at what age should you grow up?

[xGEMSKIx]

cools. sounds like you are getting somewere in life

 

[incubat]

i've been thinking recently...

i'm currently 18, 19 in about a month and apparently i should be growing up by now...but i'm not and i don't really wanna grow up...then i was thinking maybe i'll grow up when i'm 20, but the thought of being 20 frightens the hell outta me!

so when should you grow up and start acting mature and responcible

I just turned 20, like a week ago, and I'm still not sure if I grew up...I think it just comes to you...

 

[xGEMSKIx]

i think it depends on the person.

 

[VICTORVONDOOMX]

Thank you

i will!! I will hopefully be a doctor or a teacher in a few years!

That's a BIG differential in payscale. Think long term. When I started college I was totally invested in helping others to pay for my misspent youth. My master's degree is nice and it's great working for the state as a therapist serving those that couldn't otherwise afford it. However, I often wish I'd planned not just for a job that made me feel better, but one which also provides better for my children. Of course, in college, I decided to NEVER have children. Living changes us all.

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

People should grow up..the minute they are done being a teenager.

 

[incubat]

That's a BIG differential in payscale. Think long term. When I started college I was totally invested in helping others to pay for my misspent youth. My master's degree is nice and it's great working for the state as a therapist serving those that couldn't otherwise afford it. However, I often wish I'd planned not just for a job that made me feel better, but one which also provides better for my children. Of course, in college, I decided to NEVER have children. Living changes us all.

so true

 

[strikezone89]

i've been thinking recently...

i'm currently 18, 19 in about a month and apparently i should be growing up by now...but i'm not and i don't really wanna grow up...then i was thinking maybe i'll grow up when i'm 20, but the thought of being 20 frightens the hell outta me!

so when should you grow up and start acting mature and responcible

hey man, im the same, Im 18 and i act like im 13 i joke around all the time and shiz like that, you know what, LIFE IS 2 SHORT.... don't hurry to grow up, have fun while your young.
thats how i see it.

 

[DeaDheaD]

When I turned 19, i started to act more mature, then I got Family Guy on DVD, then it all went downhill, so Ill go with 19.

 

[strikezone89]

When I turned 19, i started to act more mature, then I got Family Guy on DVD, then it all went downhill, so Ill go with 19.

rofl

 

[AhabTheArab]

when you know every song on the radio.

 

[CFE]

I've been thinking about this a lot as well...

You can look at it two different ways...growing up and growing out.

By 'growing up' what I mean is, taking on more responsibilities. Doing things for yourself and standing on your own two feet. Taking care of loved ones, bills, work, everything of that sort.

By 'growing out' I mean giving up everything that would deem you childish or juvenile in the eyes of others...like visiting this forum for example.

Now based on that...DON'T grow out. You'll become a narrow-minded and obnoxious f**kface if you do.

These are the people that think you're immature for liking comics and certain movies and so on and so forth.

And if 'growing up' the way those kind of people would tell you means becoming a boring and heinously uninteresting ass...no f**kin' thanks, I'll never grow up that way.

You can be responsible and mature without giving up your passions.

In fact there's a theory I have...that I may have discovered the fountainof youth.

BC I'm 19, but I could physically pass for 15 I'm not kidding.

And I think it's because, unlike my peers in high school who traded in the likes of Batman and Superman for Rap and Booze (not bad things mind you but still...), I didn't give it up.

19 years old and I still love comics and action figures and super heroes and science fiction movies and everything that pertains to being a "fanboy" and as a result of hanging onto my childhood passions and interests it's kept me physically young and looking younger than I am...but not mentally.

If anything, being a comic book/sci fi movie/horror movie geek gives me a much broader sense of the world around me...in turn making me more knowledgable and thusly more mature than those who thought growing up meant giving up what they loved as kids.

Bottom Line:

"Growing Up" and "Growing Out" are two different things. They don't go hand in hand...so don't let anyone tell you different.

CFE

p.s. as far as "growing up" is concerned...you're already 19 and asking this question? Yeah kid gloves are off, man...you should definately be more responsible and mature by now. At least you were responsible enough to ask for advice about this rather than not "grow up" at all...so kudos

 

[strikezone89]

I've been thinking about this alot as well...

You can look at it two different ways...growing up and growing out.

By 'growing up' what I mean is, taking on more responsibilities. Doing things for yourself and standing on your own two feet. Taking care of loved ones, bills, work, everything of that sort.

By 'growing out' I mean giving up everything that would deem you childish or juvenile in the eyes of others...like visiting this forum for example.

Now based on that...DON'T grow out. You'll become a narrow-minded and obnoxious f**kface if you do.

These are the people that think you're immature for liking comics and certain movies and so on and so forth.

And if 'growing up' the way those kind of people would tell you means becoming a boring and heinously uninteresting ass...no f**kin' thanks, I'll never grow up that way.

You can be responsible and mature without giving up your passions.

In fact there's a theory I have...that I may have discovered the fountainof youth.

BC I'm 19, but I could physically pass for 15 I'm not kidding.

And I think it's because, unlike my peers in high school who traded in the likes of Batman and Superman for Rap and Booze (not bad things mind you but still...), I didn't give it up.

19 years old and I still love comics and action figures and super heroes and science fiction movies and everything that pertains to being a "fanboy" and as a result of hanging onto my childhood passions and interests it's kept me physically young and looking younger than I am...but not mentally.

If anything, being a comic book/sci fi movie/horror movie geek gives me a much broader sense of the world around me...in turn making me more knowledgable and thusly more mature than those who thought growing up meant giving up what they loved as kids.

Bottom Line:

"Growing Up" and "Growing Out" are two different things. They don't go hand in hand...so don't let anyone tell you different.

CFE

p.s. as far as "growing up" is concerned...you're already 19 and asking this question? Yeah kid gloves are off, man...you should definately be more responsible and mature by now. At least you were responsible enough to ask for advice about this rather than not "grow up" at all...so kudos

you should write a book. what you said was perfect. KUDOS

 

[AhabTheArab]

well grow up and learn that a lot is two words. thanks.

 

[CFE]

well grow up and learn that a lot is two words. thanks.

yeah, but on the other hand I'm grown up enough to tell when one is acting like an ASS ...thank YOU.

CFE