# Childhood Behaviors As An Adult **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 11, 2023, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-behaviors-as-an-adult/989912 "2023-09-11T03:24:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-behaviors-as-an-adult/989912/21 "2023-09-11T19:25:21Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I try to miss cracks in the sidewalk. > > Maybe now it’s so I don’t faceplant. But as a kid it was a game. > [@solost](#): > > It was never a game. The structural integrity of our mothers’ backs was at stake! Surely [the bears are a bigger risk](https://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/miscellaneous/mmilne-linesandsquares.htm)? And if they’re a risk in London, surely they’re going to be a much bigger risk in Beck country? And yes, I do find myself avoiding the cracks. Still. j ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-behaviors-as-an-adult/989912/22 "2023-09-11T19:53:35Z")
As a kid, I’d write down random thoughts on paper. That habit has never stopped. If you were to sift through my papers at home or in my bag, they’re full of seemingly-random thoughts of the day, ranging from FICA taxes to thoughts about my girlfriend to future plans for overseas travel. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-behaviors-as-an-adult/989912/23 "2023-09-11T20:45:38Z")
I find some churches hold this as a rule. Even if the man in question is gay. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-behaviors-as-an-adult/989912/24 "2023-09-11T21:44:14Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > I sometimes tell myself stories out loud when I’m alone doing a boring household task, making up a plot and dialogue as I go along. I’ll generally have a cast and a general storyline going, and the details change over time. You have GOT to record those! Later, they can become “beloved animated adventures on YouTube”. If you don’t mind becoming rich and famous… ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-behaviors-as-an-adult/989912/25 "2023-09-11T21:47:01Z")
I’ve got SO many. First thing that came to mind is that I mispronounce certain words wrong on purpose. As a kid, I read a book where a boy, instead of “girl”, used the word “ **grwl** ”. So I feel obligated now (but only to myself). ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-behaviors-as-an-adult/989912/26 "2023-09-11T22:01:33Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > There are better ways to tie my shoes than the way I learned, but I’m locked into it. Several years ago, a lace had come undone on my shoe and I was retying it in front of my mother. She said “that’s not the way I taught you to tie your shoes!”. Uh, sorry? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-behaviors-as-an-adult/989912/27 "2023-09-11T22:12:01Z")
Ski . ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-behaviors-as-an-adult/989912/28 "2023-09-11T22:51:40Z")
Sissy, is that you? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-behaviors-as-an-adult/989912/29 "2023-09-11T23:18:53Z")
The owner of our classy comic book shop asked "So why do you only buy books out of the _fitty cent bargain bin?"_ I said “Because my favorite day as a kid was one where I’d buy a couple of comics, roll 'em up in my back pocket, jump on my bike, then buy a Coke Slushie on my way to the park to read and slurp.” He was rolling his eyes as I shoved my purchases in my back pocket, put on my bike helmet and said “Next stop the 7-11, then the park!” ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-behaviors-as-an-adult/989912/30 "2023-09-11T23:24:50Z")
I talk to myself. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-behaviors-as-an-adult/989912/31 "2023-09-12T01:13:27Z")
I can’t really respond because all the things I still do that are holdovers from my childhood ARE immature and childish. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-behaviors-as-an-adult/989912/32 "2023-09-12T01:53:08Z")
> [@digs](#): > > You have GOT to record those! > > Later, they can become “beloved animated adventures on YouTube”. If you don’t mind becoming rich and famous… They’d need a whole lot of reworking to remove any copyrighted characters that I’ve appropriated from movies, books, and TV shows and to disguise the identities of celebrities. Even then, all the storylines are riddled through with an insufferable Mary Sue character. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childhood-behaviors-as-an-adult/989912.md?page=1)