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.

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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.

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