Adia Morris essay | May 2026
Clip: Season 2026 Episode 35 | 1m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
Adia bemoans what was left out of the sales pitches on adulthood that we got as kids.
Adia bemoans what was left out of the sales pitches on adulthood that we got as kids.
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Adia Morris essay | May 2026
Clip: Season 2026 Episode 35 | 1m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
Adia bemoans what was left out of the sales pitches on adulthood that we got as kids.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> PEOPLE WHO WERE GROWN-UPS WHEN I WAS A KID, I HAVE A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU.
AS AN ADULT, I CAN APPRECIATE THAT YOU SHIELDED ME FROM THE WORST OF THE WORLD.
BUT YOU ALL LIED.
Y'ALL, I'M TIRED.
LIKE, “JUST WANT TO SIT ON THE COUCH AND PLOW THROUGH A WHOLESALE-SIZED BOX OF GRANOLA BARS WITH NO ONE ASKING ME FOR- ANRS WITH NO ONE ASKING ME FOR- ANYT WITH NO ONE ASKING ME FOR- ANYTHIITH NO ONE ASKING ME FOR- ANYTHINGH NO ONE ASKING ME FOR- ANYTHING" NO ONE ASKING ME FOR- ANYTHING” NO ONE ASKING ME FOR- ANYTHING” TO ONE ASKING ME FOR- ANYTHING” TIRONE ASKING ME FOR- ANYTHING” TIREDE ASKING ME FOR- ANYTHING” TIRED.
ASKING ME FOR- ANYTHING” TIRED.
ASKING ME FOR- FIGHTING.
FOR.
MY LIFE.
WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I LOOKED FORWARD TO BEING AN ADULT SO I COULD DECIDE WHAT TO DO WITH MY TIME AND MONEY, AND NOW I’M A GROWNUP AND I STILL DON’T GET TO DO THAT.
YOU LIED BY OMISSION.
THOSE THINGS YOU HID FROM ME—YOU KNOW, GEOPOLITICAL INSTABILITY, HAVING TO THINK FOR THREE OR MORE PEOPLE, MAKING SURE MY CHILDREN AREN’T RUNNING FERAL AND HUNGRY THROUGH THE WOODS-THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES MAKE IT HARD TO DO ALL THE FUN STUFF I THOUGHT I WOULD BE DOING.
THE UNFINISHED HOUSE PROJECTS ALONE CLUTTER MY MIND LIKE THE SKYSCRAPER-SIZED TRASH PILES IN THE MOVIE “WALL-E”.
ULTIMATELY, I KNOW YOU WANTED ME TO HAVE A CHILDHOOD FREE FROM HEAVY WORRIES, SO, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME.
AND ADULTHOOD’S NOT ALL BAD, I GUESS.
I ORGANIZED A LILAC SYRUP-MAKING PARTY THIS WEEK WITH ADULTS AND KIDS AND IT WAS A BLAST.
I JUST NEED TO REMEMBER THAT THIS SEASON WILL PASS.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO TELL ME THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT’S NEXT, PLEASE: JUST LIE.
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