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⌈ Secret Post #2483 ⌋

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Usually when someone says "No, I'm not an adult!" and are as old as you are, it stems from them not wanting to accept that they're not that young anymore or they want to shirk the responsibilities that go along with it. I can't speak for Chard, but for me I cringed really hard reading you describe that you aren't an adult because you play games and read comic books.

You're three or so years shy of thirty. You are an adult. The thing is, is that there isn't this one magical moment where it dings and you *feel* like you're an adult. You're always you, no matter how many birthdays you go through. And...you're not a teenager anymore. You're almost a decade over being a teenager, dude. :P

Oh I don't care about getting 'old' but yeah, a fear of responsibility is a part of it. an adult, as I define the term, may fear responsibility but makes the 'adult' choice to face it. I, as far as possible, do not make the 'adult' choices. I don't consider myself an adult because I don't make the choices necessary to be an adult.

The "playing games and reading comic books are not the cause for me not considering myself an adult, they're a symptom. maybe not symptom, symptom implies an illness or a disfunction, but they you see what I'm saying here, right?

I will consider myself an adult when I can say "That was the adult decision" about my life choices. So far I have not taken any opportunity to do that.

I am a "Grown Up" but I am not an "adult" as far as I define the term. in the same way that movies with "mature themes" are not necessarily for mature people.

Sort of like how the school kid in chards example considers them self an adult, but might not be legally an adult, you know? you're right, it's not about age, it's about the situation you're in, and the choices you make that define how much of an adult you are.

Edited 2013-10-21 02:30 (UTC)

I have a sneaking suspicion that his girlfriend is in her late teen years.

I wasn't going to say that, but... yeah.

The very definition of adult is someone who is fully developed. You are almost thirty. You are an adult, period. Maturity doesn't equal adulthood, you realize that, right?

I think what bothers me about it isn't the assessment about his maturity (I really cannot say, there) but the implication that enjoying comics and video games make one immature.

They don't. Those are hobbies adults can and do enjoy, including those who are responsible/ambitious/self-supporting/healthy/whatever adjective you want to apply that you think describes adults more appropriately.

Also, I'll add: not everyone is super ambitious. Some people work to pay the bills. As far as I'm concerned, as long as you're supporting yourself and not relying on someone else to do it for you, you're being responsible in that regard. Maybe you want to do more, and maybe you should, but you aren't being irresponsible if you pay your own way (unless there's other info there that isn't apparent, or something).

Edited 2013-10-21 02:16 (UTC)

Wow. this turned into a real shit storm really quickly.

The comics, videogames, and lack of ambition are not examples of my lack of responsibility, they are symptoms. I know I can still be an adult and do all of that, but the fact that I choose, knowingly choose to spend all of my time on that specifically as in an attempt to avoid making adult choices, that makes me not someone I would call an adult.

lol Look Peter Pan, you're an adult. You are fully grown, you have all your adult teeth, your bones are fused, your body is dying instead of growing. You. Are. An. Adult. You really need to deal with these issues you have with getting older, because you are way passed being a teenager.

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