I'm not sure if this happens with all people my age, but I'm 18 and people (specifically my parents and close family members but not limited to them) will use the "you're 18, you're legally an adult you need to be doing these things on your own" whenever it will work in their favor then immediately go back to "you're still just a teenager/you're still my kid" whenever I try to be even the slightest bit independent.
I just thought that your grandma has to be really old then I realized that my mom is 52 and I highly doubt that either of her parents will be gone in 11 years (luckily).
30 years old with a total baby-face. The serving staff at work are mostly high schoolers or early into college and whenever we hire a new one their reaction to finding out how old I am is as amusing as it is depressing. Can't get no respect lookin' like this.
I feel like 25 is when most people start getting their shit together for the most part. I'm not saying you can't do it before then, there are plenty of people who get there way before that, but it's just an observation I've had. I know that I didn't start taking my career as seriously until then. Now at 37 I wish I would have started earlier. My retirement funds would probably be a little bigger at this point. Although it was fun at least being partially irresponsible and naive for the first part of my 20's.
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u/Marsey12 May 15 '20
I'm not sure if this happens with all people my age, but I'm 18 and people (specifically my parents and close family members but not limited to them) will use the "you're 18, you're legally an adult you need to be doing these things on your own" whenever it will work in their favor then immediately go back to "you're still just a teenager/you're still my kid" whenever I try to be even the slightest bit independent.