i want to be grown up already

[insertnamehere]

and married with a career. i want certainty and predictability. i want to cook for people. i want someone to sleep beside everynight. i want a dog and a cat. i want my cat's name to be akuma. i want to fast foward through my current phase of life ahead to what will hopefully be better than the present.

[SobaViolence]

that shit sounds boring.

[insertnamehere]

boring and predictable and safe and secure

[SobaViolence]

until your house burns down, your kids are no good, your significant other cheats with the pool boy and the economy crashes.

and your cat gets rabies(sp?)


appreciate today, because nothing is guaranteed for tomorrow...

[kleptomaniac]

try pressing "fast forward" on your VCR and see what happens (lb)

[insertnamehere]

until your house burns down, your kids are no good, your significant other cheats with the pool boy and the economy crashes.

and your cat gets rabies(sp?)


appreciate today, because nothing is guaranteed for tomorrow...


my husband can have sex with the pool boy all he likes so long as he doesnt get aids and still gives me sex and doesnt divorce me. and i'll be sure to have all my animals properly vaccinated. and who said anythign about kids? and the economy? pfff, even though we aint got money, im so in love with you hypothetical future honey....

[Bob]

until your house burns down, your kids are no good, your significant other cheats with the pool boy and the economy crashes.

and your cat gets rabies(sp?)


appreciate today, because nothing is guaranteed for tomorrow...

what if you have aids today

[marsdaddy]

Part of growing up is learning patience.

[Sarky Devotchka]

once you're grown up, you'll just want to be a kid again. I mean, I pretend to be one still. it's not working out very well. I have a broken tooth that I can't afford to fix. and my car got towed and I just let the city have it because I couldn't afford to get it back. I rule! it was junk anyhow. stupid taurus.

[marsdaddy]

^Not grown up.

[Bob]

Part of growing up is learning patience.

the other part is aging

[marsdaddy]

the other part is agingHow old do you have to be to achieve "coot" status?

[Sarky Devotchka]

nope, but I'm getting there. I stand before you for the first time in 4 years without any deliquent debts. debt collectors are actually pretty nice, if you stop ignoring them and actually talk to them and set up a payment plan, everything works out fine. who knew?

(also, I was going to donate that car anyway because it was a perpetually broken down money pit, the city towed it because someone had stolen one of my tires the day before. chicago streets and sanitation are on the ball!)

[marsdaddy]

In my experience, the city will find a way to bill you for the tow/storage of your car. :(

[Sarky Devotchka]

yeah, that's what I figured, but I called the lot and told them I want them to keep it, then they told me to call streets and sanitation to see if I had to pay any fees and they said I didn't have to do anything because after 21 days they either crush it or put it up for auction and that I'd probably get a notice in the mail, but to just disregard it. I got off the phone and danced around my house pumping my fists yelling, "fuck yes!"

however, I'm still sort of afraid that it's going to bite me in the ass somehow.

[ms.peachy]

once you're grown up, you'll just want to be a kid again.
Oh, I don't know about that. I'm rather pleased with being a grown up. It's a much more powerful thing to be than a kid. Kids don't understand that - but it's true.

I don't think the things inh is saying she wants are bad at all. I mean, I didn't want them at her age; I did actually rather enjoy having a bit of a wild youth and all. But, everybody's different and some people like to ride rollercoasters and some don't care for them, you know?

[jackrock]

Oh, I don't know about that. I'm rather pleased with being a grown up. It's a much more powerful thing to be than a kid. Kids don't understand that - but it's true.

... :(

[ms.peachy]

... :(
It's nothing to be sad about, trust me. :)

[jackrock]

It's nothing to be sad about, trust me. :)
yeah, i just hope that i die before the world blows up.

[marsdaddy]

Oh, I don't know about that. I'm rather pleased with being a grown up. It's a much more powerful thing to be than a kid. Kids don't understand that - but it's true.

Each phase of life should be enjoyed.
Life is a bit of a circle, but gaining experience along the way varies the turns.
Calling people kids can be degrading.

[SobaViolence]

the typical 'adult' way of life seems filled with things that tie you down.

(n)

[ms.peachy]

Calling people kids can be degrading.

There's nothing wrong with being a kid, when you are one. I reckon I was one until about 1998. (This kinda gets back the that 'Saturn return' thing that came up here a couple months ago.) It's just that when you are one, you see the things that would make you an adult as weights, a la Soba's replies here. It's like not being able to see past the plateau of the mountain as you're climbing, but then getting up there and realising that the view is amazing, and that the path ahead is even more exciting. You can't know until you get there. That's how it is as a kid/youth/ whatever you want to call it - it's not degrading, it's just a function of time.

[fucktopgirl]

the typical 'adult' way of life seems filled with things that tie you down.

(n)

that why you have to break the mold!!

[insertnamehere]

see, i dont think of it as being weighed down, i see it as being comforting. i want to travle and do exciting things, but with someone by my side. you never know how things will turn out but the way i feel about it now, i dont want to have kids too soon after i were to get married so me and the hubby would have time to do other things. kids are what scare me. at the moment i think "ewww i never want babies no way" but i used to feel that way about marriage, so never say never i guess.

[fucktopgirl]

anyway,you cannnot rush things,its just gonna happen in time.I know that is gonna sound fucking cheesy but when you expected the least thing come around and unfolded.So you just can do your thing and be positive.

[kate]

i cannot wait to have like a million babies!!!

[TurdBerglar]

what are you a fuckn' ant?

[jackrock]

i cannot wait to have like a million babies!!!
what are you a fuckn' ant?
hahahahah an ant... haha

[cosmo105]

i miss not having responsibilities.

[Bob]

i miss not having responsibilities.

i kinda do too, but i also kinda love not being a stupid 12 year old, too.

[cosmo105]

i don't know about you, but i was never a stupid 12-year-old. i was adorable and articulate.


i don't miss the angsty hormonal years though. oh wait, i'm still angsty and hormonal :\

[Bob]

i don't know about you, but i was never a stupid 12-year-old. i was adorable and articulate.


i don't miss the angsty hormonal years though. oh wait, i'm still angsty and hormonal :\

oh god, i was the most ridiculous 12 year old ever

god i'm so glad i'm not 12 anymore

[jackrock]

god i'm so glad i'm not 12 anymore
me too!

[TurdBerglar]

you guys actually remember when you were twelve?

[cosmo105]

oh god, i was the most ridiculous 12 year old ever

god i'm so glad i'm not 12 anymore
i was a dork for quite a while there but i eventually became pretty fucking awesome. it was an intense few days.

[Justin]

I dont think I ever want to 'grow up' and im 23 years old. I want to continue enjoying doing stupid things.

I definately don't want to be as mature as my dad.

[jackrock]

you guys actually remember when you were twelve?
it ain't that hard.

[Bob]

you guys actually remember when you were twelve?

no, so i'm pretty sure i must have repressed the memories or something, which therefore means i had to be pretty lame

[Justin]

I was trying to think of the first time i masterbated, but i dont think it was 12.

I do remember asking my parents a question one night when i was young. I asked them "why does my pee-wee get hard"...i remember them sayin something like, "it means you have to pee"

My parents were never good at explaining things, they always shyed off from telling me all the cool things :mad:

[jackrock]

hahahaha pee-wee hahahahaha

[Bob]

I was trying to think of the first time i masterbated, but i dont think it was 12.

I do remember asking my parents a question one night when i was young. I asked them "why does my pee-wee get hard"...i remember them sayin something like, "it means you have to pee"

My parents were never good at explaining things, they always shyed off from telling me all the cool things :mad:

nobody really tells you what masturbation is, you just kind of figure it out for yourself

[Justin]

nobody really tells you what masturbation is, you just kind of figure it out for yourself

Yea im sure it makes the parents feel totally uncomfortable, but i wanna be that cool dad some day. I just wanna be able to put things out there

[jackrock]

Yea im sure it makes the parents feel totally uncomfortable, but i wanna be that cool dad some day. I just wanna be able to put things out there
:eek: :eek:

[Justin]

:eek: :eek:

You know, sorta like Tim "the toolman' Taylor

[jackrock]

You know, sorta like Tim "the toolman' Taylor
hahaha where the hell did that come from?... can i be Wilson?

[Justin]

hahaha where the hell did that come from?... can i be Wilson?

I dunno, i came upon that show yesterday for the first time in a long time. I like how he just says things sometimes out of the blue. Also, Heidi has some nice legs

[jackrock]

I dunno, i came upon that show yesterday for the first time in a long time. I like how he just says things sometimes out of the blue. Also, Heidi has some nice legs
i watched it today.
they don't give her enough air time, eh?

[Justin]

Yea she needed more air time. The one i saw was where she and her husband had a falling out and Al was there to comfort her. Tim thought Al slept with her. She had a lot of lines on that show.

[jackrock]

yeah, her husband was a jerkass.

[miss_bhaven]

i miss not having responsibilities.

Me too...Even though I'm 19 this year, I'm at the start of gaining responsibilities and it kinda sucks...But in a way, I feel I can finally make my own decisions.

[ms.peachy]

Me too...Even though I'm 19 this year, I'm at the start of gaining responsibilities and it kinda sucks...But in a way, I feel I can finally make my own decisions.
The way I see it, limited responsibilities = limited freedoms. By being responsible for your own life, you are therefore the one in control of it. It's possible to go through life with almost no responsibilities, but then, that means you are at the whim of other people, you don't hold your own power. Everything is "someone else's" fault, the result of "someone else's" decision. Personally, I like knowing that it is the choices that I make that define my life and who I am.

[insertnamehere]

ive had too much responsibility for my age for a long time now, i know what its like to have responsibilities and money problems. i think i'll always kind of be a kid and joke around. or not..... apparently i cant make friends because i say things that are socially unacceptable out of the blue, or something like that.

i was just wondering if people were red meat like cows or white meat like pork :(

[BangkokB]

I haven't read the thread but I would like to say the whole live everyday like it's your last mantra is great until you're broke and the rent is 2 months past due and 2 strongarms "help you" move your shit out.
Now that I'm in my 30's I would like to add---When you hit the big 3 0 nothing changes~ those pacts you may have made with yourself ie "I'll taper down on the drinking, quit smoking" may become null and void. At least those pacts lost their luster with me. William S. Burroughs is my role model; besides the fact that he was gay and I'm a raging hetro

I still treat everyday as an adventure and those knocks in life we all have to take have been the best learning experiences I've had. So that's my way of saying enjoy what you have now and learn as you go. And that's coming from someone that left "the greatest country in the world" and put my world in a suitcase when I was 27. On that thought, there has been no security, predictability or any other adjective/adverb to describe it; neither here nor any other place. Life offers no guarantees so always keep tomorrow in the back of your mind.