I don't believe in "age" after 18!

and even before 18 I think there are some exceptions. its just.... the dumb government wont agree. anyways, most of my life ive never felt, acted, or looked my "age" and hopefully never will. i like to think of people living through stages in life rather than ages. I think alot of what "age" is, is psychological. if you didnt know how old you were you might act alot different and make choices that are more you. age only tells you how long youve lived, but not the experiences youve picked up along the way. i feel like certain people assume that more age always means more expierence when that isnt always the case. is anyone agreeing with me?

 

I agree with some of what you say, but I do believe in age, because if your 18 it means youve been on alive for 18 years. I know what your saying but I'm just getting technical now

 

i just think society and people like to put restraints on someone because of age. like, "oh, she's too old to do this.... she's not old enough to do this..." etc. when it should be more about maturity.

 

Yeah, we should be able to take a test to buy beer. A lot of the people who shouldn't be drinking wouldn't be drinking and I'd be drunk

 

agreed! I guess that'd be too much trouble for the government though, we all know how lazy they are

 

i hope this isnt another thread about having sex with kids

 

man, if i was only allowed to drink for one year, i would have been drunk every single day of that year.

 

My mind is fresh, young and ready for adventure but my silly-ass body is kinda over-ripe with age. If I had a "best if used before date" I'm afraid it might be getting close to the experation date. How'd that shit happen anyway?

 

I actually lifted my butt off the chair and checked for my best before date and could not find the stamp.

Age is relative to where you are in life. I really believe it is not so much a number as a mind set.

Those who tend to be more content with life do not tend to dwell on age, rather they live life.

 

i'm pretty sure you'd have expired many years ago. expiration dates are always set waaaaay before actual expiration, in hopes that you'll throw out the perfectly fine product and buy a new one.

 

grounds for divorce.

 

Im 36...13 ...and 80 all at the same time

 

If you tested for maturity before allowing certain acts then it would come to a point where we are constantly being evaluated for our potential. Our lives would be set by the capacity measured in some made up system to describe what it is to be human.

 

What's really annoying is being 17, and wanting to go to venues that are 18 & over cause of alcohol, and I don't even want to drink. Oh well....

I think age is kinda silly to judge friendships, cause I got plenty of older friends & such. And that's pretty cool, having friends with different ages, cause it's great to learn/relate/teach each other. So I'm down for breaking down "age borders".....But Mr. Minty ya got a point on being evaluated. Course, free-thinkers tend to say "screw it" & I'll talk to you. Blah, just kinda ramblin'....

 

All I can say is I was 18 not that long ago. Now I'm 25. And the 25 year old me is WAY different than the 18 year old me. You may think you're all grown up now that you are past the age of 18, but you'll find as you get older you'll laugh at your younger self. I'm sure I'll think I was an idiot at 25 when I'm 30, too. You don't just turn 18 and ding, you're an adult and all done learning and growing. People are going to treat you differently based on your age ALWAYS because there's no way at 18 you have the same kind of experience or wisdom as a 40 year old. And running around acting like you do is just going to solidify the idea that you really are a lost, naive little kid.

 

I agree that age is focused on too much by society, and therefore us people that make up the society. People let it box them in, tell them what to do, how to act, and who to be.

I've known children more adult than many adults, and many many adults more childish than most children. Most teenagers do truly suck though.

 

Well said!!

It might be interesting to make a list of the really important things in our lives and take a look at the list every 10 years or so.

 

Age is just an number - Action is a philosopy
I like the younger female in my sexual attraction though some see that as a form of perverse outlook - are we not - some degree, ageist?

 

I agree 100% about this subject. I actually had an experience once when I was "24 years old" when a few friends and I started hanging out with a new group of people. Well to make a long story short, this girl liked me and asked me out. We got along very well, but when she asked how old I was, she thought that was to old and didnt want to talk to me after that. She was 20. Only four years younger. Oh well, thats her hang-up. I never have cared about age. When I was 20 I dated a woman who was 30. There are people who are mature for their age and there are others who are immature. Its all about you mind. I don't believe in age either.

 

I agree with everything Kinky said

Besides, after turning 21 there hasn't been one single thing in my life where my age has mattered. I don't see how society focuses on age past 21, or under 65. We're pretty much in the same boat.

 

Wow what a powerful concept

If you think about it, time doest really mean anything. It is just an attempt to put a beginning and and end in something we don´t know when the start and end of. For instance, I can say that every 3 seconds should be given a name, but doing so doesn´t mean anything. The only thing we know is that we are existing in this universe and that we are also wearing away. But to measure age and time is useless because it is different for every person and thing. My DNA may determine that I can only last naturally up to 50 years and someone else may have a different machinery and last longer. Age is not an accurate measurement of how advanced you are in the wearing out process at all. It is just like everythign else we live by, a societal invention that helps regulate society as certain laws and criteria apply differently to people of different ages. Originally, though, I personally think it might have been created as a natural extension of measuring the say and years, to ount how long you have been alive, in years as it is the most concise and feasible scale.

Unfortunally tho, like u said it leads to the gradual abandon of freedom. You feel restricted because of the idea that "at this age you should be doing this or that." Being on vocation and forgetting which day it is is a nice reminder of how blissful it can be just to worry about when the sun is up or down like the beast and our ancestors.

 

Think before 'second' was used to describe a length of time.
Someone could have said "We'll use this length of time and give it this name...wait, no we won't, that's useless."

Age is a number. No one is telling me what I should and shouldn't be doing at 17, just not letting me buy the things I want :devil: