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I'm 30 and my mom buys my plane tickets

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When I was younger I always imagined 30 as being so grown up. I'd have matching furniture, a headboard for my bed, and I'd have all sorts of adult like things going on.

Then I turned 30. I found out that 30 year olds (or at least the ones I know) don't actually have matching furniture and for the most part we are just older versions of out 25 yr ourselves. That and no one I know has a headboard.

The point of this is I'm going on vacation next week. The best friends vacation. I bought the ticket from NYC to San Fran and then a ticket from Phoenix to NYC. Mainly because I got sweet deals on the tickets. Then all I needed was to get from San Fran to Phoenix. Well that ticket was $150, and I didn't enjoy that price. So everyday I'd log onto Southwest and look at the price, then look at my meager bank account, then look at the price. I mean I need beer money for vacation, right? So I called my mom and was like "hi mom guess what I need?" Her response was "Why doesn't Jessica buy the ticket?" My reply was "Do you mean Paul?" Her "No I meant Jessica". Then silence. I pulled the "but i live in nyc" and she said "no you live in jersey city". More silence followed by "fine here is my credit card number". Score. I really didn't plan to be 30 and still have my mom buying me things, but it's so nice when she does.

Also I got a geography lesson. LA is no where near San Fran. Who knew? On the map they look close. My mom and Paul were equally disgusted when I said I thought they looked close. If you had told either one of them in 1995 they'd agree on anything they would have never believed it.
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💬 3 comments

  1. jenks ·

    hahaha yeah I need geography lessons often. Like I always thought Buffalo was "upstate NY" and assumed it was close to NYC, and was stunned when i realized it was (much) closer to Canada. And that it's almost as far from Buff to Chicago as it is from Buff to RI. And I had friends in college from LA/SF, and they were tallking about flying to visit each other and I was shocked. I was like "what? You have to FLY? Within the same state?" Being from Rhode Island, being able to drive more than 30 min and be in the same state is just crazy talk.

  2. twisted ·

    What airport are you flying into? Hope it's not LAX, haha.

  3. lilho ·

    you will die suddenly for ever making me feel bad when mom buys me stuff. but seriously, nice tactic, and remember that you need to use a different approach every time. tears never hurt, they sometimes turn into lipgloss. i wasnt sure if you still has it in you, but i have to say im proud. go out, and spend that extra $150 on something nice or yourself, you deserve it!

    and, you are huge fucking dumbass for not knowing how long of a state, CA is, and that LA and San Fran are indeed very far apart. Further than NY and Blo are apart.

    P.S. get your crunk juice, and cracktivate. we are celebrating st patty's day, "hostyle". in fact, i have created a new drink, i like to call, "the bloody ho". mmmmmmmmm...

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