Read hilarious excerpts from books that understand the whole adulting thing

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LONDON -- Last year, the Ladybird Books for Grown-Ups helped us to understand some of life's greatest challenges including hangovers, hipsters and dating.

This year, these pocket-sized guides to adulting have introduced 9 new titles that tackle similarly bewildering subjects in their characteristic tongue-and-cheek style.

Check out this year's titles and some truly hilarious excerpts below:


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Ladybird, you get us. You really do.

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