If growing up means it would be beneath my dignity to climb a tree...
Things I associate with adolescence
Making meals in the microwave, or from a box
Drinking to get drunk
Staying up late, waking up late
Minimum wage jobs
Being irresponsible
Financial dependence
Technological competence
Video games
RPG's
Sitting around on the couch all day
Spontaneity
Junk food
Frugality
Eating whipped cream by itself
Street Scrabz, etc.
Inconsiderateness
Creativity
Illegal downloading
School
Hating the establishment
Casual sex
Pile kids
Dreams for the future
Things I associate with adulthood
Home-cooked meals
Needing your coffee fix in the morning
Financial independence
Settling down
Buying a house
Having children
Going to bed early, waking up early
Sipping wine to be classy
Careers
Technological incompetence
Health food
Demanding that Scrabble be played by its official rules
Facial hair
Sit-down restaurants
Being more willing to spend money
General knowledge of the world
Buying CDs
Netflix
Dressing appropriately for a situation
Stability
Long-term committed relationships
Not having sex
Setting your dreams aside
Is my video-game playing, illegally downloading, lazy, spontaneous, junk food eating peer group one day going to grow out of all those things? We're adults now... but we're still young and we still take part in the activities of young people. Will we have these traits forever? Or will we eventually grow up into true "adults?"
Making meals in the microwave, or from a box
Drinking to get drunk
Staying up late, waking up late
Minimum wage jobs
Being irresponsible
Financial dependence
Technological competence
Video games
RPG's
Sitting around on the couch all day
Spontaneity
Junk food
Frugality
Eating whipped cream by itself
Street Scrabz, etc.
Inconsiderateness
Creativity
Illegal downloading
School
Hating the establishment
Casual sex
Pile kids
Dreams for the future
Things I associate with adulthood
Home-cooked meals
Needing your coffee fix in the morning
Financial independence
Settling down
Buying a house
Having children
Going to bed early, waking up early
Sipping wine to be classy
Careers
Technological incompetence
Health food
Demanding that Scrabble be played by its official rules
Facial hair
Sit-down restaurants
Being more willing to spend money
General knowledge of the world
Buying CDs
Netflix
Dressing appropriately for a situation
Stability
Long-term committed relationships
Not having sex
Setting your dreams aside
Is my video-game playing, illegally downloading, lazy, spontaneous, junk food eating peer group one day going to grow out of all those things? We're adults now... but we're still young and we still take part in the activities of young people. Will we have these traits forever? Or will we eventually grow up into true "adults?"