I've found it to be a slow transition, and as Yams said I wouldn't think it complete yet. Next year when I am on my own (more or less) at University it will require more progression into adulthood, and then eventually I'll have to get a real job and support myself, thus signifying that the transition is complete. So really I suppose next year will prove to be one of the first major defining moments.
Yeah When I got out of school I sort of went off and tried to be on my own.
apparently i've always been pretty mature (yes its true :P)
but yeah, i think i've never really had a moment. Maybe when my parents split up was when i thought, oh poopiehead i had better get my act together
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IM gonna be going 12 on to 7 forever. Im nvr gonna grow up. Its boring sometimes.
It looks like the ground had a sex change.
It was probably the first time I came home from college and seeing all the little high school kids doing all the stuff I used to do.
I do enjoy sitting in a rocking chair on my porch and yelling at kids to get off my lawn.
I'm almost 18, and I don't feel like an adult, and I don't particularly want to. But I do have a job, so I guess that's one thing. It's coming, whether I like it or not, so I guess I'll just have to figure out how to handle it when the time comes.
I'm 21, and I think when I realized that I had to "grow up" was when I was put in charge of three kids for a whole summer.
but I still don't like the idea of being an adult. sometimes I just want to be 5 again, without a care in the world
I agree.Originally Posted by Yamaneko
You could say I'm adult in the sense that I know what it takes to pay bills (I pay for my cell, the cable, and am still paying off credit card debt.), but my mom and sister fit the bill for about 60% of the things I enjoy living here.
Anyway...
Yes, I get that way even though I'm attending college. So I do some immature things just to keep my sanity, like get drunk, and numb myself up with video games.
Exactly. And I think I'm just about ready to start doing that.
I'm almost 17, which means it's only about a year away till I turn 18. I'm as scared as anything about it. I think it'll I'll finally thing 'I'm an adult now and have to move out of home' when I finish school. I'm scared as anything now, knowing I have to get a job really soon. Since I had to grow up really fast when I was younger - I feel I've only gotten such a short period of time to make up for all childhood I lost. Maybe that makes it more scary.
These age scares mean nothing. When I turned 13...I reamained the same guy, same as when I turned 16. The problem is, we mature no matter how hard we try not to. Some things we used to do years ago, just seem dumb now. What I'm trying to say is, turning a certain age means nothing. I know pleanty of 21 year old assholes who are about as mature as a four year old. The only thing (other than Yams point) that determains true growth in one self...is how we learn to deal with situations. The more we grow, the more we learn. This knowledge is our growth...bills...marriage...sex...kids...its all coming to us. How we handle it, is our test.
It is a scary realization when you notice that anyone in public under the age of 20 annoys you greatly. And when you no longer call your parents twice a month to borrow money.
The biggest realization comes when you really do something grown up like get married or have kids. At that point, its scary not only for being new territory, but the fact becomes that its not just about you anymore. You now have other people that you are responsible for and count on you. You can't screw up now because you have other people who now need you and blowing it will ruin their lives as well.
That is when you really become an adult.
EDIT: Yams is right. If your parents still pay your bills and going home is where they live, you may officially be an adult, but not really....
>>> Being an adult sounds too complicated, I guess Im not one of them..
>> The black orb glitters ominously... but nothing happens..
Right now your at the point where you start to realize grown up things, but honestly you could probably say more things are uncertain than you confidently understand. Between now and 23 you'll gradually notice you suddenly seem more grown up in phases, then then probably beyond but I can't say cause I'm not there yet. You'll start to really feel like an adult once you gain the confidence that it doesn't matter that things are uncertain, just work towards them and it will turn out okay. As you get older things will just suddenly make sense that you were so confused about before due to personal experience and more time spent thinking about whatever it is.
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