when did you realize you were a grown-up?

now i know in the scheme of things im not really old, but what i mean is that im old to children. let me put it into perspective:

i used to work at a nursing home on the overnight shift, and one morning one of the nurses brought her son there because it was a vacation day at his school, and while i waited the kid started talking to me about random kid stuff and i just played along, but then he asked me "whats better? guitar or drums?" and i went into an explanation about how neither was really better and started telling him the differences and the roles that each had when creating music, and then i realized that the kid looked really bored and he just interrupted me and ran off to talk to his mom. it was then that i realized i was just some boring grown-up. he was probably looking for a short reply but i felt compelled to enlighten this kid to the nature of music lmao.

 

nah dude you got it all wrong, you're still a kid because you gave the kid the time of day and didn't just ignore him and act like you're better than him because you're older. You still have that youthful faith

 

pubes

 

I Didn't....................

I'm Not....................

And Never Will Be....

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Cheers Glen.

 

I am not a grown-up but a woman

 

"I'M NOT A GIRL, NOT YET A WO..
... UHH, SHIT
THIS THREAD IS SO CONFUSING LOL"

 

I guess when I started saying things like: kids today, jeez...

 

When I was sixteen and left home for good.

You grow up fast when you have to fend for yourself.

 

Gonna also go with pubes

Or when I started liking the song Two Tickets to Paradise

 

nah i know ppl older than me that arent grown-ups, i certainly wouldnt have considered my 11 maybe 12 year old self grown up just because i had pubes

 

I'm starting to think no ones grows up

 

i never felt like a 'kid' to begin with. i was changing diapers at 5 years old, arguing with the babysitter over who did it last. i always felt different from other people my age.
so ive always felt grown up. i was given responsibilities as a kid, taught to do grown up things. i helped my parents in the restaurant they owned, i learned to cook and clean and to maintain the house. i made a truly life altering decision when i was 12. i think i got my first job at 14, under the table. my dad made me save my checks, then i bought my own first car- no handouts in my family.
i think i was 15-16 when i did a student teacher thing, week long trip to camp for the 6th graders i think. responsibility for non-family kids was very grown up at the time.
i think its all a matter of perception. im able to communicate well with kids, especially my own (because i take the George Carlin route- question everything, and dont bullshit a four year old; not easy, but it works) but its because thats how i was brought up. you have to abbreviate for kids, but some 'grown ups' think that means to sugar coat, or lie.

 

im generally good with kids, i can be nice and fun with them, but i think that they think im boring depending on whats going on, and yea i dont bullshit a four year old (nice reference btw)

 

When I started going to bed early because I wanted to and not because I was told to.

 

I am going to be a grown up for sure in 2013.

If 2012 does not finish us all off, I will make that my new years resolution then.

 

I still feel like the kid that I am

 

You're just starting to think this?

 

At 16 i got in a bad car accident, learned how insurance worked, then got into drugs. I felt grown up at 17.

 

When i had to do all the things my parents used to do for me, i guess, but i am not a grown up, probably never will be....

 

The other day I saw a woman at work that I thought was attractive, and the first thing I did was look at her hands to see if she was wearing a wedding ring.