How will I know when I've become an adult?

In fact, what constitutes being an adult? Obviously in our society we don't have rituals about killing wolves to become a man or perhaps even being chucked out of the house anymore and being made to fend for ourselves. A lot of people my age are still at uni without a care in the world...

So genuinely, how do you know when you've become and adult? Was the any time or incident where you specifically stopped and thought to yourself 'Wow, I'm no longer a kid now.'?

Not sure how to explain, I guess its been lately that my wife and I share similar hobbies and she wanted to buy something and I told her not this month as the car needs to be serviced and we could use the money there.

Something in me has changed over the last year or two whereby you kinda thnk more ahead than you used to.

Had to explain hope it makes sense.

Cheers

Rich

[SoulKiss]

The only difference being an adult makes is that if you want you can have cake/icecream for dinner if you want.

[Littlepeahead]

I think it might have been the first time I got called 'Mrs' after getting married (at 33). I was sitting in the hospital waiting room and they called me about three times before I thought, hang on, Mrs Skinner, that's me.

But then I went to Hamleys and the Transport Museum the other week with my nephew who is 8 and I think I had more fun than him. I made them let me have a go on the 'be a tube train driver' simulator.

[Bibio]

when you have responsibility's and you can be trusted to do them by your own means and don't have to rely on mummy and daddy. but its usually at 21 when you become a full adult and 40 when you become a teen again.

[DarrenSV650S]

I don't feel anything like an adult. People at work who are younger than me are more mature and more adult-like.

[_Stretchie_]

"How will I know when I've become an adult?"

When you trade the SV in for a real bike













** runs and hides to watch the fireworks **

I strangely haven't ever got used to being an adult (Im 27), though i have always been boring and mature even as a child.

I often hear children say to thier mothers as i pass 'That mans got a motorbike' it sounds really weird to me. Anyone else feel the same or is it just me? lol.

[DarrenSV650S]

Originally Posted by beabert

I often hear children say to thier mothers as i pass 'That mans got a motorbike' it sounds really weird to me. Anyone else feel the same or is it just me? lol.

Yeh lol I've had that too

I'm currently at the stage right now where I never know whether to call myself a man or boy, or females girls or women! 23 is a weird age.