21?! That's old...
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This one is wise beyond his years. I, too, am of the opinion that I am not yet an adult, and I'm 23. I haven't quite put away childish things or given up my childish ways (depending on which version you read), so I still consider myself a child.crudus said:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
I remember my 21st...I had already got to the point where I was done with alcohol...it was a short trial period. Some would say that's a sure mark of maturity but since 21, I've lived at home with Dad...then with Mom...and currently with my GF and her parents. I'm 23 and still about as mature as a teen (or younger) since I watch cartoons, game, drink soda almost exclusively (ok, maybe not that much) and am currently unemployed. I have been known to hold a job once I've had one (seriously: I've been doing the kind of work that would count as 'customer service' since 2006) but am currently unemployed.
Grown up I am. A grown-up I am not.
I remember my 21st...I had already got to the point where I was done with alcohol...it was a short trial period. Some would say that's a sure mark of maturity but since 21, I've lived at home with Dad...then with Mom...and currently with my GF and her parents. I'm 23 and still about as mature as a teen (or younger) since I watch cartoons, game, drink soda almost exclusively (ok, maybe not that much) and am currently unemployed. I have been known to hold a job once I've had one (seriously: I've been doing the kind of work that would count as 'customer service' since 2006) but am currently unemployed.
Grown up I am. A grown-up I am not.
I believe you are legally an adult when you are capable of living on your own without your parents'/legal guardians' help. Aid from friends and/or roommates is allowable as long as you aren't totally mooching off of them.
Happy birthday and I hope you get nice and plastered, but not so much that you wake up to something shocking and unpleasant in the morning.
Happy birthday and I hope you get nice and plastered, but not so much that you wake up to something shocking and unpleasant in the morning.
Ha! I'm 35 and I don't really consider myself an adult. I'm just an overgrown kid. Being an adult sounds like no fun at all.
There is no such thing as an adult; it is but a myth.
And I'm 17 and I'll be able to drink in 2 years
Canada's awesome XD
And I'm 17 and I'll be able to drink in 2 years
Canada's awesome XD
You are a, get ready for it, young adult. Anyway, you aren't an adult because of your age. You are an adult because of how you behave. A good way to tell is at some point you will be around people, friends or not, that will be acting like spoiled, whiny, bullshit-spewing assholes and think to yourself "man, we're adults now and I'm tired of this bullshit." And on that day good sir, you will be an adult.
edit: an oh yes, happy birthday.
edit: an oh yes, happy birthday.
In the UK you can legally drink at eighteen so Ha.theemporer said:There is no such thing as an adult; it is but a myth.
And I'm 17 and I'll be able to drink in 2 years
Canada's awesome XD
Sorry I don't know why I felt I had to one up you I apologise.
Anywho I would probably class people that are 21 as adults but I don't really think it changes anything and I'd a class a grown up as someone who has forgotten how to have fun cause really they are the only people that would class themselves as grown ups.
Oh and Happy Birthday.
Happy birthday, hope you drink a ton and enjoy it!...just not too much
As for your question. adulthood can be measured both physically and mentally. While many people reach physical maturity (adulthood) some of them never ever mentally grow up. Exhibit A) my brother, 30 years old, functions about on par with a 12 year old, maturity wise anyway.
In my mind, mental maturity is something that can occur at any age, as it seems to come more with responsibility. I've met people who were (and I once was myself) young kids thrust into responsibilities and tasks and it is necessary to tend to them and function as an adult would, these people tend to be mature at a much younger age and you can tell simply by talking to them.
This, however, is how I define adulthood, and many people may have their own ideas about what constitutes adulthood/maturity.
As for your question. adulthood can be measured both physically and mentally. While many people reach physical maturity (adulthood) some of them never ever mentally grow up. Exhibit A) my brother, 30 years old, functions about on par with a 12 year old, maturity wise anyway.
In my mind, mental maturity is something that can occur at any age, as it seems to come more with responsibility. I've met people who were (and I once was myself) young kids thrust into responsibilities and tasks and it is necessary to tend to them and function as an adult would, these people tend to be mature at a much younger age and you can tell simply by talking to them.
This, however, is how I define adulthood, and many people may have their own ideas about what constitutes adulthood/maturity.
Here in Saskatchewan you are legally an adult and socially considered an adult when you hit 18. You can't drink until your 19th birthday but voting, smoking and other things I forget become open to you.J03bot said:
I celebrated my "adult day" by going out, buying a pack of cigarettes and symbolically tossing them into the South Saskatchewan River.
Oh and:
Round these parts it's 18 years old. God bless the UK sometimes. It's a shitty place but I'm 19 and I've already been drunk off my arse more times than I can count. Legally, that is. Counting the illegal drunkeness... if they enforced that as a proper crime I'd be fucked.
Talk to us when you hit 30. Looking back at me when I was 21 I realize I was still just an immature, oblivious little kid who thought he was a grown up. Hell even at 30 I still don't feel so "grown up". I certainly feel less stupid than what I was when I was 21.