Tell Me About Growing Up

[Brandon Heat]

So what's it really like to be an adult? Having kids, buying a house, going to work everyday from sunup to sundown. Paying all those pills. Do you still get to keep your childish charm? I know I still have and love it. Do you really lose it when you grow up? So come on tell me what it's like.

[rastasteez]

18 but not a man

[ClouD]

It's like being House.

[Man of Steel]

I don't think a teenager can answer this question, guys. This seems to be a serious inquiry on Brandon's part: let those with more knowledge of the subject answer. Keep in mind that this is not Senseless Banter. If I have to move this to Senseless Banter, I will not be happy.

[ClouD]

From this perspective- Buying a house is like buying anything, it just costs more money than most things. Some people take careful consideration, others are more impulsive; there's no set guidelines to buying. Most Thursdays to Sundays I work before sun-up to after sundown. On Mondays it's some work, Tuesdays greater work, Wednesdays half a day's work. It is really what you make it. I see my brother and sister have their ups and downs with wanting and not wanting to work, my dad who hates work but loves money, and my mum who cherishes money as if an ultimate freedom. Relatives in Thailand I've noticed accept day-in-day-out work as life, and most do it even if they feel lazy, as a means to survival. The conditions obviously contribute to filtering perception, though it's really your personal feelings about work that change how it is. Paying bills is generally essential for luxurious living. Getting water to your house, electricity, gas, and all that makes it less arduous to survive comes as a big chunk out of most people's pay-check. Personally, I let my parents handle what of mine is contributed with the others in our family, but I do understand how it works and what needs to be done. My parents are like children, and something obvious that occurred to me a while ago is that everyone really is a child. Life is life however old you are, and however many things you decide are on your plate. When an old man laughs, isn't that childlike in itself? We're all like children, playing our games. It's never been black and white no matter how many idealistic views of seriousness and maturity are imposed. There's no blueprint for growing up, everything is unique and new each moment. I handle many things to do with my survival, and have realised my independence and that I essentially make all the choices, but if growing up means adhering to any thing, whatsoever that may be, then it is not for me right now.

[Adam]

It's good. I mean you have so much freedom, just with added responsibility. Although I'm 27 now I really don't feel too different from when I was 19/20 really.

[DestFinis]

Paying all those pills Because we all know how stressful life is. When you grow up, your ideologies change. You clash with your parents and siblings. And friends. It's a....tough time. But nobody understands you, but that's what you think isn't it? Isn't that what everybody tells you? And so...who can you talk to in order to make your life less stressful? Argh....that was my useless blatant attempt at explaining stuff.