Does anyone really ever grow up?

"Act your age"


Can you think of any older guy, your dad, uncles, grandpas that are free of the odd little boy tantrum now and then, one you dont catch saying stupid dumb shit every so often. Any one you though was your rock only to find out later he had a secret action figure collection all along.

Any older woman that doesnt do the revert to 5 yr old thing around her dad, or other men, or indulges in the just-like-high-school bitch session every now and then.

Who is really "grown up"? Is growing up about acting all boring and serious, or is it about being everyone elses rock.

I'm starting to think no one does, none that I know anyway. Personally I can only think of one of my Uncles, but thats mainly cos he was always one of those guys that were always on autopilot, but even he does shit like modify his ride on mower so it looks like a tank

 

I have a friend who turned 85 today...one day a few months ago I asked her "what did you do today?"...and she replied in a total straight nonchalant voice "I sat on the couch and asked God to let me die"...I couldn't do anything but laugh

 

Most people are simply overgrown children.

There are some adults out there though. It's a shame that you don't know any.

 

I want 85 year old friends! We can sit around, drink Dr. Pepper and talk about the good ol' days and the shitty modern days.

 

they are good friends...lots of good stories

 

You can grow older but you dont have to grow up, simple as that

 

Real adults are getting rarer and rarer.
These days, most Americans never grow up.

 

im in hurry to grow up and i dunno why people are so disturbed by immaturity i mean i see how its anoying at times but im just not ready to be all the way an adult it feels false to act that way why do i have to change WHY

 

there is no such thing as a 'mature adult' there are;
-older people who take themselves to seriously
-older people who are big children

human beings do not 'grow up' they grow bigger. Thats all.

 

I disagree 100%. I feel you left the most important category, what a mature adult actually is, out completely.
The middle ground; someone who knows how to be serious and how to have fun and exactly when to do each (which is usually, preferably at the same time)

 

My Motto For Life Has Always Been....

Growing Old Is Mandatory......Growing Up Is Optional...

Works For Me....



Cheers Glen.

 

:iagree:

This is rare, but it should be everybody's goal. (the elusive Middle Path in Buddhism)

I have heard that you don't really grow up until you have kids, which is yet another reason not to have any.

 

i wanna be just like Bernie Madoff when i grow up - well, before he got sent to jail

 

Hmm I think a childlike passion for things can actually be a healthy thing.

But I've seen some people, all mature and adult turn into complete children.

As a species were aren't really that mature overall...

Sometimes, we sort of lose the good things we were as kids, and keep the bad things..

 

I dislike the idea of maturity. If you're grown, there is no more growth to look forward to. Which means, as soon as you get to where you've been working so hard to get, you're over the hill.

I also think the term grown has a connotation of conformity, which isn't a good thing. IMO

I see aging as a biological function, and nothing besides.

That being said, I do feel certain qualitative leaps in experience. Turning 32 was one of them. I feel different, more self-reliant and assured, my metabolism has slowed, and my body demands more structured habits.

Edit: I have never seen an elder gloating about how grown or mature they are. Only young bucks with a desire to elevate themselves say things like that.

 

You’re absolutely correct; aging is a biological function, whereas growing up is a concept


Hotwater

 

I refuse to grow up. This obsession with growing up you have as a kid is totally overrated. I guess in other people's eyes I'm pretty grown up, I mostly support myself with the occasional help every now and then, I've already buried my best friend, I've worked a steady job for almost 3 years now. But I don't feel grown up and really don't ever want to. To me being grown up means giving up the childlike qualities that make life so much fun. So, fuck that, I'll just be a crazy kid until I'm 83. I might decide to grow up a little then...

 

There are mature adults.

they're just rare, like unicorns.

it is no surprise so many of you doubt their existence.

 

The state of maturity is not having gone over the hill

over the hill has biological connotations

maturity is a state wherein you have become useful to yourself and others, able to care for yourself and others (emotionally, and however else you need to in the society you have chosen, or had chosen for you) and whereupon you have realized that you are flawed, mortal, and recognized that it is time to make the most of those while still maintaining self.

 

Hell, I'm growd.