a good family car? I don’t think my drawers and cabinets are child proof, not to mention my electrical outlets! Do I have enough room? Plus I am on the second floor, I am going to need a baby gate. [...]
Meh, 17-18 when I was pregnant and had to make some big life decisions. Completely skipped over any partying days and did the Mom thing instead, can’t say I’d change a thing though.
What fun is that?
I entered adulthood when I became a director on a Tenant Association Board. God was that a horrible idea, I wish I could take it back.
The tenant association? You have to be kidding me.
I became an adult when I looked at a playboy centerfold and for the first time she was younger then me.
Hit me then. . don’t know why.
That will do it.
Ha! Welcome to the club! I had written about this phenom long time ago..right up there with buying lawn mowers and snow blowers…oooo the excitement just waiting to burst, I can tell!
my point is…so we buy our new adult toys, who is going to use them? ALthough not the unofficial moment, that would be the first debt collector calling the house, thus plunging me into the world of trying to one up the phone calls(update? Yes much easier to just pay on time).
My idea of adult toys are totally different.
i’m still not an adult. i’m the mother of two with the mind of a 13 year old (boy).
pervert
I’m 23 and still haven’t really had that washer/dryer moment. even though i am completely self-sufficient i think i’m on the same page as you, the day i have to buy a large appliance will be the day i start being an adult in my mind.
It was kind of depressing, I mean I have been on my own for the most part since I was 18… This was a blow
Did you get her number before or after the ovary punch??
No she annoyed me
I took a picture of my first fridge! Welcome to the big kid world!
I’ll probably just film a sex tape on top of one.
probably when i was 16 and pregnant…i was unofficially an adult…
now that i have 2 kids…I should go buy that huge ass washer and dryer that bitch was talkin about….
Yeah I can give you her name and number
I’m not sure. I sort of became an adult when I moved in with Robb and then regressed right back to kid status when I realized I wasn’t ready to get married and have an 11 year old stepson and I moved back home. I think I became an adult again when I moved last December…I’m actually paying all of my bills and I have a real job now.
I think the real adult thing will kick in when I get married and buy a house. Those are the big ones. I can’t wait to buy appliances, but that’s because I’m totally gay for that stuff. Large capacity washer and dryer? Count me in!
My capacity could fit a midget in it, so I thought that was good .
nope….still waiting. And I have a feeling I’ll be waiting to be an adult for a long time. And they won’t take me without a fight!
fight until the bitter end
officially?
when i gave birth to my son at the age of 16
unofficially?
i have YET to become an adult check back in about
10 years
How about in two weeks?
It finally dawned on me that I was an adult when my mother asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I was in my late 20’s at the time, I said a “crock pot”. I knew then…..*sigh*
Isn’t considering yourself an adult the best way to shut off most of the great things of your childhood, the playfulness and the innocence? People wish to grow up so fast but is it really worth giving so much of yourself away?
I think it was when I realized that those bills that were coming in the mail just weren’t going to stop.Get rid of one and here comes another one.
when I got pregnant and moved out with then boyfriend now hubby on my graduation night, 12 years ago.
I think popping out a baby did it for me lol
I may grow older but wll never grow up. And I always buy the cheapest appliance I can find because the damend things don’t last anyway. Seriously. If you’re gonna replace it in three years why waste money you could spend on porn and pizza?
i had to leave a comment for this even though it’s almost a year old…
i’ve always said to my friends that you become a real adult when you buy a major appliance!
i still haven’t bought one!
i’m 35 and still a student…i don’t see myself growing up any time soon!