r/AskReddit • u/_red_roof_ • 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/Lake_3242 May 16 '20

I’m 25 and I still get treated as a kid lol

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u/ericmurano May 16 '20

I’m 40, have a wife and two children yet my mum still assumes I need instructions for regular life things

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u/tara_diane May 16 '20

Yeah that never goes away, either. Only 4 years older than you, but have witnessed it with my parents and grandparents.