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.

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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.