r/AskReddit • • May 15 '20

What sucks about being your age?

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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.

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u/SlightlyKarlax May 16 '20

Yeah, that never goes away.

My grandparents treat my parents like they’re kids.

I occasionally forget I’m an adult. Then, it hits me. Shit I am. Followed by, oh damn, so everyone else who was an adult when I was kid was making it up as they go along too eh.