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View Poll Results: When did you know you were "grown up"?
Younger than 15 (specify in post) 4 3.51%
15 2 1.75%
16 2 1.75%
17 2 1.75%
18 6 5.26%
19 4 3.51%
20 3 2.63%
21 6 5.26%
22 2 1.75%
23 6 5.26%
24 7 6.14%
25 6 5.26%
26 5 4.39%
27 2 1.75%
Older than 27 (specify in post) 57 50.00%
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Old 06-25-2012, 04:17 PM
tapu tapu is offline
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When I turned 30, it felt like I had some real substance. No more darling of the office or whatever, but a professional with... gravitas? I started acting that way then. More reserve, more confidence, more repose.

On the other hand, I've always been a little butch so now I'm a 50yo who dresses like a teenage boy.
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Old 06-25-2012, 09:48 PM
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I'm 23 and still feel like a kid even though I moved out at 18. I've been done with college since 2010 and have been working full time since then. I guess I do adult things like cook, pay bills, go to bed at a reasonable hour, but I still don't feel it.
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Old 06-26-2012, 08:47 PM
Bam Boo Gut Bam Boo Gut is offline
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As I say to my daughter, someone in this family has to grow up, and it's not going to be me. I'm forty-nine-and-a-half.

I had a councellor tell me I have been "coping on my own" since the age of seven - so maybe that counts for something.

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