Is it normal to not feel like a "grown up?"

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When I was a child and through my teens I always had a certain respect or reverence for older people. Like there was some passage you walked through that made you a grown up and everything changed. As I age, now 28, I realize that there is no epiphanic moment when things are different. All those people you held in deference for their wisdom of age and experience are just random weathered kids. The subtle alterations in character are that separate the young from the old. I don't have an immature personality, but feel like I haven't reached that plateau where things are different, and I guess we never do.

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  • MissClaire
    12 years ago

    Interesting. I have been wondering this sorta thing for a while too, I chalked it down to just being old probably sucks a bit cos you loose your independance more and more and your looks deminish. So its a less obvious way of pity..... maybe....?
    I think that wisdom and experience are present in older people (though not a rule) and I like hearing their view on things - but yeah, I wonder....... I have respect for them for sure, but I never analyzed it like this......

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