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when did u consider that u was "adult"?

thanx erik .....our convo gave me this idea and i thought when do u consider yourself as an adult ?i mean as soon as u get 18 then yeah u are "an adult" for european or 21 for u guys american ?
i dunno what makes u becoming an adult ?just the fact to live in your own and not with parents anymore?

i wonder !

Well, I donno when you become an adult, but what I do know is that I was treated like I was 3-4 years younger when I was in North America...

Age limits such as "you are an adult when you are 18" are stupid and makes little sense imo.

i don't think adulthood has anything to do with age...i think it has everything to do with maturity. a part of maturity i'd say is being independent and self supporting and all of that, but i think more than that it's just a mindset that you grow into. the realization that actions dictate consequences and the ability to choose to live the lifestyle that you want.

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Originally posted by St_Andrew Well, I donno when you become an adult, but what I do know is that I was treated like I was 3-4 years younger when I was in North America...

how so?

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Originally posted by josh4 how so?

Even though I was 18/19 when I was there, ppl wouldn't let me go without "adult supervision" on any "longer" trips (we are just talking about taking the train over the day here), or I couldn't skip school if I wanted to, and if I tried to argue with someone older they always put me down showing no respect whatsoever, while they would listen and agree to the very same arguments from my parents or some other older person. The last one was by far the most annoying. I HATE when ppl can't show any respect just because you are younger.

cuz u are baby erik

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Originally posted by Trancer-X I'm going to go out on a limb and say, uh, "drinking age?"

Well, yeah that as well

Sweden is pretty bad there too, but yeah we are allowed to drink when we are 18 so guess it's better than the US anyway

In the US you are considered an adult at 18 for everything except drinking alcohol and buying a handgun.

I agree with floorfiller that it is a state of mind, and I grew into it relatively recently at 20 or 21.

Looking back, I still had the mindset of a kid at 18 and 19.

*cough*marie your PM's are full *cough*

I'm 24. I'm not an adult now and I never will be!

Altho when I go to America in 2 months time they are gonne let me drink! Which is not really advisable seein that I'm English!!

i felt like an adult since age 12 or 13, can't really remember which, and i think it was the realization that my logic exceeds that of most if not all of the adults around me.

I have pubes. I must be an adult.

I've kinda been thinking I'm adult and everything since about 17. Then I stopped thinking that somewhere around 21

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Originally posted by MisterOpus1 I have pubes. I must be an adult.

They actually had a thing on TV the other night talking about how kids (especially girls) are maturing at an increasingly younger age. They showed an eight year old girl who had already hit puberty and said that it's not such a rare phenomenon anymore.

Hmm I don't know. I guess I sort of always have, at least as long as I can remember...

I believe someone is an adult when they:

1. Be responsible for their own actions;

2. Make decisions for theirselves;

3. Be independent financially (have their _own_ income, doesn't matter how) and personally (they take care of themselves).

Of course, different people arrive at these points in time at different ages. Some arrive at 13, others at 26, others never (#1!).

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Originally posted by ali92 I believe someone is an adult when they: 1. Be responsible for their own actions; 2. Make decisions for theirselves; 3. Be independent financially (have their _own_ income, doesn't matter how) and personally (they take care of themselves). Of course, different people arrive at these points in time at different ages. Some arrive at 13, others at 26, others never (#1!).

Yes I agree, it's an entirely relative subject that's different for every person. In the case of law, the problem is just figuring out a specific age or critera to apply to every person simply for legal reasons.

From when I was young I always thought of myself as an adult. And to be fair I was more grown up than alot of adults even at 10. I remember going to get an adult (not porn!!! hehe) science magazine about then and seeing two "grown" men looking at a football (soccer for the yanks) magazine. They looked at me I looked at them, then they looked at the ground like little school boys being told off.

Though I would say it's only since I started my proper finnished uni job that I would consider myself a true adult. Though I would say that even when I was young I could have become a "true adult" if I needed to. I still relied upon other people to an extent, though if I had to I could of survived on my own I didn't. Hence not an adult in my eyes.

I lost a coupla pubes today after riding outside.

Does that mean I'm regressing in my adulthood?

Discuss...

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Originally posted by MisterOpus1 I lost a coupla pubes today after riding outside. Does that mean I'm regressing in my adulthood? Discuss...

Go get a Brazilian and then come back and we'll all discuss.

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Originally posted by MisterOpus1 I lost a coupla pubes today after riding outside. Does that mean I'm regressing in my adulthood? Discuss...

Dunno that or radiation sickness, any other hair falling out?

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Originally posted by Dervish Dunno that or radiation sickness, any other hair falling out?

Not any that I've noticed, just the few that stuck to my bike shorts.

What were we talking about here again?

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Originally posted by MisterOpus1 Not any that I've noticed, just the few that stuck to my bike shorts. What were we talking about here again?

the nature of cardboard pets.

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Originally posted by josh4 Yes I agree, it's an entirely relative subject that's different for every person. In the case of law, the problem is just figuring out a specific age or critera to apply to every person simply for legal reasons.

Yes, and 16--18 sounds right for legal age to me. Or younger if the person has started university already (university attendance usually (should) show the people are more responsible). Driving though, is one thing I'd actually raise the age minimum whilst liqueor (sp?) age is lowered to around 15 or 16 if I was in charge. Driving and owning a vehicle really takes a whole lot of responsibility compared to just drinking alcohol.

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Originally posted by Trancer-X They actually had a thing on TV the other night talking about how kids (especially girls) are maturing at an increasingly younger age. They showed an eight year old girl who had already hit puberty and said that it's not such a rare phenomenon anymore.

Mate! Its not cool to watch that kind of porn!

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