Dilemma

[averygoodun42]

I hate being a grown-up sometimes.

My birthday is next weekend, which happens to be the same weekend of the annual church getaway. I desperately want to go, but, really, we can't make it this year. Yet again. There are many valid reasons why we can't make it this year, but the disappointment still stings.

I like these people! I want to bond with them! But, life intervenes. Bah.

Kind of like Portus, really.

As I said, I hate being a grown-up sometimes.

Comments

[ginny-weasley31.livejournal.com]

*nods*

I hate being a grownup too.

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Although, I must say I wouldn't return to the 'freedom' of being a teen for anything less than carte blanche.

[dickgloucester.livejournal.com]

I'm not a grown up. Not at all. Just because my birth certificate has certain numbrs on it doesn't mean I'm a grown-up. Grown-ups are boring. You're not boring. Ergo: you are not a grown-up.

When you were numerically a child there were just as many if not more things you didn't get to do. Life's like that.

*hugs*

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Difference being, of course, that when I was a child, usually it wasn't my choice on whether I got to do things or not.

*glomps*

[dickgloucester.livejournal.com]

And how much choice do we have now? It's just that we have financial, family and societal constraints rather than parents.

Yes, we might be able to say "screw that" to some of it, but not to very much, realisitcally speaking.

*sigh*

But we can still enjoy much of what IS doable.

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

True, true.

Perhaps it isn't being grown-up at all, but having an imagination and a decent grasp of the logic of consequences. Not that I would wish for one minute not to have either!

Yes, we can. And I am planning to enjoy next weekend regardless. :-)

[junewilliams7.livejournal.com]

sigh.... I hope you have a wonderful bday regardless! *hugs*

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure I will. I'm certainly not going to sit around and mope for the entire day. :-D

PS: I finally wrote your drabble!