When are you supposed to feel like an adult? - Page 2

*BubblyShell22* · 11-11-2012, 09:17 AM

I think feeling like an adult is when you feel responsible for yourself and you realize that your parents have no obligation to you anymore. Sure, you can still be close to them and all, but they don't have to take care of you if you can take care of yourself. Sadly, my sister still doesn't get that idea and thinks that my parents are still obligated to her even if she's out of the house. Um, they aren't. You're an adult, and you need to take responsibility for yourself.

Blossombrooks · 11-11-2012, 12:07 PM

I'm married, I own a house but that isn't what makes me feel like an adult. I think when life starts giving you serious problems to deal with it's how you handle and learn from them that makes you realise you actually have grown up. Of course being one when it counts doesn't mean I act like one when it doesn't.

*sdp* · 11-11-2012, 01:15 PM

I grew up of "kid" stuff during my early/mid teens but by my late teens I realized it was stupid to not embrace your inner child and enjoy the stuff you like whether it's something you outgrew or not. I never felt embarrased for liking stuff I did or anything, I felt all of that stuff was things you worried about in jr. high and early high school about how others view you and after that awkward period ended no one really cared what you did and this was true for many years.

However recently just hitting my mid 20s I look at myself and wonder if the thigns I'm doing are childish a lot, When no one I hang out with or talk to even thinks about it, it just makes me feel very childish and makes me wonder why I am indeed wasting my time on it and I feel very immature. I don't know why that is but it's getting harder to justify having a toy on my shelf or wasting some of my time watching some old cartoon from my childhood. Not because I don't like it but I feel I am could be doing something better and more important with my time. And I start feeling embarrased again in social situations similarly to when I hit 7th grade which I thought I had outgrown and learned to embrace my inner kid.

Type 97 Chi-ha · 11-11-2012, 01:36 PM

When you think about it, there's no clear line, is there?

Sign I saw in a restaurant:

"WE DO NOT TOLERATE SCREAMING BABIES HERE, EVEN IF THEY ARE 40 YEARS OLD!"

zodiac brave · 11-11-2012, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Type 97 Chi-ha

When you think about it, there's no clear line, is there?

Sign I saw in a restaurant:

"WE DO NOT TOLERATE SCREAMING BABIES HERE, EVEN IF THEY ARE 40 YEARS OLD!"

WOOOOORRRRRDDD!!! THIS RIGHT HERE! THIS IS CORRECT!

lol!

HeavyMetalCarebear · 11-11-2012, 07:42 PM

I will gladly never feel like an adult.

I hate people who think you have to. I get a lot of comments for liking comics and cartoons and video games and wrestling, like you HAVE to stop liking those things at a certain age.

k, I will continue to enjoy life while you 'adults' carry on being boring prudes.

*TheCanadiandrome* · 11-11-2012, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by HeavyMetalCarebear

I will gladly never feel like an adult.

I hate people who think you have to. I get a lot of comments for liking comics and cartoons and video games and wrestling, like you HAVE to stop liking those things at a certain age.

k, I will continue to enjoy life while you 'adults' carry on being boring prudes.

Lol good one

*The Stryker* · 11-11-2012, 09:21 PM

I think you're officially an adult when you're stoked to get something practical and useful as a birthday or christmas gift instead of useless toys and games.

"Oh sh*t! A nice ass Vacuum cleaner! This is awesome!"

**GK Punk** · 11-11-2012, 09:27 PM

Hah, I remember the first time that happened to me. I felt so old.

*TheCanadiandrome* · 11-11-2012, 09:36 PM

Gee I'm lucky that's not happened yet

Type 97 Chi-ha · 11-11-2012, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by The Stryker

I think you're officially an adult when you're stoked to get something practical and useful as a birthday or christmas gift instead of useless toys and games.

"Oh sh*t! A nice ass Vacuum cleaner! This is awesome!"

Reminds me of an elderly woman who wrote a letter to the Chicago Tribune about how, when she was young, was hoping for a toy for Christmas and was disappointed to get thermal underwear instead. But her mind was changed when the weather turned colder and she felt much more comfortable being outside while wearing it.

TMNT_Guy · 11-11-2012, 10:14 PM

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“Critics who treat "adult" as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adults themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man, I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”

-C.S. Lewis

*The Stryker* · 11-11-2012, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by TheCanadiandrome

Gee I'm lucky that's not happened yet

I would say you're unlucky because you're still in a childish state.

Being able to appreciate the useful stuff is awesome.

I get that people like to enjoy their kid stuff but the amount of peter panning nowadays is nuts. If you're nearly 30.....probably time to grow up a smidge.

*gobo* · 11-11-2012, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Type 97 Chi-ha

Sign I saw in a restaurant:

"WE DO NOT TOLERATE SCREAMING BABIES HERE, EVEN IF THEY ARE 40 YEARS OLD!"

Brilliant.

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Originally Posted by TMNT_Guy

-C.S. Lewis

Dude had a point.

*BubblyShell22* · 11-12-2012, 08:36 AM

Well, for me, I could care less about presents anymore. I just don't see the point in getting anything for Christmas or my birthday because I feel it isn't about material things. I used to be so excited on Christmas to receive toys and things like that, but now I just don't want anything anymore because it doesn't matter to me. Sure, if I need something like clothes, I can accept that. Then again, I never was disappointed when I was given clothes at all. I always liked them and thought they were awesome. So, for me, I really feel I have grown up in that way because I don't worry about what I want for Christmas or my birthday anymore. It doesn't matter.

Then again, I don't care about holidays anymore either. They've become boring and meaningless rather than anything worth celebrating. I guess that's my age showing.

*The Stryker* · 11-12-2012, 08:42 AM

Or your pessimistic attitude.

*TheCanadiandrome* · 11-12-2012, 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Stryker

I would say you're unlucky because you're still in a childish state.

Being able to appreciate the useful stuff is awesome.

I get that people like to enjoy their kid stuff but the amount of peter panning nowadays is nuts. If you're nearly 30.....probably time to grow up a smidge.

nice real nice dude. coming from u that means little to me. and also i do appreciate the useful stuff

**Machias Banshee** · 11-12-2012, 10:03 PM

Well, I think I've entered the realm of 'adult'....

I'm beyond buying any kind of toys or lil doodads. I very rarely buy anything comic book related, unless it's a book for drawing techniques; The Art of The Avatar was my last book. We do the 'useful' stuff for Christmas and birthdays... flannel bedding, car parts...

Mom's whole cancer ordeal really forced the last of the kiddie type stuff to the back burners of life. Financially, I have a good full-time job, I own my car, no school debt ( as of this week!

), yet I don't make enough to afford a place of my own. Prices around here have jumped with all the commuters from Boston...

So, I live at home with my parents. However, I help with groceries, contribute to the heating oil fund, upkeep and maintenance - I've helped renovate half of the rooms in our house in the past two, three years. And as much as a bad rap some people get for living at home... I love being with my parents and brother.

God I sound like an old frump...

**Jester** · 11-12-2012, 10:12 PM

Maybe it's when you stop regarding holidays as a "Oooo, I get stuff!" and it becomes, "Oooo, I get to spend time with my family and loved ones." that makes you an adult.

**GK Punk** · 11-12-2012, 10:12 PM

I think I've come to the realization that, at least until I have kids anyway, I'll probably always collect things. GI Joe, movie props, Star Wars merch, dolls, whatever it is I always seem to keep collecting them. But I guess what really matters is that you take care of yourself and you don't put collecting toys first ahead of the important things in life.

11-11-2012, 09:17 AM	#21
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	I think feeling like an adult is when you feel responsible for yourself and you realize that your parents have no obligation to you anymore. Sure, you can still be close to them and all, but they don't have to take care of you if you can take care of yourself. Sadly, my sister still doesn't get that idea and thinks that my parents are still obligated to her even if she's out of the house. Um, they aren't. You're an adult, and you need to take responsibility for yourself. __________________ "A warrior who never fails, never learns."-The Ancient One. "Embrace your inner a**holiness."-Mr. Anderson.

11-11-2012, 12:07 PM	#22
Blossombrooks Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: 'hero' turtle land Posts: 946	I'm married, I own a house but that isn't what makes me feel like an adult. I think when life starts giving you serious problems to deal with it's how you handle and learn from them that makes you realise you actually have grown up. Of course being one when it counts doesn't mean I act like one when it doesn't. __________________ There's too much green to feel blue! http://blossombrooks.deviantart.com/

11-11-2012, 01:15 PM	#23
sdp Detoxed Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tokio, Italy Posts: 11,217	I grew up of "kid" stuff during my early/mid teens but by my late teens I realized it was stupid to not embrace your inner child and enjoy the stuff you like whether it's something you outgrew or not. I never felt embarrased for liking stuff I did or anything, I felt all of that stuff was things you worried about in jr. high and early high school about how others view you and after that awkward period ended no one really cared what you did and this was true for many years. However recently just hitting my mid 20s I look at myself and wonder if the thigns I'm doing are childish a lot, When no one I hang out with or talk to even thinks about it, it just makes me feel very childish and makes me wonder why I am indeed wasting my time on it and I feel very immature. I don't know why that is but it's getting harder to justify having a toy on my shelf or wasting some of my time watching some old cartoon from my childhood. Not because I don't like it but I feel I am could be doing something better and more important with my time. And I start feeling embarrased again in social situations similarly to when I hit 7th grade which I thought I had outgrown and learned to embrace my inner kid. __________________ *Trapt* *urself Page MiscRave!!!* Click to join The Drome Discord server

11-11-2012, 07:42 PM	#26
HeavyMetalCarebear Foot Soldier Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Hugh Jackman's Pants Posts: 144	I will gladly never feel like an adult. I hate people who think you have to. I get a lot of comments for liking comics and cartoons and video games and wrestling, like you HAVE to stop liking those things at a certain age. k, I will continue to enjoy life while you 'adults' carry on being boring prudes. __________________ "He's sleeping with the ultimate failure." ~ Chris Redfield CM Punk > You

11-11-2012, 09:21 PM	#28
The Stryker Stupid Rich Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Room 237 Posts: 11,152	I think you're officially an adult when you're stoked to get something practical and useful as a birthday or christmas gift instead of useless toys and games. "Oh sh*t! A nice ass Vacuum cleaner! This is awesome!" __________________ @~<3 Mom~@

11-11-2012, 01:36 PM	#24
Type 97 Chi-ha Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Brookfield, IL Posts: 1,333	When you think about it, there's no clear line, is there? Sign I saw in a restaurant: "WE DO NOT TOLERATE SCREAMING BABIES HERE, EVEN IF THEY ARE 40 YEARS OLD!"

11-11-2012, 09:27 PM	#29
GK Punk I'm your Devil Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 12,439	Hah, I remember the first time that happened to me. I felt so old.

11-11-2012, 09:36 PM	#30
TheCanadiandrome Big, Bad & Bold Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Inside the Technodrome; Shredderville; Saskatchewan Posts: 19,719	Gee I'm lucky that's not happened yet __________________ Add me: PSN/XBL; Nintendo Network ID: BDS-3.1.6; Switch FC: SW-3378-5206-8020 TMNT Fan Club: http://sot.ag/4jZR0 Visit My Wish List: http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=30904 My Collection: http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=40276

11-12-2012, 08:36 AM	#35
BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	Well, for me, I could care less about presents anymore. I just don't see the point in getting anything for Christmas or my birthday because I feel it isn't about material things. I used to be so excited on Christmas to receive toys and things like that, but now I just don't want anything anymore because it doesn't matter to me. Sure, if I need something like clothes, I can accept that. Then again, I never was disappointed when I was given clothes at all. I always liked them and thought they were awesome. So, for me, I really feel I have grown up in that way because I don't worry about what I want for Christmas or my birthday anymore. It doesn't matter. Then again, I don't care about holidays anymore either. They've become boring and meaningless rather than anything worth celebrating. I guess that's my age showing. __________________ "A warrior who never fails, never learns."-The Ancient One. "Embrace your inner a**holiness."-Mr. Anderson.

11-12-2012, 08:42 AM	#36
The Stryker Stupid Rich Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Room 237 Posts: 11,152	Or your pessimistic attitude. __________________ @~<3 Mom~@

11-12-2012, 10:03 PM	#38
Machias Banshee Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 17,163	Well, I think I've entered the realm of 'adult'.... I'm beyond buying any kind of toys or lil doodads. I very rarely buy anything comic book related, unless it's a book for drawing techniques; The Art of The Avatar was my last book. We do the 'useful' stuff for Christmas and birthdays... flannel bedding, car parts... Mom's whole cancer ordeal really forced the last of the kiddie type stuff to the back burners of life. Financially, I have a good full-time job, I own my car, no school debt ( as of this week! ), yet I don't make enough to afford a place of my own. Prices around here have jumped with all the commuters from Boston... So, I live at home with my parents. However, I help with groceries, contribute to the heating oil fund, upkeep and maintenance - I've helped renovate half of the rooms in our house in the past two, three years. And as much as a bad rap some people get for living at home... I love being with my parents and brother. God I sound like an old frump...

11-12-2012, 10:12 PM	#39
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,300	Maybe it's when you stop regarding holidays as a "Oooo, I get stuff!" and it becomes, "Oooo, I get to spend time with my family and loved ones." that makes you an adult. __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656