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  • This doesn't mean I reject adulthood - major purchases, permanent relationships, occasional housecleaning, yep, sort of adultish.

    The WritingYA Weblog: ...and furthermore...furthermore...and on top of that... tanita davis 2008

  • I read plenty of adultish books to get my various degrees and gave away an armload of "how to write" books when I realized they can't help you if you can't... but if I read YA/children's books for my recreational reading, who is to say what "recreates" me?

    The WritingYA Weblog: ...and furthermore...furthermore...and on top of that... tanita davis 2008

  • The point being, if things don't turn out the way I want tomorrow, I feel compelled, as a college-graduated adultish-type-person, to take a stand.

    World watching United States elections, cheering for Barack Obama 2008

  • This doesn't mean I reject adulthood - major purchases, permanent relationships, occasional housecleaning, yep, sort of adultish.

    Archive 2008-03-01 tanita davis 2008

  • I read plenty of adultish books to get my various degrees and gave away an armload of "how to write" books when I realized they can't help you if you can't... but if I read YA/children's books for my recreational reading, who is to say what "recreates" me?

    Archive 2008-03-01 tanita davis 2008

  • But fun and nice to do something adultish when the Boy's not around.

    smashed potatoes hanya27 2005

  • That reminded Che of another adultish annoyance: they seldom praised a child's efforts unless it was insincere, such as saying "Very good!" when the child succeeded in choking down a nauseating brussels sprout.

    The Color of Her Panties Anthony, Piers 1992

  • That reminded Che of another adultish annoyance: they seldom praised a child's efforts unless it was insincere, such as saying "Very good!" when the child succeeded in choking down a nauseating brussels sprout.

    The Color of Her Panties Anthony, Piers 1992

  • The point being, if things don't turn out the way I want tomorrow, I feel compelled, as a college-graduated adultish-type-person, to take a stand.

    MarketingShift: Daily Crash Course in Marketing Technology & Brand Management 2009

  • Gadling's cabin overlooks Central Park, an open-air atrium stocked with plants, trees, and adultish nightspots.

    Gadling Jason Cochran 2009

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