The 50 signs you are a grown-up

Key signs of adulthood are no longer relying on mum and dad for financial decisions, being able to cook an evening meal from scratch and owning a lawn mower according to the Skipton Building Society. Here are the 50 things that prove you are grown-up:

1. Having a mortgage

2. Mum and dad no longer make your financial decisions

3. Paying into a pension

4. Conducting a weekly food shop

5. Written a Will

6. Having children

7. Budgeting every month

8. Being able to cook an evening meal from scratch

9. Getting married

10. Having life insurance

11. Recycling

12. Having a savings account

13. Knowing what terms like 'ISA' and 'tracker' mean

14. Watching the news

15. Owning a lawn mower

16. Doing your own washing

17. Taking trips to the local tip

18. Planting flowers

19. Being able to bleed a radiator

20. Having a joint bank account

21. Having a view on politics

22. Keeping track of interest rates

23. Finding a messy house annoying

24. Being able to change a light bulb

25. Owning a vacuum cleaner

26. Holding dinner parties

27. Listening to Radio 2

28. Enjoying gardening

29. Spending weekend just 'pottering'

30. Mum starts asking you for advice

31. Carrying spare shopping bags just in case

32. Like going round garden centres

33. Wearing coats on a night out

34. Going to bed before 11pm

35. Making sure mum and dad are phoned at least once a week

36. Classing work as a career rather than a job

37. Repairing torn clothing rather than throwing it away

38. You iron

39. You wash up immediately after eating

40. Enjoy cooking

41. Buying a Sunday paper

42. Always going out with a sensible pair of shoes

43. You like receiving gift vouchers

44. Work keeps you awake at night

45. Filing post

46. Having a 'best' crockery set

47. Being able to change a car tyre

48. Being sensible enough to remove make up off before bedtime

49. Being able to follow a receipt

50. Owning 'best towels' as well as 'everyday towels'