Comments | forecastisrayne: The Time Traveller

forecastisrayne

The Time Traveller

May 05, 2010 15:41

I feel as though I've been living in a sort of stasis, a suspended animation of sorts for the past five years or so.

Of course time has passed. There was the boyfriend, the uni course(s), graduation, getting civilised and the penultimate honeymoon. I have progressed from being a hospitality muppet to an interior designer who works on a huge range of ( Read more... )

life, travelling through time, via ljapp, give me my damn martini, work

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chaotica May 5 2010, 06:01:19 UTC

I'm 38 with an 18 year old and I still don't feel like I'm an adult at times. I work, pay rent, pay the bills and have been doing so on my own for the past 10 years ( (sans the working bit that's a new addition).
I'm really not sure of what constitutes being an adult but on paper I am one but it doesn't feel like I'm one.

forecastisrayne May 5 2010, 06:10:33 UTC

And this, it seems, is my exact problem. Maybe it isn't a problem; maybe this preconceived notion of what I SHOULD feel like should just be abandoned. I'm obviously an adult now, perhaps however I feel is just how I'm meant to feel.

chaotica May 5 2010, 06:15:17 UTC

I believe it's society's conditioning I'm now (insert age here) I should feel different. I figure as long as I'm progressing and working towards something. I'm doing okay and after all, as long as I'm happy, healthy and not doing anything too illegal... who cares

disclord May 10 2010, 04:52:12 UTC

Not-feeling-your-age thing. Yeah. When I feel really bad, I actually feel ELEVEN.

Good for you Pumpkin man. You're moving forward. Although, man, your apartment! It's so lovely. But I am sure you can work your magic on a house too.

And a baby! Aww.
Love love love xxxx

tres_faux June 9 2010, 03:54:21 UTC

Adjustment isn't easy - and I think there's a lag for many of us between the heady energy and dare-I-say naivete about the world that's common when you're young young, and the slow realization that OH WOW, this is what my life is now...

I can't imagine what it's like to have kids when you're still a kid. How is anyone ready when they're 16, 18, or even 20?

tres_faux June 9 2010, 03:56:58 UTC

Also the title to this post, and to some degree the content, reminded me of "The Time Traveller's Wife" ... which was the heart-wrenching book you recommended to me years ago just as I was beginning my real career.