When are you a grown up?

Top_Girl

I am and I'm not. I'm 35.

I parent (well), pay my bills, work, diet and clean.

I also !!!! (spotted **** if the filters block that) about an awful lot, skid down supermarket aisles on trolleys, jump in puddles, rejoice when it snows, sing and dance around on a regular basis, watch football and wrestling as religiously as I did as a bairn and try and have fun every day.

I hope I never grow out of the last lot. Life is too short for living on celery and spreadsheets.

Lunar_Eclipse

I definitely feel like a grown up and think it happened when I moved in with DH after uni, worked long hours and spent time on dull domestic duties. So early 20's, after education, leaving the family home and becoming financially independent.

I would love to not feel like a grown up!

System

I'm an adult with a little child inside wanting to get out.:(

beakysian

Guest101 wrote: »

The phrase 'in my day' is uttered on an hourly basis...

Sam_Fallow wrote: »

Also accompanied by 'I can't believe that was XX years ago!'

Or when you get a funny look for saying 'Of course, before the internet...'

I'm only 31 and I've caught myself saying "you're too young to remember this, but..."

splishsplash wrote: »

I realized I was a grown up when I opened my back door on a lovely warm, sunny, breezy morning and my first thought was 'ooh what a great drying day!'.

I think I cried.

I think I did too.

I reckon it's when you realise your body can't keep up with what you think it should still be able to do.

I propose we all agree not to grow up and join SailorSam at the circus. I'll be the elephant :rotfl:

Pyxis

Well, two days ago, the pilot of the plane I was on asked if anyone wanted to see the cockpit and sit in the pilot's seat, with the captain's hat on.

Guess who shot up there?

loveabargain13

I don't feel like a real adult, at 33! Too many holidays, too much fun, too happy. Just ended what could of been an amazing relationship as I don't feel I'm ready to just settle down, now I'm not sure I ever will. hehe but who cares as long as we are happy, healthy, alive & kicking especially in fashionable clothes!!

GenericUsername

When I was a kid I thought 40 was really old and that there would come a day when you would suddenly revert to being a grown-up. Get a job, cut your hair and get respectable-like.

Now I'm 38 and I realise that I'm still a kid in the body of an adult, which is great because I can do all the adult things like drive, drink, stay up late, travel where I want, and anything else that takes my fancy. Still wear jeans, trainers and fitted t-shirts on a daily basis.

My favourite thing is when my 20 year old son looks at me like I could never understand technology, or meme's, or the internet (bearing in mind I have my own online business), and thinks that his Mum & I are just old people.

It makes me smile because I feel just as young as he is except I have means, and interesting stories. And a more childish sense of humour. When he rolls his eyes at my jokes, sometimes I wonder who the adult really is.

Yep, never thought of older people as 'young' when I was a kid, but now I realise age really is a state of mind.

Bufger

at the age of 27

Sam_Fallow

When you are in a position to pass something on to the younger generation and know they will benefit from your experience, then you are a grown up.

Hermia

Pyxis wrote: »

Well, two days ago, the pilot of the plane I was on asked if anyone wanted to see the cockpit and sit in the pilot's seat, with the captain's hat on.

Guess who shot up there?

I still find it quite thrilling when I get on the bus and the front seat on the top deck is free. It is like being on a rollercoaster when the bus goes through the hilly areas!