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7th graders were asked what 30-year-olds want for Christmas. The answers are harsh but true.
As a kid, we want fun stuff for Christmas—and we can't fathom a day where we'll grow up and starting asking for boring things like vacuums and new dish towels. But the day inevitably comes when your wish list changes. As we get older, way may want video games, make up or skincare, clothes, or whatever water bottle all the kids are using (anything to fit in, right?) But even still, it's almost impossible to wrap your head around the mindset of a true grown up. Sweaters? Gift cards to Home Goods? Candles? Boooooooring!Seventh grade teacher Mr. Frakes routinely asks his students to give their observations on various aspects of adulthood to post on his TikTok—everything from “things parents love to say” to reactions to old school songs to guessing the “worst parts about adulting." The answers are always hilarious…if not a little brutal to us olds. His Christmas edition from 2023 is no different. Middle schoolersCanva PhotosMr. Frakes asked his students, “What do you buy someone in their 30s for the holidays?” And the adults who saw the video can’t help but commend the accuracy.Frakes had the kids write their ideas on green sticky notes and edited together a TikTok video showing them all in succession. The list is as follows, verbatim:“Measuring cups…bwahaha.”“"Signs that say ‘Bless The Home.’”“A Dyson vacuum.”“A bottle of wine and hip implants.”“Panera bread gift card. People in their 30s love soup!”“Bingo cards.”“You give them Bath & Body Works stuff. That’s what my mom wants!”“Expensive meats.”“Hard Candies.”“Candy Crush Premium.”“You get them old people candles that smell like ‘home’ or ‘back then.’”“T.J. Maxx gift card.”“The wrinkle creams.”“Heated blanket cause their muscles be hurtin.”“A coffee mug that says ‘don’t talk to me til I’ve had my coffee’ because they’re all coffee obsessed millennials.”“A lawyer for the divorce attorney. (fight for the kids).”The entire video is a worth a watch:
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Its me. I’m 30s.