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Growing up I watching the ever poplar T.V. series F.R.I.E.N.D.S, I imagined that my life in my 20s would yield a similar outcome. I would have a group of attractive male and female friends, we would hang out, do grown-up things like drink wine at each other’s places, and go see plays in the city. My 20s were sure to come pre-packaged with an interesting and viable career that I could live comfortably off of, and a stylish apartment with my very own french bulldog. I would have a steady mature boyfriend that would bring me roses and champagne and cook for me. He might even have a drawer at my place. Yes, 20s surely was the best age to be.
Right?
Wrong. My romantic ideals and naive notions that life in my 20s would be just like a quirky feel-good sitcom, soon diminished when reality started catching up. Oh yes, things like bills, food, gas, insurance, time to study, time to socialize (who has time for a social life…that’s why facebook was invented, right?) relationships, grades, tuition, exercise, body image, and so much more just keeps getting hurdled at you everyday. No one told me that I would seemingly go through puberty a second time with more acne and hormones than before, or that I actually have to make time out of my schedule to exercise and plan to eat healthy. Unlike Rachel Greene, I was not blessed with beautiful blonde hair and flawless skin, and men falling at my feet. I am more of a Monica, a little neurotic, and a little more real, although Monica is far from perfectly realistic. I had the rose-colored glasses that lead me to believe that life was just peachy-keen, fun, and most of all easy when I hit 20.
What I know now is that there is no substitute for experience. Even if you don’t have a made for T.V. life you can to view your world like a sitcom; when things seemingly couldn’t get worse they do and there’s a humor in that (however sadistic that may sound). In that way my life is like the 90s shows I would watch as a kid, their cheesy message that family and friends are always there for you really does help when you look back at the times when you were in most need.
Here’s to a crazy wonderful 20s!
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