Suzy Weiss: Admit It, Being an Adult Is Hard

In a week or so I will have left my twenties behind for, I m told, my thirties. I m not much of a birthday celebrater, but I have been reflecting on the past decade, and marveling at how little I seemed to have learned during it. Sure, I managed to pay my taxes, and apply for a couple of apartments. I can hold a job. Well, I can hold a job where the boss is my sister.

But I can t do a lot of things. I don t really drive. I m too scared to cook most meats. I ve never ironed anything I do a poor man s steam, which is when you hang your garment in the bathroom while you shower and hope the heat gets the wrinkles out. The other day I called my dad to ask how many thousands are in a million. (It s a thousand!)

Turns out a lot of people in my generation are similarly, woefully, worrisomely, underprepared for their adult years. So for this week s column, I decided to go deep into the world of adult education to see what we can do about it.

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Funny.