Now that I am 29 and engaged, I have been battered with a bunch of new realizations that I never thought about before. For instance, I recently realized that at some point in the very very near future, my fiance and I will have to purchase a new washing machine. The one we use now sounds like a garbage disposal, and the towels come out smelling like cooking grease. I've never bought a large appliance before, and feel like I deserve some kind of accolades for being responsible and looking around on Craigslist for a cheap one...as if it's a gigantic feat I've accomplished.

Such a small thing, but I swear, before I became engaged, I never thought twice about how my clothes would be washed in the future, I just trusted that they would. Now we are adults, and will have to supply ourselves with the means to wash our clothing - because really, I think I'm too old to just go out and buy new stuff when I run out of clean underwear...right?

Has anyone else ever felt like this? It's like I'm officially at the door of adulthood, and it's starting to creak open.