Age and Identity

[altogetherisi]

It's now Monday. It's my birthday on Sunday.

As usual, the thing has been creeping closer for sometime now, and I often do have strange ideas about age - I didn't really feel comfortable as 16 for example, in my head I basically went from 15 to 17. But this is now my last week as a teenager. That's weird.

I suppose after 20 years it might be expected

Comments

[branquignole]

I felt the exact same way about being 16! It was totally not an age I was comfortable with. It felt weird saying "I'm 16", not so weird saying "I'm 15" or "I'm 17" though. I felt kind of relieved when I was finally 17.

In two weeks' time, I'll be 18. I think it is going to be a strange thing, to be 18, so I can understand why it is odd for you to not be a teenager anymore. I feel like I should change something about me, become someone else, someone more responsible and independent once I turn 18, and I don't know where that thought comes from. All of this is probably going to happen when I go to uni, not because it's my 18th birthday. Agh, sorry for rambling. All I wanted to say was: I get that weird feeling. :)

[altogetherisi]

It's totally odd right? It's only a number, but somehow it became a comfort issue. Weird

[branquignole]

Also, I found, and still find, that I'm not so much excited by the idea of responsibility but freaked out that people think I, and perhaps worse, others my age, could be considered responsible. I mean, have they met us?

THIS. Thanks, I wasn't able to put that into words. I always find it hard to imagine that the actual adults :D haven't been adults all their lives, as in haven't been responsible and sensible people since... forever. This is why it's also so hard for me to imagine that I can actually turn into someone like that (in parts at least).

You know, I think I will have a great time being 18! Apart from those "it's the end of my childhood!" issues, it sounds like a comfortable age. And I do think that you will have a great time being 20 too. Always keeping my fingers crossed, anyway. :)

[azurelunatic]

[altogetherisi]

I WAS JUST THINKING OF THIS EXACT COMIC. But I have no idea how to put cool things in comments. Thank god we of the internet can communicate difficult to express situation with xkcd comics!