What growing up is...
What growing up is…
Growing up is, to me, doing things you don’t necessarily want to do. Like going to work when you could be hanging out with friends. It’s sucking it up, and moving on. It’s dealing with things your parents would normally hide from you because “you are too young to understand”. It’s taking care of things that you never took care of before. Buying groceries for the house, so you’re mom doesn’t have to. It’s doing things that aren’t necessarily convienant for you, but conveinant, for “the man”. It's slighty giving in to “the man”, getting a job, wearing a suit and tie.
But what you do behind your closed doors is your business. If you wanna dance in underwear to Kelly Clarkson and sing like you're Aretha Franklin, then do it. But it's knowing that there is a time and a place for it.
Well I've never been “too young to understand”, my mom told me everything while it was happening, when it was happening and why. And maybe that’s why I am the way I am today, not enough shielding, or maybe she did it just right. Im not complaining.
And Ive got a job, and well… I feel as though, I'm doing ok. So why does everyone keep telling me to grow up? Why do they talk to me, treat me like I'm 4 years old? I don’t understand. I'm not complaining, not looking for sympathy, just questioning. No I don’t want to grow up, but I think I'm doing ok so far.
Growing up is, to me, doing things you don’t necessarily want to do. Like going to work when you could be hanging out with friends. It’s sucking it up, and moving on. It’s dealing with things your parents would normally hide from you because “you are too young to understand”. It’s taking care of things that you never took care of before. Buying groceries for the house, so you’re mom doesn’t have to. It’s doing things that aren’t necessarily convienant for you, but conveinant, for “the man”. It's slighty giving in to “the man”, getting a job, wearing a suit and tie.
But what you do behind your closed doors is your business. If you wanna dance in underwear to Kelly Clarkson and sing like you're Aretha Franklin, then do it. But it's knowing that there is a time and a place for it.
Well I've never been “too young to understand”, my mom told me everything while it was happening, when it was happening and why. And maybe that’s why I am the way I am today, not enough shielding, or maybe she did it just right. Im not complaining.
And Ive got a job, and well… I feel as though, I'm doing ok. So why does everyone keep telling me to grow up? Why do they talk to me, treat me like I'm 4 years old? I don’t understand. I'm not complaining, not looking for sympathy, just questioning. No I don’t want to grow up, but I think I'm doing ok so far.