Being an Adult

If you watch movies that portray the times from the 60s to 80s period like:



You'll notice a common trend. You're officially a man or an adult once you are 18. The kids in these movies are allowed to leave home and become their own person once they're 18. How come? I guess we matured and grew up quicker long time ago but now, it takes us longer? Aren't we still pretty immature at 18? I know I was. I turned 18 the summer after my senior year of high school. I still tied my shoelaces with two loops, I ate dunkaroos, I played crazy arcade and counterstrike, my mom still made all my food and I had no idea what I wanted to be.

In some cultures, adulthood reaches an earlier age. In some parts of Africa, you reach adulthood at age 13. 13!!!! WTH!! You're still losing baby teeth then, that's when we were in what... middle school? Crazy. Why does the world force us to grow up so quickly? When I was in my late teens, I couldn't wait to be an adult and do all the things I wanted.. but I realized at age 19, when I was no longer a teen but a young adult, how sad it is that I wouldn't be able to do everything since I was an adult, and not a kid. Meaning, I would now have responsibilities and now had a crapload of more rules I had to abide by.

Kids... we're just as scared as you are. Adults have so much more to learn and to be scared of.

I'm nearly 21 and guess what... I still play video games, my mom makes my food when I come home, I tie my shoelaces with one loop but sometimes I go to my old ways (it's just easier!), and I have ABSOLUTELY no idea what i am going to do after college.

Imagine it being as easy as a switch.
Click! we're adults now. We know everything.

I officialy am the owner of my own new car. Chyeah Baby. Honda Cr-V. Took 2 major accidents, 2 speeding tickets, and many scratches to my dad's tires to finally let my parents see what a good driver i am and finally get me my own spankin car.

the whole process of buying the car was somewhat intimidating. My dad basically handled everything with me sitting there listening and after each day at the dealership, he explained how you have to work from the minimum up instead of the msp down. Handling all the paperwork and working the prices and dealing with insurance, I had a headache. Wow! When will I have to do all of this? I hope they invent a youth formula so that my parents stay alive til I pass away so that they can always take care of all of this. I always act very independent around my parents, letting them know I'm my own woman and that I'm an adult, but I truly love and indulge in all the babying they do of me. As much as it is unneccesary for my mom to make fresh fruit juice everyday and for my dad to check plane tickets for me and do my tax reports, I will honestly miss it all when they eventually stop doing it. That's when I'll have to either learn it myself, or find a man who can do it all... hehe jkjk...

Peter! Take me to never ever land!!