Life adulthood r/AskUK ‘What aspect of adulthood in the UK do you feel you’ll never truly master?’ – 23 eternal mysteries of being a grown up Karen Dickinson . Updated March 21st, 2025 Share Tweet While every right-thinking person should be allergic to the phrase ‘adulting’, there’s no doubt that there are some parts of being a grown up that are tricky to get to grips with. They’ve been discussing this on the always entertaining AskUK subreddit, after user ms-AB asked this question: ‘What aspect of adulthood in the UK do you feel you’ll never truly master?’ They followed it up with this example.
.. For me: HMRC tax payments and the whole funking website.
I need tax explained to me like I’m 5, honestly. I need the website laid out like an online Fisher-Price toy not the strange labyrinth of jargon that it currently is. My terrible maths skills and borderline fear of numbers doesn’t help (that and general rage at the system and what the taxes might go towards) but it all just makes me feel embarrassed and ashamed because I’m nearly 40.
Is there any supposed adult life skill that you feel strangely incompetent tackling and slightly embarrassed about discussing with other people? Anyone who has ever tried to file a self-assessment tax return will feel their pain, and there were plenty of people who could empathise with the struggle. 1. ‘The fruit machines in pubs.
I can understand the three spinning wheels part, but that top board bit may as well be w.
