20 things girls in their early twenties can relate to

So tomorrow I’ll be turning 22 (gulp) and therefore can safely say I will be a fully-fledged twenty something. Back in my teenage years I always thought girls in their twenties had it all figured out, but turns out that things don’t quite go as planned. So here are twenty things I hope girls who are just entering this scary decade can relate to. 

1.       You will always feel that pinch of anxiety when someone mentions your age, followed by the inevitable “not long ‘til 30” comment.

 

2.       You always feel a little bit depressed when you see celebrities who are younger than you absolutely killin’ it.

 

3.       Wine. There’s a lot more wine.

 

4.       You genuinely consider the possibility that you could become a crazy cat/dog lady for life.

 

5.       Your morning routines become a lot quicker.  Clip in extensions and a full face of make up? On a Monday? No thanks.

 

6.       Every day you ask yourself, so what am I doing with my life?

 

7.       You literally cringe when you think back over your dating history and promise yourself that your next romantic encounter will be better, meaningful and going somewhere.

 

8.       Then you find yourself on a night out. More wine comes along. You see that dark handsome stranger across the room and all your promises go out the window.

 

9.       You see friends on Facebook getting engaged and having babies whilst you’re still living at home with your parents worrying about what to have for your tea.

10.   You start spending your money on things like nice bedding and scented candles.

 

11.   You don’t mind spending quality time with the ‘rents. (You cringe when people say ‘rents).

 

12.    You actually have to consider things like rent, bills, and taxes and even pensions.

 

13.   For those in a relationship it actually feels nice to not have the “I’m single” anxiety, but then you’re faced with all these pressurising questions… what if he proposes in the near future? Will I say yes? Should we be getting engaged, everyone on my Facebook is? Why isn’t he proposing? I’m not sure if I actually like him THAT much. Do I? He can be a bit annoying. Am I settling? If we do break up I’m going to have to start this dating malarkey all over again. Shall we split up? What if we do get married then I realise I don’t actually like him as much as I thought? But I am head over heels madly in love with him. Am I? No, no he’s definitely the one. Is he? I don’t know. Pass the wine.

 

14.   You very often find nights in with the girls, eating junk food and watching Clueless more enjoyable than a drunken night out.

 

15.   You always feel a pang of jealously for that one girl who has the perfect house, job and partner and secretly wish for a mini disaster on her life.

 

16.   You look down your nose at all those 17/18/19 year olds in nightclubs acting like they own the place, with their skirts shorter than belts, getting drunk,  clinging on to every boy in sight and think to yourself, I never behaved like that…. obvs.

 

17.   You tell yourself- they’re not wrinkles, they’re definitely not wrinkles, they’re frown lines… it’s different.

 

18.   Caffeine is essential to get you through the working day.

 

19.   You actually remember the first time the last episode of FRIENDS aired on television and cried…. OMG when they zoomed in on that gold door frame at the end… sob!

 

20.   You realise this is the perfect time to be selfish. So travel, live life to the fullest, have no regrets, worry later.