Lorraine Manca
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yet another reason to feel awkward, i joke with people about really being eight or five, but its really not a joke at all.
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Adults??
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Lorraine Manca
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mrb
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lyricalliaisons
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mrb
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DarkSeeker
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Adult? I was born an adult, ageless and perfect. What do I have to complain about...
dooby-duck
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Yes, I get the same thing. I'm sure they think I'm a lot younger than I am. I do feel like I am younger than I am, and feel younger than people my own age. I have very few responsibilities and I feel years behind where Ishould probably be.
A lot of people make assumptions that I have a wife, kids, house of my own etc... In reality I have none of those things.
userfriendly
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I don't feel like an adult at all. I have done nothing with life. I'm still the same since when I was about 15. Same height, same look, accomplished and done nothing at all.
It's really weird. Feels like I am frozen in time.
It's really weird. Feels like I am frozen in time.
lyricalliaisons
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That's how I feel in most ways.
coyote
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I used to have all those things....and a good career, too. Now I'm living like a school-kid in someone's attic, barely scraping by. *sigh*
Sometimes feel like a kid just starting out - sometimes I feel way too old to be in this situation.
lyricalliaisons
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People who haven't seen me in years expect the same from me, too. The thing is, even if I had more of an adult life, I wouldn't want any of those things yet.
therealone
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I totally don't feel like an adult (even though I am a wife and mother).
I lived with my parents (and was never home alone) until I got married (at age 21).
I still have never been anywhere at all by myself for any reason (not even to step outside)-- I always had one of my parents or my brother or my husband with me.
My school guidance counselor (who's known me since I was little, whom I still communicate with on facebook) says that I have the emotional maturity of a teenager (I'm 26) because of all that I've missed out on (going out with friends, gaining independence) when I was growing up because of my social anxiety.
It sucks.
Maybe by the time I'm 35 I'll start feeling like an adult (assuming I make real attempts at "growing up" and getting over my anxiety)....
I lived with my parents (and was never home alone) until I got married (at age 21).
I still have never been anywhere at all by myself for any reason (not even to step outside)-- I always had one of my parents or my brother or my husband with me.
My school guidance counselor (who's known me since I was little, whom I still communicate with on facebook) says that I have the emotional maturity of a teenager (I'm 26) because of all that I've missed out on (going out with friends, gaining independence) when I was growing up because of my social anxiety.
It sucks.
Maybe by the time I'm 35 I'll start feeling like an adult (assuming I make real attempts at "growing up" and getting over my anxiety)....
lyricalliaisons
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Same here. In some ways, I feel like an adult because I think I have a pretty mature view of the world, but when it comes to adult experiences, etc. I've had none, which makes me feel like a child.
Corsendonk
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I can relate to that. I once overheard my father talking to a acquaintance who thought i was 21, while i am 29. Before my father answered, i did walk back to my room, just to avoid hearing my fathers answer, the embarrasement both for my father and myself. I've seen the confused look on other people's faces as well when they hear how old i am.
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lyricalliaisons
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I can definitely relate to that.
Corsendonk
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I think that's where my avoidance stepped up to another level. People start to notice, ask questions, you can't explain, you'd have to lie/twist the truth, which i hate doing. I'll let my parents answer the personal questions and i make sure to be gone, afraid to overhear the embarrasing explanation.
Pink_Paula
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I definitely have trouble believing i'm an adult! in my head i'm still 16, but when those bill come through the door in the morning it reminds me that i'm not a kid anymore!
lyricalliaisons
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My problem is that I can't lie, or twist the truth. I'm basically incapable of it, so I end up telling people everything. My mom, when she's asked about me, tells far too much. She had a serious stroke in 2001, & now she doesn't know when to stop & just tells people far too much about me.