Oh dear.

“Was everyone else really as alive as she was?...If the answer was yes, then the world, the social world, was unbearably complicated, with two billion voices, and everyone's thoughts striving in equal importance and everyone's claim on life as intense, and everyone thinking they were unique, when no one was.”

miss-ari-berry:

laralaralara:

delladilly:

slattern:

i’m not prepared for adulthood

  • what are taxes and how do you “do” them
  • what is balancing a checkbook like do you just walk around with a checkbook on your head like in a posh finishing school to improve posture
  • what if you just decided not to “do” your taxes because they sound scary 
  • does the government let you turn them in late for a slightly lesser grade
  • because i’ll take a B i don’t mind
  • i think i could be a neurologist if someone gave me a helpful and detailed diagram
  • how on earth do people make the decision to have children i mean good lord they are tiny human beings
  • what does APR stand for, how do you finances
  • what is the deal with credit
  • what are the basic supplies I need in my kitchen
  • and every other room
  • does flour go bad
  • what qualifies as sexually active, should I have had a pap smear by now
  • what is pap
  • where do they smear it

#what’s the deal with interest #exactly how does insurance work #do i need to buy life insurance #how old do i have to be before i make a will #what if i forget to buy food for a few weeks #how do people remember to do their laundry on a schedule#and on top of keeping myself alive i’m supposed to be attracting a mate? #so i have to feed me #and clothe and bathe me #and attract people to me so i won’t die alone #then have CHILDREN #how do you remember to feed your children #what if you lose your baby at the park #what if your baby is an asshole

#how do you make a paycheck stretch out to cover all necessities #what if you use a paycheck to pay all your bills and you’re like oh shit i forgot food #when you buy a house (how do you buy a house) how does everything work #like do people just come up to you and say WOULD YOU LIKE ELECTRICITY? #where does the water come from #is internet like just everywhere now or what #when does a job become a career #how do credit ratings work and why do people keep telling me to build up good credit #someone should write a book #how to adulthood good

11 months ago on June 18th, 2012 | J | 21,390 notes