aging

A lot of things get better when you reach adulthood. You get more independence, more rights, you can make your own money and spend it on literally whatever you want. You can buy a birthday cake whenever you want! 365 a year. Yep. There are so many exciting things about getting older. Still, however, it can feel weird to realize that you are older. Suddenly you start noticing signs of being middle-aged, and you don't know how to feel about it. Luckily, you're not alone.

Millennials are sharing moments they realized they were middle-aged on Reddit, and they're actually really funny.

Life can get pretty demanding, which is why it's important to have a rocking skincare routine. Your roommates may be totally psycho, your company may be withholding that well-deserved promotion, your f*ckboy may be dodging commitment, and the waves might be completely flooding the shore, but with a skincare routine, at least you'll still have flawless skin. The people of Twitter are well-aware of the importance of a skincare routine. While they go through the motions of their own routines, they still can't help but make fun of it on the platform. Scroll down for the funniest tweets about people's skincare routines. 

Each person will be confronted with thousands of issues, sometimes all at once. Because life can be so brutal, it is incredibly important to enter each day with some optimism and positivity, or else what is there to live for? Still, sometimes we all could use a reality check. If we refuse to acknowledge some 'facts of life,' it may hold us back more than help us.

For example, sure, you can say you're capable of anything, but you still have to put in a decent amount of time and effort to accomplish something big.

On Reddit, women are sharing 'Hard-To-Swallow' pills about life, and some of these may just burst your bubble.

Getting older is a part of life. We're literally constantly aging but some days we feel young and naive and other days we feel like we're well on our way to becoming the old creepy man on the block. The worst thing you can do is compare your accomplishments to someone else, but it can feel good to relate to other people going through the same 'growing pains' as you. The more we normalize aging, the less 'out of touch' we might all feel. After all, each phase of life should be celebrated, as well as laughed at because some of this sh*t is too good.

This Reddit thread is filled with funny relatable moments when people realized they were not getting any younger.

There's a lot of perks of aging. You have more experience, more weighted advice, more money (hopefully), and you probably just give less of a f**k in general about the little things. Having adult problems means not caring so much about the things that used to paralyze you when you were young and naive, like being caught wearing the same pair of jeans twice in the same week or having your crush find out you have a picture of him on your wall that you kiss every night before bed... Unless we keep doing that stuff when we're 40. Let me know... for research.

These hilarious Tweets truly prepare you for what your 40's may look like.

One's thirties can be an interesting time. The troubles you face are much different than those from your twenties, but maybe not as pressing as the ones from your fortys will be. But let's not get too ahead of ourselves. One should enjoy their thirties and all of the unexpected BS that comes along with it. It's a decade that is very formative. It's also definitely funny how people in their thirties will be able to relate to each other about certain things just because. It's like a big old inside joke. 

Not that thirty is old... Let's just move on to the memes, shall we?

Aging is a cruel process; one minute, you're 23, and your whole life is ahead of you, but five minutes later, you're a decade older, and your back hurts from bending down to pick up your groceries. Honestly, I don't know where the time goes. In the wise words of Andy Bernard from The Office, "I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you actually left them." These tweets will hit home hard if you're at the age where you need to schedule naps before you have sex. I'm not; I'm just speaking for a friend.

I may or may not be in my early 30s, but let me tell you, in my soul, I'm still 26. It amazes me how quickly time passes and yet how immensely conscious of it I am. I am more aware of body parts than I ever have been (oh, hi aching knees!), and my ideal 'night out' is actually eating pasta in bed, watching Netflix. Aging is a cruel process, and I have decided to stay 26 forever. The end! Oh, and here are some memes that you'll also relate to if you're in the same stage of life as me. 

Twitter user, @exfatalist, asked the 30-year-old's of Twitter, "what is something about aging you always thought was a trope but turned out to be true?"

As one user wrote, "straight up forgetting years." 

Years? I can barely recall an entire decade! 

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It all started with an odd question posted on twitter by user Brandon McCarthy: Did people in the past look older than their age? 

Even though it doesn't make any sense, people began to see more and more examples in popular culture, sports, and their own lives of old-looking young people. Some of which are truly mind-bending.

The whole thing is both hilarious and frighteningly real. Check out for more. 

If you haven't downloaded the FaceApp yet, you're missing out on all the horrifying realistic fun! Out of everyone of this list, who do you think is aging gracefully?

"I'm so old I can remember getting through the entire day without taking pictures of anything"