London..for few months only ;)
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London..for few months only ;)
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Perhaps, Canada, and parmanently!
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Umm....Australia.........permanently.
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Definately Shimla & permanently.
In this thread who do you think posts the most difficult questions ?
I defer to Mono.
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Again, Mono. But sometimes you, Pendragon!
What was the most interesting part of your day today?
Painting with the kids at work. We were using apple halves as stamps, dip them in paint and then stamp the paper and one of the little boys smacked it down on the paper quite hard and paint splattered all over me. I did manage to clean it off my face, but I spent the rest of the day with red, green and yellow paint all over my clothes and hair. Hazards of the job. :lol:
Do you consider your childhood to have been happy?
My childhood was happy up until the age of 12 and I still haven't decided if this is because I had some preconceived notion of what things were supposed to be like as opposed to what they were actually like...then again, it could have been adolescence coming on.
Did anyone have a happy adolescence
The term 'happy adolescence' seems like a bit of an oxymoron. No, I had an unhappy adolescence, but I have encountered very few individuals who have had a pleasant adolescence. Needless to say, a lot seems in transition, motivated greatly by the alteration in hormones and neurochemicals. In essence, I consider myself to have had a relatively common adolescence: miserable. :lol:
To the person below me: just as in The Catcher In The Rye, what event in your life made you realize that you had reached adulthood and/or advanced adolescence?
That would have been around age 12 when I realized that if I didn't work, there was a possibility that we might not eat. And please do not think I am kidding, mama raised three kids in the 60's and 70's with no child support, little government help, and never made more than $5000 in one year in her life. Calling us poor was like saying water is damp. We survived, made mama proud of us all. It is where you came from in life; it's where you make up your mind to go. As a disabled man today, I have everything I want. I worked hard all those years, and I took care of my family. I have a credit record that is the envy of many people. I worked for that, paid my bills on time, never late.
My kids work because they want to, not because it's necessary.
Sermon over. Pass the question.
Periods.
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Hey Penzy, nobody turns into an adult at the age of 13. Believe me you are still a baby!;) It'll take you another 8-10 years before you start forming definite and rigid opinions about the world around you. The distinctive character of an adult is to dismiss every single fact or opinion that is inconsistent with his/her opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pensive
The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion. -- Elizabeth Drew
Somewhere between 17 – 21 one starts feeling that one has seen and experienced everything there is to see and experience. And, by 25 one should have formed lasting opinions about the world around him/her. In my opinion, regardless of the age prescribed by law, a person becomes an adult once he/she starts forming lasting and rigid opinions (irrespective of the opinion being right or wrong).
However, I will add, there are always exceptions to the general rule. And I am one of them.
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Originally Posted by Mono
I'm the baby of the family and I only half jokingly believe that delayed my ability to grow up, being indulged and always having lower expecations of my abilities and common sense because I was so young...even when I was in college. :rolleyes: I came late to the realization that I was a capable adult and there's a part of me that still doesn't believe it, I will always carry that bit of 'the baby' with me, although the ironic thing is, is that as adults, my sister, who is the oldest really functions as the youngest and I fill the role of the oldest, organizing, communicating between family members, hosting family get togethers and my brother still fills his role as the middle child beautifully. ;) Maybe that's what makes me feel like a real adult :lol:, but really, becoming a mother was the real passage to adulthood for me. When you realize it's not all about you anymore, that you are responsible for another life, that your actions and decision affect not only you but the life and mental health of your children. It's a very sobering thought.
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I forgot to ask a question! :blush:
What is the best and worst thing about being the age you are right now?
Good Question:
I'm 36.
Best: More available funds to do the things I want to do.
Worst: It takes just a tiny bit longer to recover.
Same question:
What is the best and worst thing about being the age you are right now?
Sort of the same thing actually: there are so many opportunities for everything-relationship and friendship-wise, growing spiritually and academically, but in that there are so many hard choices and times when I could go so wrong.
What age do you look forward to most right now, however old you may be?