People have been sharing the adult realisations that are like finding out about Santa – 17 proper gut punches we’ll never forget

9.
Your parents are humans, not superheroes.
BrokeAsFuckGardener

10.
Realising that ‘loyalty’ in the workplace only works one way.
VegasLife84

11.
Love isn’t the only thing required to make a relationship work or last.
GoliathBoneSnake

12.
A degree doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll get a good paying job.
angieeeeee97

13.
That simply existing costs a lot of money.
CertifiedGlizzler

14.
Fairness is a fallacy, and to expect it is a stumbling block. There is no universal arbiter levelling out the odds in our daily existence. That being said, you can be cynical, or just see it as it is, and try to understand that the best way to try to achieve fairness is to treat others fairly.
jam_rine

15.
When you own a pool, the pool owns you and everyone else gets to enjoy it.
ChicharonLover

16.
Adulthood is a lie. It is all just a brunch for jaded kids desperately trying to hold onto their childhood.
Excellent_Shirt9707

17.
Being told that the skeletons of dinosaurs you see assembled at the museums are casts and not the actual dug up bones. Of course they are — the originals would be way to fragile and special — but it still breaks your heart.
MoreGaghPlease

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