Exactly. It's how we live that determines maturity and not the property we own or what we have. Sure they add to the happiness to a state of mind but it is not a defining factor maturity.
I have a friend that owns about as many stuffed animals as MOG does and she brought them to the dorms with her each time she visited her parents but that didn't define her as immature in the least. She was intelligent, friendly and very imaginative. She's an aspiring novelist and a student of Humanities much like myself. Even though she was a Freshman when I met her and I was going for my Bachelors at the time, she didn't strike me as immature.
Yet she handled criticism much better than some that had cast off the stuffed animals and one of peers had made fun of her because she kept those same stuffed animals. Needless to say, I thought the person that had attacked her in such an unwarranted way was rather immature and premature in her assumptions to make such a judgment call. Sadly, the one that poked the Freshman was revered as "mature" when clearly she was not by the standards that she used.
Ironically, the one that poked fun slipped in her studies and was academically released from the school while the one that kept her stuffed animals stayed and made a 3.5 GPA. I listen to Weird Al and watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory while making random quotes in class just to see reactions and often for my own enjoyment but that doesn't define me as being immature. (I still play with Transformers and G.I.Joe action figures with my nephews and have tea parties with my nieces along with playing in the backyard to pretend that we are in the wilds of the Amazon.)
I firmly believe that there is a time and place to play and to be serious. Maturity is defined as way we carry ourselves in a social setting and not by the things we do privately. Well, I can't say that is entirely true with myself since I have been known to cut up in class when the situation calls for it as well. I've done some pretty crazy things but none that warrants a dunce cap for the corner or at least I hope.
Hahaha. ^__^ That'd totaly be me if I went to college. I'd have all of them piled in my bed and probaly sleep UNDER the pile. XD (As it is I have about thirty of them in the bed with me every night now despite having room up top for them.)
I never let anyone tell me stuffed animals are for kids though. It's the one critisism I take with a grin and don't let it change me. Tee hee~!
I think it's great to still be able to be yourself and not allow outside influences force you to be something your not. That's what being an individual is all about.
I actually have a bunch of stuffed animals myself. I have a lot of the beanie babies as well as some other stuffed animals. I have a 3 foot white tiger that sits on my couch. I will see if I can get pics of my stuffies and show them to you all.
I think it is great that you play with your nieces and nephews. I play with my friends kids when I can. They say I am like a kid at times but they do not mean it in a nasty way. I think that is the reason they like me.
I think sometimes I act that way because I did not have much of a childhood so playing with kids is a way for me to get that back. I get to have fun with them and not worry about things like bills and rent and school and jobs for awhile.
I do not think that adults who own stuffed animals (I am one too) or who watch cartoons (still do) are immature. I think people have a right to do what they want as long as it does not hurt themselves or anyone else or impedes on anyone else.
Oh and Silver and I talk about you too. I hope you do not mind. I like hearing about the things you are doing in the other communities. You really are awesome at RPing.
Ah ha!! I knew I would be a topic somewhere. :) Honestly speaking, I'm pretty confident with myself that I'm not bothered with you talking about me. It's this level of trust that I'm confident.
Oh, which reminds me of a saying that my grandfather once said to me. "The impressions we make determine what people will say about us. Do you want to be remembered as someone smart and kind, or do you want to be remembered as a smartass?"
I used to be very insecure about not only my appearance but also in the way I carried myself. I had gone through many phases from punk to gothic punk then later steam punk to aristocrat and sometimes a mixture of modern and others. It really depended upon my mood but one constant was present; the top hat was always there after my high school years.
I have a few stuffed animals myself. I have one of a white tiger that I received as a gift from a friend that went to the San Diego Zoo when I was in LA for a convention and I have one of a bear that sings a lullaby that was also a gift from a friend. I never looked down on the plushies nor turned my nose up at a gift.
That is good that you do not turn your nose up at gifts. I do not either. The person put a lot of thought into it and I always appreciate what people give me. I have an old Siamese cat plushie that I named Nibs after the Siamese cat that lived in the apartment building I use to grow up in. I loved cats then and my mom gave me that so I could have one without having the fuss of feeding and cleaning litter. Oh and I posted my pic on LJ. Yup I actually got the courage and did it.
I saw that and thank you for the affirmation. It seems that most people now are so caught up with commercialism that many gifts that are less than $100 are viewed as unworthy when the price of something should never be taken into account when thoughts went into the choice.
For example, when my boss gave me the signed Micheal Jackson photo I know he didn't pay a dime for it. I had seen it in his office and commented on it many times. He's had it for many years and I just happened to like it. I was surprised that I got it as a gift. Its worth isn't in question and appraising it would be an insult. Heck, even if it's a copy, I wouldn't care. It's the one thing that will be hanging up in my new office in London this upcoming summer so naturally it's the thought behind it and not the value.
I have a friend that owns about as many stuffed animals as MOG does and she brought them to the dorms with her each time she visited her parents but that didn't define her as immature in the least. She was intelligent, friendly and very imaginative. She's an aspiring novelist and a student of Humanities much like myself. Even though she was a Freshman when I met her and I was going for my Bachelors at the time, she didn't strike me as immature.
Yet she handled criticism much better than some that had cast off the stuffed animals and one of peers had made fun of her because she kept those same stuffed animals. Needless to say, I thought the person that had attacked her in such an unwarranted way was rather immature and premature in her assumptions to make such a judgment call. Sadly, the one that poked the Freshman was revered as "mature" when clearly she was not by the standards that she used.
Ironically, the one that poked fun slipped in her studies and was academically released from the school while the one that kept her stuffed animals stayed and made a 3.5 GPA. I listen to Weird Al and watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory while making random quotes in class just to see reactions and often for my own enjoyment but that doesn't define me as being immature. (I still play with Transformers and G.I.Joe action figures with my nephews and have tea parties with my nieces along with playing in the backyard to pretend that we are in the wilds of the Amazon.)
I firmly believe that there is a time and place to play and to be serious. Maturity is defined as way we carry ourselves in a social setting and not by the things we do privately. Well, I can't say that is entirely true with myself since I have been known to cut up in class when the situation calls for it as well. I've done some pretty crazy things but none that warrants a dunce cap for the corner or at least I hope.
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I never let anyone tell me stuffed animals are for kids though. It's the one critisism I take with a grin and don't let it change me. Tee hee~!
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I actualy just got two new additions for Christmas that I need to share pics of. Mello the raccoon and Matt the citris dragon. Cuteness on a stick.
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I think sometimes I act that way because I did not have much of a childhood so playing with kids is a way for me to get that back. I get to have fun with them and not worry about things like bills and rent and school and jobs for awhile.
I do not think that adults who own stuffed animals (I am one too) or who watch cartoons (still do) are immature. I think people have a right to do what they want as long as it does not hurt themselves or anyone else or impedes on anyone else.
Oh and Silver and I talk about you too. I hope you do not mind. I like hearing about the things you are doing in the other communities. You really are awesome at RPing.
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Oh, which reminds me of a saying that my grandfather once said to me. "The impressions we make determine what people will say about us. Do you want to be remembered as someone smart and kind, or do you want to be remembered as a smartass?"
I used to be very insecure about not only my appearance but also in the way I carried myself. I had gone through many phases from punk to gothic punk then later steam punk to aristocrat and sometimes a mixture of modern and others. It really depended upon my mood but one constant was present; the top hat was always there after my high school years.
I have a few stuffed animals myself. I have one of a white tiger that I received as a gift from a friend that went to the San Diego Zoo when I was in LA for a convention and I have one of a bear that sings a lullaby that was also a gift from a friend. I never looked down on the plushies nor turned my nose up at a gift.
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For example, when my boss gave me the signed Micheal Jackson photo I know he didn't pay a dime for it. I had seen it in his office and commented on it many times. He's had it for many years and I just happened to like it. I was surprised that I got it as a gift. Its worth isn't in question and appraising it would be an insult. Heck, even if it's a copy, I wouldn't care. It's the one thing that will be hanging up in my new office in London this upcoming summer so naturally it's the thought behind it and not the value.
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