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

I have my adult moments but they're mainly through work. Those occasions when I feel like a "grown up" are often when I've got someone stood infront of me asking my opinion on something worth millions as opposed to what bar to go to, it kind of changes your opinion of yourself. Makes you realise its not just a joke anymore, this shizzles for real dwaggg etc.

Failing that... It'll be when you change your facebook status to "Adult!"

Originally Posted by _Stretchie_

When you trade the SV in for a real bike

Does that make you a youngster still with your power ranger toy.

As to the question, your an adult only when you decide. I personally find it too much like hard work so I'm still a young whipper-snapper.

[Bri w]

Its a label, don't worry about it.

I'm 50+ and I still hate being called Mr.

Last year some snotty nosed kid offered me his seat on the bus... now that did make me feel old

When you join the National Trust?

I think fairly early on for me - when I realised that I could get in the (my) car whenever I wanted, go whereever I wanted, without needing to ask anyone. Not sure most people have such a "revelation" moment tho.
As you (OP) said, it's not like it used to be.

Still feel like a kid half the time at 41 (especially on the bike - big grin most of the time). The most "grown up" I've felt was signing for the mortgage on my first flat.

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by Reeder

In fact, what constitutes being an adult?

You've grown up when you realise that your parents aren't as dumb as you thought they were.

All that stuff you did they knew nothing about? Wrong, they knew and they did the same - only 20-30 years before you did.

Originally Posted by beabert

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.

I get something similar at work when parents tell their kids "that man will tell you off" feels weird

Haha... I hope it never happens.

My daughter and I went out with some of her friends when she was about 25ish, so I'd have been mid 40s - during the night my eldest declared to a club doorman that even though I was her dad, she was the responsible adult looking after us all. Worst thing was... she wasn't lying.

I left the company I did my apprenticeship with and moved to a new job which I had no clue about, knuckled down, learned what I needed to in under a year and then thrown in to running jobs with 7 - 10 people under me (that were much older than me with 20 odd years experience), I was only 22. I stepped up to the plate and that's when I had to be professional, that's when I grew up!






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