Just Curious....

At what age did you become an adult, or at least act like  one?

Comments

[Dak-Ind]

according to some folks i still dont act like it, others think it was recently, when i started discussing vacuum cleaners in terms usually used for movie star hunks.

i think it was when i was about 28 and realized i was getting older and partying til i was purple 7 nights a week wasnt going to do it anymore. my friends started dieing of overdoses and drunk driving that sobers a girl up.

[karen]

I'm still working on it...

Actually, I think I grew up while pregnant for the first time, at 19, but I didn't realize it until this year. Hubby asked what I wanted for my birthday, and I said either new pots and pans or a new vacuum. Really, only an adult would say something like that!

[DebR]

We're supposed to become adults?

(Ok, really, I think I more-or-less starting feeling like an adult sometime in my late twenties.)

[Jerry Moores]

adults take themselves and life far too seriously.... i am all for the Peter Pan syndrome.... never grow up!

[Claire]

I don't think I have yet! My Mum said it happened to her at 25...I'm now 27 and still feel like a 12 year old most of the time!

[Marisa]

Can you really put an age on being an adult?
I don't think so. Your only as young as you feel, and I still have the mind of a kid - mind you the body has its pension days....

[kenju]

About 25, I think, but I still have a youngish attitude about most things.

[Jennie]

I had a very rocky late 20's, so I think about 30 is when I came out the other side. But certain further realizations happened around 40 too that made me think I was experiencing becoming an adult all over again.

[Chrysalis]

Oh, I'm sure I was in my 20's.

[Mamacita]

I think I'm still waiting. . . .

[rampantbicycle]

I think it is possible to put much too much emphasis on being "adult". Adultness as an experience is different for everyone. Maybe some of us will never be "adult" by whatever mysterious standard there is that defines that group socially. But you know, as long as we can take care of ourselves, I think that's ok.

[barbie2be]

yeah, i'm still waiting for that to happen. i just turned 46.

[srp]

When I went to college so far away from home (1300 miles) and had to live with a roommate who acted like a 12 year old, even though she was three years older than me, as well as take care of myself. Age 17.

[Jennifer]

I'm gonna say last year, when I was 34. I was doing adult-like things up until then, but last year was the first year that I felt like I was trapped in an adult world with all its problems, and wished more than anything that I could turn back the clock and start over again.

[rosemary]

I think when at 13 I decided to have sex. I was "safe" until I was fifteen, then I needed to prepare for motherhood at sixteen. Adult actions, childish decisions.

[MissMeliss]

Depends how you define adult. At seven, I was a latch-key kid. At 13, I didn't merely 'lose' my virginity, I made a conscious decision to toss it to the winds (safely). At 15, I was one of those kids described as "15 going on 30."

I've always been responsible, but I think, at 36 I'm just beginning to settle into calm maturity and confidence.

[Denise]

I'm not sure that I've entirely given up my childish ways as yet.

[Chrissie]

Probablly when I gave birth - 25 years old!

[Becky68]

I too, like MissMeliss was often refered to as 15 going on 30, I caught up with myself around age 23 & was often mistaken for younger than I actually was (it helped having a husband 5 years younger than me) for many years.

[Kimmy]

19... The moment I found out I was pregnant. And it still amazes me (eleven years later)... my ex's family still excuse his "dead beat dad" behavior... "He was so young." Duh! So was I, but somebody had to grow up and be responsible!

[rain]

35

[Thumper]

40

I was a late bloomer ;)