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Originally Posted by Farasha Hanem
I've read through this topic, and there have been many valid, mature points of view stated.
Although I'm 47, many times I feel like a child here, especially when it comes to the serious topics posted on this forum. I look up to many of the members, regardless of age. How have I changed since turning 40? Honestly? I still feel like the same person that I ever was inside, regardless of what my driver's license or mirror tell me. I like to think I've grown intellectually and emotionally; I certainly hope I have. I've made plenty of mistakes in the past 47 years, and I'm sure I'll make many more.  But even though I deal with adult issues just like everyone else, the fact remains that I'm still just a 10-year-old in a 47-year-old body. I still like video games, comic books, and cartoons, and I "fan girl" at the thought of a sci-fi or anime convention. I get excited when someone says there's lemon pie in the dessert area at a buffet. When I'm cleaning house, I bop around the apartment with earphones stuck in my ears, listening to Aerosmith on my pink mp3 player. Small things like the smell and color of a flower, or a butterfly floating in the breeze, hold my attention in wonder. Most of all, I've discovered that no matter how old I get, I'll never "know it all." When all is said and done, I guess I'll always be a child at heart. |
We all will as we never lose some of these things. We may deal with disapointment differently, then on the other had not.
What you described is percieved as childish behaviour but perhaps it is just human behaviour. How many old people do you know who want an ice cream and get a strop if they dont get one? I have known a few, We dont lose out behaviour we just learn to curb it (or not whatever the case maybe). We just add mpre behaviours as we move through various phases but we keep them all.
None of us will ever know it all but some people like to ask more questions than others, this is not about age but personality.
One of my daughters (16) was watching a programme about a tribe in Namibia and was totally 'in there' when her older sister (22) came in and said 'why are you watching this shit?' this happend half and hour ago and then they broke into a 'toddlers' spat. My most intelligent daughter has been ranting about wanting chocolate cake for the past hour and now she is forcing me off the computer and now we are both bickering as equal teenagers (whilst I try to write something semi-intelligent of course).