I've been a very serious no nonsense person for as long as I can remember, so I suppose he never existed.
Poll: what happend to your inner child?
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I'm 31 going on 13.
My inner child is pretty much alive and kicking and pops out any time something even remotely amusing comes about.
I've had my time of being "mature" now I sit and play games with my kids and we have fun, we watch cartoons .... even if I have to force them to sit down and pretend to enjoy them.
There is a time and a place for "maturity" but for the most part I prefer to have fun. It keeps my wife smiling, it keeps my kids happy and having fun and I like to enjoy life.
While my body may grow old my mentality shall never age.
My inner child is pretty much alive and kicking and pops out any time something even remotely amusing comes about.
I've had my time of being "mature" now I sit and play games with my kids and we have fun, we watch cartoons .... even if I have to force them to sit down and pretend to enjoy them.
There is a time and a place for "maturity" but for the most part I prefer to have fun. It keeps my wife smiling, it keeps my kids happy and having fun and I like to enjoy life.
While my body may grow old my mentality shall never age.
When I'm happy he's right there, doing his regular goofy thing. But when I'm sad, angry, or depressed, he's not really around. I seem to be depressed most of the time these days...
I'm currently wearing a Monster High t-shirt and underwear with Disney Princesses on them. You tell me where she went.
C. S. Lewis had it right: "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."
My inner child is my outer one as well. I see no need to make a distinction, I am a human being at every stage of my development and have no desire to pretend to be dignified and "grown-up".
[sub]And while a Rainbow Dash T-shirt would be awesome, I'd rather have Twilight Sparkle on mine![/sub]
My inner child is my outer one as well. I see no need to make a distinction, I am a human being at every stage of my development and have no desire to pretend to be dignified and "grown-up".
[sub]And while a Rainbow Dash T-shirt would be awesome, I'd rather have Twilight Sparkle on mine![/sub]
Nothing ever happened to mine. He's still here, and he always travels with me no matter where I may go.
I associate my childhood with embarrassing actions and derpiness. So I guess he does pop up behind me sometimes to do a little crazy FlAIL dancing in front of a girl I'm trying to impress or whatever.
That being said, I do not associate what is generally viewed as "childish behavior" with my childhood. I consider them a part of my unaging imagination, so that has largely stuck around, in the shape of my impulsiveness, my...well childish imagination, and my willingness to re-enact that at will. Also my willingness to wear an MLP shirt, as you outlined.
That has nothing to do with being childish in my opinion, not that that's a bad thing or wahtever.
That being said, I do not associate what is generally viewed as "childish behavior" with my childhood. I consider them a part of my unaging imagination, so that has largely stuck around, in the shape of my impulsiveness, my...well childish imagination, and my willingness to re-enact that at will. Also my willingness to wear an MLP shirt, as you outlined.
That has nothing to do with being childish in my opinion, not that that's a bad thing or wahtever.
It's quite a funny story actually. I was at school, inner child chilling with me. Then some tool starts causing me stress. So...Inner child grabs a shotgun, I crack my knuckles and we deliver him a brutal beatdown. Now. Change "some tool" to "people in general". My inner child and I are still in perfect synchronisation...He's just a little evil is all
[s/]He got raped by a Wii Mote[/s]
My inner child is still VERY alive and well and I hope to never lose it.
My inner child is still VERY alive and well and I hope to never lose it.
My inner child has been ground to dust by the relentless corporate grind. Now excuse me while I go write a TPS report...
That's me, minus the "I stopped growing up in my teens" part; There's a big enough difference between 18 year old me and 21 year old me that, honestly, I find the average 18 year old girl to be too immature to be of much interest. Building lego houses and randomly thinking about Batman, though? I do the former whenever I find a pile of legos (sadly less frequent than it could be.) I'm doing the latter right now. Heck, I went and bought a Nerf gun this weekend so I could play a game of Capture the Flag with it. My inner child never left me.Keepeas said:I'm pretty sure I still am a child...and I think I will be for a loooong time
sure there's that adult in me...but he's in a cage most of the time
yup...pretty much the same hereLightning Delight said:
Maturity, for me, has more to do with interpersonal relationships[footnote]Example: the "Friend Zone" ceases to be a thing once both parties are mature enough to be up front with what they want. I've been rejected plenty of times in the last couple of years. I haven't been friend zoned once, because I've been upfront with the women I've taken an interest in, and they showed the courtesy of being up front with me. There was no confusion because there were no mixed signals. Another example: All that he-said she-said drama that happens when a couple breaks up, and their mutual friends wind up caught in the crossfire? Yeah, after a certain point that doesn't happen. The former couple may hate each other's guts, but their friends don't really have to choose anymore. Also, former couples absolutely hating each other becomes more rare -- they may avoid seeing each other in social situations for a while, but mature individuals can generally be civil to one another, even if a social situation winds up forcing them to interact. This is the kind of thing that marks maturity; losing the creativity and wonder of a child is a sign that you're becoming cynical, not that you're maturing.[/footnote] and acceptance of responsibility than anything else. It's quite possible to be mature without losing that child-like sense of joy; it's a balance that we each have to find in our own lives.
A piece of him is still alive.
I still have a half of a taped up little black sheath that used to hold a Halloween toy sword that I subconsciously play with. I used to spend hours being entertained by it.
Hell, I was just playing with it a moment ago. I was pretending I that I was fighting knights with swords.
What's that? Oh yeah, I'm almost 19.
I still have a half of a taped up little black sheath that used to hold a Halloween toy sword that I subconsciously play with. I used to spend hours being entertained by it.
Hell, I was just playing with it a moment ago. I was pretending I that I was fighting knights with swords.
What's that? Oh yeah, I'm almost 19.