# Jesus, GROW UP! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 29, 2005, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-grow-up/287235 "2005-01-29T03:26:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-grow-up/287235/21 "2005-01-29T17:55:19Z")
> [@Gadfly](#): > > If it’s any reassurance, devil, I’ve found that every eighth Torontonian teenager’s like that. **Gadfly** is obviously not one of them. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-grow-up/287235/22 "2005-01-29T19:30:42Z")
> [@dare\_devil007\_](#): > > I have this really immature friend (now called Friend E) and I’ve had as much as I could take from her. She is just really immature. She laughs at the stupidest things; she tries way too hard to be seen as a nerd; she supposedly hates pink and preps; she thinks she’s really witty by being sarcastic all the time; she also tries way too hard to be the so-called “rejected one”; she thinks make-up is girly, but thinks goth make-up is cool; she “hates” Hilary Duff and this pisses me off because she doesn’t even KNOW Hilary Duff and SHE’S the one who’s always talking about not passing judgment; she’s always ranting and raving about EVERYTHING AND IT’S SO FRIGGING ANNOYING!!! It sounds like she is trying to be different… just like everybody else. I’ve got a helluva lot of girls like that at my school. I’ve also got a lot of pUnK rAwKeRs at my school. Sometimes I just want to smack them upside the head. I know what you’re going through, **dare\_devil007**. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-grow-up/287235/23 "2005-01-29T21:52:59Z")
Teen Student Petulant, Immature And Annoying And in other late-breaking news… Earth Revolves Around Sun, Scientist Claims Crusaders Sack Jerusalem: Muslims Vow Reprisals Thirty Years War Begins: More Violence Feared and last, but not least… Teen Student Bad-Mouths “Friend” To Strangers Grow up, honey. ---
**Author:** ![Domokun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@Domokun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Domokun)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-grow-up/287235/24 "2005-01-30T01:23:19Z")
That’s pretty harsh. Plenty of older people post friend, cow-orker and even family/spouse rants here too. ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-grow-up/287235/25 "2005-01-30T01:38:17Z")
I always find it kind of interesting when I hear a story about teenagers and/or high school, and I don’t relate at all. Which is every time I ever hear a story about teenagers and/or high school. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-grow-up/287235/26 "2005-01-30T01:39:36Z")
Hear, hear, **Strinka**. ---
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-grow-up/287235/27 "2005-01-30T02:23:20Z")
This is my completely uneducated guess, but it sounds to me like this person’s immature and annoying behavior is just a sign of a much more fundamental problem. Given the way she makes fun of other people and then takes pity on herself, it seems like she just has incredibly low self-esteem. I’ve known people like this, and yes, they are incredibly annoying to be around. I feel your pain. If I were you, I’d just avoid her, and make it really obvious that the reason is because she’s so immature and condescending. (I’d say more “bitchy” than “immature”; Immature is when you laugh at the poop jokes in the Austin Powers movies. Making fun of the preppy kids for wearing pink just makes you a jerk.) ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-grow-up/287235/28 "2005-01-30T04:00:56Z")
> [@Case Sensitive](#): > > Teen Student Petulant, Immature And Annoying > > And in other late-breaking news… > > Earth Revolves Around Sun, Scientist Claims > Crusaders Sack Jerusalem: Muslims Vow Reprisals > Thirty Years War Begins: More Violence Feared > > and last, but not least… > > Teen Student Bad-Mouths “Friend” To Strangers > > Grow up, honey. Hey, ease up. As **Domokun** said, the Pit is full of rants about friends, family members, and coworkers. And many of those rants contain complaints that seem trivial to outsiders. But we all know what it’s like to have to deal with someone who just gets on our last nerve, so we sympathize, and we’re glad that the Pit offered them a venue to blow off some steam. Maybe most of us can’t relate to **daredevil** ’s complaints because we’re a bunch of old farts who wouldn’t know Hillary Duff if she bit us on the…er…duff, but Friend E sounds like a highschool version of the sister-in-law who is utterly scandalized because you planted daisies in the garden or the coworker who spends all her money on lottery tickets and then whines about how she can’t pay the electric bill. What’s the difference? It was a good rant. **Dare\_devil** –if you want her to quit hinting that she’s suicidal, go tell a guidance counselor that you think your friend’s suicidal. They’ll swing into action, natch. They live for that stuff. If your friend really _is_ suicidal, then she needs the help. If she’s not, and it’s all a ploy for attention–well, she’ll learn that all important life lesson: be careful what you wish for. You just might get it. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-grow-up/287235.md?page=1)