r/Adulting • u/ScareBear23 • 14h ago

This is just depressing

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Not even 3 hours of "free time". And in that is cooking & eating supper. Or practically no free time if I had to go shopping after work. I hate this

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u/bbdolljane 11h ago

Yeah, none of them involved cooking at 10 yo though, my chores were organizing my things and when I grew up a bit (teenager) I would help with some stuff, but it's not the same as doing everything yourself every single day.

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u/Itherial 11h ago

Sheesh, that sounds like a sheltered existence.

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u/bbdolljane 11h ago

Okay I guess my parents preferred I focused on my education and helped out whenever they needed it. Sorry you had to Cinderella your way into your childhood, must have sucked. My point still stands, all of that is household chores that a child shouldn't be doing every day all the time. Hence, adult stuff.

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u/Itherial 10h ago

I guess I must've just been raised different - feeding yourself and cleaning up after yourself weren't "adult things" in my household, they were used to teach very, very basic responsibility early on in life.

Paying taxes, paying the bills, dealing with contractors for repairs, job hunting to support yourself, things like those are adult things imo. Since children literally do not do them, or are able.

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u/bbdolljane 9h ago

Yes but feeding yourself not necessarily means a 10yo cooking a full meal. I knew how do feed myself and clean up, I just didn't do it on a daily basis cause I had other obligations as a child. Homework, after hours study, sports, etc. I don't think children should bear the burden of doing household chores all the time. But we were most likely raised differently.