Justin Andress
Okay, adult life is difficult. There are bills, there are mortgage payments, there are ungrateful children. Donald Trump is almost President of the United States. In times like these, it’s tempting to think fondly on your youth, to nod knowingly whenever some character on television looks wistfully into the distance and talks about their younger carefree years being the best time of their life. Don’t be fooled. If you really do a reality check, childhood and young adulthood kind of sucked in all sorts of ways. You were basically incapable of doing anything without checking with your parents; it was like being micromanaged every second of your life. Take off those nostalgic rose colored glasses and be reminded of times when being a kid was the pits.
1. When You Forgot Your Lunch
Taking a brown bagged wilted sandwich was bad enough, but forgetting that lunch at home was even worse. School staff had to feed you something, but those emergency reserves was never anything you good. You needed to feel your mistake gnawing at your stomach for the next punishing few hours. Saltines and some water for you, like some waif in a Dickens novel.
