| when do you finally grow up?
Posted: 8/2/2005 6:37:21 PM | i would like to know when do people finally grow up and smell the coffee brewing?
it seems like some or most just don't want to be adults and enjoy playing the games. when do you wake up one day and realize your not 17 - 18 anymore and know its time you act your age. men seem to be the culprit in this sharade more than women, but the trend is changing. is it the 7 year itch or just the need to feel young and vibrant and wanted again?
between the dressing younger or the piercing and tattoos hair color and talking yo hip dude..( don't get me wrong, have one done that, been there done that). but on some people it just isn't right or fit them. it makes them look more foolish than coolish. so what i want to know is where you draw the line? or is there a line to draw? | |
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| when do you finally grow up?
Posted: 8/2/2005 8:09:52 PM | I think it depends on the person. There is definately a point when you have to come to a certain level of responsibility of your life but you have to have fun to. If you can find a balance that feels right for you then go with it. There's no laws about having fun and personally as I get older I like to still feel young and appealing. Being only 22 I still have a ways to go myself. Anyways people just do what feels right  | |
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| when do you finally grow up?
Posted: 8/3/2005 8:21:16 AM | Growing up. What does that mean, really? Does that mean doing what 95% of the population does just to feel "grown up?" Marriage. A mortage. House in the suburbs. SUV or mini-van. Three kids. Both partners work full-time, leaving the kids to be raised by TV. Wives and husbands that stopped being passionate about each other after the kids arrive. A cottage. Trips in the RV that no one wants to be a part of.
Is that what is grown up?
I'll tell you, I am 32, and I feel like I am 13 on the inside. And I truly, truly hope I never lose that fun, innocent, youthful vitality yet determined personality as I get older. Growing up comes from within, not without.
As far as grown up in a relationship...I really couldn't tell you. For me, right now in my life, anything serious or committed isn't even a blip on my long distance radar screen. I'm too "immature" for the women my age, and too "immature" for the women younger than me, lol!  SO I'm toast, lol!
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| when do you finally grow up?
Posted: 8/4/2005 6:42:39 AM | | I think that there is a kid in all of us. I am 35, I look about 28 and most of the time I act somewhere in the middle. I think that it is a fear of getting old that prevents us from "growing up". When you are young, you are carefree and feel like you have the world by the horns. No worries and no responsibilities. Unfortunately, things happen in life that make us grow up, sometimes quicker than we want. I truly belive that age is just a number and it is how you feel on the inside. Hey, as long as the bills are paid, the kids are looked after what the heck.... this is not a dress rehersal...so Go For It! | |
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| when do you finally grow up?
Posted: 8/5/2005 2:10:08 PM | | Hmmmm... good question... and great answers so far. To me.... as long as u r responsible for the things u do.. and don't play mind or head games... then why grow up. I am 38.. and look in my late 20's. I am active, love to dress young and not becuase I want to look young.. but I love the style. I love the music of today.. yesterday.. and 30 yrs ago. I take care of myself and the ones around me. But then again... I do get irresponsible sometimes, and I don't care because I am not hurting anyone. Life is what u make it. If you want to grow up feeling old and not TRULY living ur life... then that is ur perogative... but don't expect everyone to be the same. I love the person I am... and feel great being me. Maybe, everyone should just try it... step outside ur box... xoxoxoxoxoxxoxoxox Norma | |
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| when do you finally grow up?
Posted: 8/11/2005 10:43:08 PM | | Growing up is a journey, and not a destination. The question is, when do they reach the point in that journey that appeals to you? | |
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| when do you finally grow up?
Posted: 8/25/2005 1:32:56 PM | I think kids help you mature because you're the responsible adult but as far as growing up i'm not sure how to define that?
I'm turning 36 in a few days but i still think i'm more about 25 when it comes to my attitude. I don't care if i look silly when i'm playing with the kids on the monkey bars, it's fun so i'm going to do it. I don't mind trying new things, i have found out that i can't roller blade although i did master stand in one spot without falling down!!!
I think people shouldn't take themselves too seriously, i'm not sure i could ever be with someone who doesn't know how to be a kid at least some of the time. What fun is life if you always afraid to do something because you'll look silly! | |
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| when do you finally grow up?
Posted: 8/26/2005 5:38:26 AM | I'm with you KVgirl, who really wants to grow up? Not me, I've done all right by keeping myself young on the inside, I think young and still do the responsible things I have to do. But when it comes to having fun, I'm there! Life is too short to waste it trying to be anything but what you really are, so give in, get down, and enjoy your life!
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| when do you finally grow up?
Posted: 8/27/2005 3:13:03 AM | my inner child pretty much runs the place,..and i dont think i should apologise for it,lifes too damn serious .mite i suggest we find a big ole puddle an start jumping in it???  | |
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| when do you finally grow up?
Posted: 8/27/2005 7:13:49 PM | *jumps in the puddle and splashes everyone around her*....to HELL with growing up...once you stop having fun..ya may as well go pick out your pine box and lil plot of land to push up daisy's........Responsibilities are one thing...but why does that mean that you can't have fun at the same time....I say we all giver!!! lol | |
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| when do you finally grow up?
Posted: 10/27/2005 6:08:21 PM | We all grow up to a certain level .... some more than others.
We should realise our personal responsibilities and abide by them / we should go out of our way to be good to others and give respect and we should never let that little child inside grow up and should let them out as often as possible ......
Some do it by buying toys and flashing the gold, others do it by personality / either way, don't ever completely grow up ..... IT WILL KILL YOU! | |
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| when do you finally grow up?
Posted: 11/25/2005 8:57:49 AM | | when you start doing what needs to be done without being told. gotta ballance things out sometimes your the grasshopper, sometimes you gotta be the ant. | |
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| when do you finally grow up?
Posted: 11/25/2005 10:19:04 AM | | I kinbda grew up quite a bit earlier than most have I guess having a full time job at 20, on my own since 17 and starting to plan a family around 22 does that heh. | |
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| when do you finally grow up?
Posted: 11/26/2005 5:09:40 PM | My bumper sticker says it very succinctly:
"I may be getting older, but I refuse to grow up!" | |
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| when do you finally grow up?
Posted: 12/5/2005 10:10:07 AM | | hehe, I like that one stonewolf. Ok here comes my 2 cents worth, I'm going to take the big picture view on this. "growing up" is a perception controlled by your environment. What your parents expected from you and still do, what was going on in your corner of the world when you were enjoying, (or not enjoying) being a child, things like that. I remember being 15, and thinking 25 was most definately "grown up" and now I'm here and still don't feel like my inborn perceptions of "grown up". I have a 6 year old son and he considers me and my friends "adults". It's just plain freaky. Depends really, I was born old in some senses, always taking care of people and never really had very many pure moments of childishness as a child, so I'm spending my 20's "growing down" but ofcourse, within reason. | |
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| when do you finally grow up?
Posted: 9/5/2006 8:16:00 PM | I figured bumping this thread to the front to go along with the "How old do you feel?" thread would be appropriate.
And I re-iterate...I may be getting older but still refuse to grow up. | |
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| when do you finally grow up?
Posted: 9/6/2006 5:58:20 AM | I think the OP was meaning growing up as in takeing responsability for ones own life and actions. Growing up as in haveing fun and liveing life to the fullest not so much.
eg...look at our jails...they are packed full. Is it because society is that much bigger? I think nooo...its because people do not take responsabilites for their actions. Youth are getting involved with the wrong side of the law at younger and younger ages. People not willing or wanting to work. People chooseing to dabble in illegal drug use ( hard drugs people) and ending up addicted...now doing anything to get that high.
We are liveing in a society as a whole that basically refuses to "grow up". Not everyone no but there are many.
As for haveing fun and liveing life to the fullest...you can often find me in the sand box with the kids lol. Nothing wrong with being in touch with ones innerchild...life isn't much fun when you lose touch lol. | |
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