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[–] [email protected] 85 points 2 years ago (16 children)

Then one day you realize that, they have no idea what they are doing. You think that might be a comforting thought but it ends up keeping you up at night.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 years ago (13 children)

I had been waiting from pre-teen, through teenage years, and past my young adult years. Wonder, waiting, hoping I would someday feel like I had "grown up" and was an "adult" now.

That's the trick: it never happens. There's little difference between a "kid" and an "adult" besides obvious physical maturation. You just get new things to juggle and new worries. Bills and job instead of homework. Kids and coworkers and friends (if you're lucky) instead of HS drama. I still don't feel that much different at the core than I did at ~18 and that was 19 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Funny story, instead of referring to groups of adults as " hey guys," I like to refer to them as "hey kids." You know how many grown adults I've had object to this? Zero. Not one. Ever.

We all know it's true

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

My mum still refers to me and my girlfriend as "the kids".

We're 29.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My wife has younger brothers, she still refers to them as "the boys" even though they're close to 40...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Omg that's cute

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Yep, that's how it is with all parents, they will keep doing it forever, which is nice I think :-)

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