We all have our role in our friend group, the mom, the crazy one, the smart one and so on.... but every friend group has that one friend who is the child. Here are 7 signs that you are the child of your friend group.
1. You eat "kid" foods.
Every time you and the squad go out to eat everyone already knows what your order is.. those chicken strips and fries. While everyone else is ordering steak and fish you always stick to the safe choices presented on the kids menu, mac and cheese, chicken strips and fries or a hot dog.
2. You can never make decisions on your own.
No matter what you have to make a decision on, you need to run it by the mom of the group so that you make the right choice. At this point your group message if full of "Guys a kid in my class asked me to get luck... do I go?" and "Wait can someone help me pick classes for next semester?" You just always need someone to tell you what you should do because making decisions scares you way more than it should, considering you are now in your 20s.
3. You cannot go anywhere alone.
Getting food, printing off an assignment, walking to class, even walking to your car you need someone to be by your side. What if someone tries to talk to you or you pass that guy you hooked up with last weekend, you cannot take that on by yourself so you always need someone with you. Also, you get distracted easily and tend to wander and get lost so having your group mom there to supervise you isn't a bad idea.
4. You are, without a doubt, the least responsible of your friends.
Even you know what when it comes to big responsibilities you are the last person they would be given to. None of your friends trust you with alcohol because you are constantly wandering off and usually are returned home safely by security each weekend because you lost your phone.. again. Your friends always have your location on and some nights they debate whether they need to buy one of those children's harness leashes to keep you out of trouble.
5. You never seem to get shotgun.
You have caught on to the fact that any time there are more than two people in the car you are stuck in the back like an actual child. You would not be surprised if your friends put on child lock for the back doors. But you know what? You always make the most of the back seat and get turnt when your favorite song comes on.
6. You pout.
Face it, very time your friends force you to do something you didn't want to do you get pissed off and the negative vibes come out. You instantly go silent and play on your phone, every time someone asks you what's wrong you say that your fine or you don't answer at all. Everyone tries to cheer you up so that the squad can have a fun night out but you are stubborn and stuck in your way. You're gonna be pouting all night.
7. You are entertained by the weirdest things.
You could play with a stapler for an hour and be perfectly content. You are the friend who always wants to go to the arcade or park and your friends try to explain to you that you're 20 something and going to those places by yourself can seem weird to others but you just don't see what they mean. You are the friend who will find a rock on the ground and keep kicking it as you walk until your friend stops you and asks if you were listening to anything they just said... you didn't. Because you were too focused on making sure you kept that rock going.
8. You nap.. a lot.
Your friends are always giving you shit for taking three-hour naps in the middle of the day but they know if you don't that you will be a cranky monster by dinner. You stay up way too late at night so you need naps to get through the day. It is a horrible routine that is probably not good for your health but you really don't care.
9. You are not the best at laundry.
You have been doing your own laundry for years now but you still manage to screw it up. The classic white sock in the white load except you don't even separate your white and colors you just throw it all in there and eventually end up with a could nice light pink shirts that use to be white. Dryer sheets are always somehow left off your shopping list.. mostly because you don't have a shopping list, but you still question why your clothes are so staticky.
10. You hate talking on the phone.
Remember when you were younger and as soon as you heard you mom say "well here is Susan she wants to say hello" to the relative on the phone you were already running to China? Yeah.. well you still do that. No matter who is on the other line you just freeze up and don't know what to say. Thank god for online ordering because if you still had to call to order a pizza then you would probably never taste that greasy cheesy goodness again, and probably be fifteen pounds lighter.
11. You really can't cook.
Easy mac is a challenge for you. Yeah, it's pretty pathetic. You know. But thanks to your wonderful friends who cook you weekly dinner, you haven't starved to death yet. Your friends try to turn weekly dinner into a cooking lesson but they usually just give up and cook it themselves after you ask if you can just microwave the water to make it boil faster.
12. You are a terrible listener.
Your friends have gotten used to the fact that half the time they are talking to a wall. You are that person who is always saying "what" "I didn't hear you" "oh, were you talking to me" It's hard for you to pay attention to things that are boring you and you are very bad at hiding the fact that you are not listening. Something you are even thinking about what you are going yo eat for lunch or when you are going to nap that day while you friends are having a full on conversation with you.
13. You are overly dramatic when you're sick.
The second you get a headache or sore throat it is game over. You instantly text in the group message that you are dying and someone needs to bring you food asap because you are too ill to get out of bed. Then your best friend Sally says you should go to the doctor and instantly regrets her suggestion. Everyone knows that you are terrified of the doctor and claim that Motrin cures every kind of sickness. Then when you don't get better your friends pull sticks and whoever gets the shortest stick is the unlucky chump who has to that the kid, you, to the doctors.
Well, there it is. If you fit an or all of these descriptions then you are the child of your friend group. But that's ok! Embrace it. You are the lively one, the adventurous one, the one who will always be a child at heart no matter how old you are!
