I’ve been hearing about “adulting” from many of my clients, as
in, “I spent all morning at the bank, getting the car washed, and taking my
mother’s emotional support animal to the vet…#adulting.”
When I saw the headline in my Sunday paper, “Learning to
‘Adult,” I realized “adulting” wasn’t just a passing linguistic hiccup. One of the
local colleges is running a series of talks called “#Adulting.”
Some
have complained about the term. They find it sexist, which hardly
seems apt, since men use it too. They find it gross, but I find it ironically
self-reflective. Like making blonde jokes when you’re blonde, it shows you
don’t take yourself too seriously.
