Even though when I turned 18 I legally became an adult (legal age for everything where I live is 18), but I still feel the same as I did when I was in grade 10. I am in no way shape or form a man. I can barely grow a proper beard yet. I always pictured in my mind when I was younger that "becoming and adult" was some special thing and that when you turned 18 you instantly knew everything. Is that the meaning behind becoming an adult; realizing that no matter how old you get you still won't know anything?
Is it responsibility that makes a man a man? Having a family that relies on you and a job that if you don't show up to it will somehow impact the world/someone other than you will care. Maybe that's why I don't feel any different, I really have no more responsiblity than I did when I was a kid. Sure now I have to pay rent/buy food, but that's really not that hard.
Enough of my rambling though, I'm thinking of taking a trip for a couple months (probably after this semester ends). Where in the world should I go (or better yet, where would you go if you could go anywhere in the world)? I need more worldly experiences and those can only be gotten first-hand.
haha i like your comic
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ReplyDeleteI think we never "become an adult" we only pretend that we are.
ReplyDeleteWe are all children, there is so much to learn and explore and some people just decide that what they know is enough and stop questioning things.
So perhaps we become adults when we stop asking questions?
I'd go to Scotland and visit some castles and be like "yeaaah... I'm a knight!"
I think responsibility plays a big part of it; we won't mature until we're forced to.
ReplyDeletesame, i turned 18 in january and nothing feels different. its just a number
ReplyDeleteI'd visit Rome or Japan, both sound pretty fantastic. Or England as well, maybe even Scotland. As for being an adult, it has less to do with age and more to do with your mindset. Some people are just a kid in their heart all their lives :)
ReplyDeleteNice blog! Thanks for commenting on my site!
ReplyDeleteheh, i wouldnt complain about not growing a proper beard, shaving everyday is one of the things that i hate the most about "growing up"
ReplyDeleteyou've got an interesting point here, good job with the post
ReplyDeleteyou've got an interesting point here, good job with the post
ReplyDeleteyou've got an interesting point here, good job with the post
ReplyDeleteTry and visit a castle. I mean a proper one, like in Scotland or Germany.
ReplyDeletenice, I can't wait until your follow up post... until then, GTL Everyday!
ReplyDeleteIf it's any consolation I never felt like a man until I started into my 30's.
ReplyDeletethat's what I'm talking about!
ReplyDeletePlease, I'm going to be out of college in a year and I still don't feel like I know anything lol
ReplyDeletelol i agree
ReplyDeleteI agree with Asher to a point, more then likely we become adults on our deathbeds.
ReplyDeleteI felt the same way..
ReplyDeleteI lol'd at the pic, thanks
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't base your masculinity on the amount of facial hair you produce. No matter what you look like, people are going to treat you like an adult. Just man up and act like one brah
ReplyDeletei think youre finally a grownup once u have to start supportin and deciding for your own
ReplyDeleteStill hasn't happened to me either.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I feel the same way. Growing up sucks.
ReplyDeletebeard - check
ReplyDelete33 yo here ...
ReplyDeleteI think you nailed it with ...
"Is that the meaning behind becoming an adult; realizing that no matter how old you get you still won't know anything?"
nice post! keep it up dude!
ReplyDeleteYou should travel to the nature
ReplyDeleteExperience makes you a man, not age.
ReplyDeletea beard comes with the time, don't worry.
ReplyDeletenice, I can't wait to see what you have to say in your next post
ReplyDeleteWho knows. trust me i work with plenty of adults that act like children.
ReplyDeleteI'll soon be 30, still feel like I'm 19 (just not as energetic)
ReplyDeletehahaha 0.o
ReplyDeletenice work here... btw, I have Hayden Panetierre bubbled on Enhanced by MS Paint :P
ReplyDeleteage means nothing
ReplyDeletegr8 poast!
ReplyDeleteAlso 18 and cant grow a beard. =[
ReplyDeleteYeah. growing up isnt really all its cracked up to be.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments on my last blog post!
ReplyDeleteEh your blog needs tune up and btw cool article XD
ReplyDeleteYou'll know it when you have to pay the bills to keep your head above water or
ReplyDeleteyou find yourself watching shows old people watch.
responsibility and standing by your word makes you a man IMO
ReplyDeleteScotland or Ireland
ReplyDeletei don't know where you should go... but i know exactly how you feel.
ReplyDeleteLol I feel you man.
ReplyDeleteI am going through the same thing dude at 19 just find what you enjoy doing and do it supportan yuh
ReplyDeleteI'm 20 now, and only now am I starting to notice changes in my thinking, towards more adult thinking. Don't worry, it'll come
ReplyDeleteMaturity is all a state of mind. Don't worry, you'll grow up before you realize it.
ReplyDeleteI showed my friend this post, lol.
ReplyDeleteYou should go to African desert... or somewhere really cold... have a manly test!
ReplyDeleteIf you die, you die! If not, you're a man
I'm never going to grow up :)
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Biological aging means nothing.
ReplyDeletehahaha like ur comics! growing up happends when it happens
ReplyDeletelegit! Keep them coming.
ReplyDelete23 and im still convinced ill never be an adult hah
ReplyDeleteBecoming an adult starts when you become anal enough to think you are better than those who are younger than you.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure, I don't feel grown up either.
ReplyDeleteI'm personally with asher, we never really "become" anything but ourselves.
ReplyDeletewe get older, and thus younger people see us as wise/grown up.
Ha Ha... It's funny cause its true.
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