How old do you feel?

[Lady K]

Seeing I am about to take the plunge into the adult world, I think I should feel like an adult. Thing is every birthday I've had since I was 13 I haven't felt like I had ever really aged. I can only tell that I'm getting older because I "feel" myself getting more and more mature, but I also think that I regress back several years far too often. Have any of you felt this way, and if so what's the deal?

 

[Neonbob]

I feel way too young much of the time.
There are universes filled with things that I do not know that most people my age seem to have intimate knowledge of...

Maybe because I'm wired wrong or something.
*shrugs*
Oh well.
I'm happy laughing at immature jokes for now.

 

[sky14kemea]

I dunno dude XD I'm gonna be 18 this year, yet i still act like a 12 year old at heart~ although I guess you do get the rare mature moment

 

[SharPhoe]

I turn 20 in about a month, but I never really stopped being 17-18 anyway. That's how I like it, though.

 

[Berethond]

Like, 13581.
As many years as neonbob has posts. (For now.)

I get older every day.

 

[The Rockerfly]

I don't know, I'm 17 but lots of people online mistake me for mid 20's

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Somewhere around 289, esp. when I think about the fact that my niece will be graduating High School next year.

 

[Wildrow12]

I've always acted much older than my true age. So one could say that I feel older than dirt at times.

 

[Kasawd]

I'm nineteen and I feel a tad older. That's just because i tend to have differing opinions and it's often said i act older than my age. Around 29, i've been told. I still feel nineteen.

 

[Sewblon]

Physically I feel 50 but I am pretty sure I stopped maturing mentally and emotionally when I was 16.

 

[Neesa]

It really depends on my mood. Some days I feel like I'm 4. Other days I feel like I'm 40. When I'm with my boyfriend, I range between his mom and his girlfriend. Right now, I feel 21. Trying to get things settled with school, juggle a boyfriend and work. Sometimes you hafta grow up fast because life doesn't slow down for anything.

 

[Booze Zombie]

I always feel tired now, so I feel like I'm 70.

 

[Golden Gryphon]

I hang out with friends from university who are thirty. They make me feel very young sometimes but most of the time I feel about my age.

 

[EvilMuffin094]

I'm not sure if the image will show but it's a recent XKCD comic that is pretty related to this topic.
As for my answer, i feel my age, but sometimes people tell me i act older/younger than my age.

 

[LongAndShort]

I go from feeling several years older to several years younger all the time. It's more fun being younger.

 

[Razorback0z]

Am - 43
Feel - 23
Act - 17
Want to be - 29
Settle for - 35

Life is better than it has ever been. Whoever said life begins at 40 knew thier stuff. I now have the disposable income to indugle the stupid crap I wanted to do at 17 and since I still act 17 it is as enjoyable to me now as ever.

 

[Lonan]

The younger you are, the more alive you are. You should aim to be as young as possible. I was at dinner with my family just earlier tonight, and my uncle was irritable that "this kid" offered him his seat, because there were plenty of people older than him on the C-train. I'm sure he wasn't irritable their, but everyone hates aging. Those who age the least are the the greatest. Ultimately, age is a state of mind. I intend to still have golden (people who say "blond" are jealous) hair into my 50's. My dad had golden hair into his early 40's so I intend to beat him by a decade. You have to set goals like this. I could go on about the attributes of youth I intend to keep, but I won't.

Just remember that "age" is simply a construct of society that was created by people who are probably less intelligent than you because they need to be able to grasp things physically in order to be happy, so they attach personality windows onto ages. If you go out of these windows, you are not "acting your age" whether older or younger. Just fuck the whole thing. You should try to be as young as you can. The way you now you are truly a man of youth is when you get angry when people treat you like you're old, as did my uncle. Keep the fire of youth in you.

 

[That One Six]

Well, I feel like a cynical ass of 62, but most people tell me I look 13 or 14 - 3 years younger than I really am. But then again, people also tell that "I'm way too f*cking mature and I need to relax and live in the moment."

 

[dannyboi1236]

just to bloody old for 15, as i sit here wondering how to sort out the emotional problems of a near suicidal friend.

 

[That One Six]

just to bloody old for 15, as i sit here wondering how to sort out the emotional problems of a near suicidal friend.

That's more responsibility than any teenager needs. I don't have direct experience, but my friend had/has a similar problem. He is in high school, with 3 younger siblings, a tiny house, no dad, and an overworked mom. Another example of too much burden for a teen.

I hope your situation turns out for the best.