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When did you first realize you were an adult and how old were you?

Asked by dumitus (657points) April 10th, 2013

Not half kid, half adult. Real adult. And why and when you felt that way.

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ucme's avatar

I’m still waiting.

girassol's avatar

not there yet. I still think I’m nineteen.

Pachy's avatar

For me, the realization occurred over time—no one big moment. I do recall that when I was in my 30s and married, yet still feeling I was in my 20s, calling my mother and telling her that I had looked in the mirror that morning and realized I wasn’t a kid anymore. “Honey,” she said, “you haven’t been a kid for a very long time.” That was kind of a shock.

Seek's avatar

I had to be half adult at far too young an age.

It’s quite difficult to remind myself that I’m allowed to have fun.

picante's avatar

I lost my adulthood at 13. I regained my childhood at 51. Dotage will no doubt surface my infant self.

janbb's avatar

When I was 61 and my husband left. (Only half-joking.)

picante's avatar

Edit my answer above. I lost my CHILDHOOD at 13. I shouldn’t start typing before the coffee is ready.

ragingloli's avatar

When my german shepherd saw me as more than a friend.~

gailcalled's avatar

When my first child was born (I was 23).

rojo's avatar

@gailcalled When my first child was born I felt like I was still a kid thrust into an adult situation.

For me, the realization (realisation?) came suddenly and in an unexpected way. One day when I was about 29, after a hard days work, it struck me; I smelled like my dad did during my childhood.
I know this was not the first time but it was the first time I put two and two together and came to the conclusion that just like my dad was, I was the adult now, even though I did not know everything like an adult is supposed to.

Subsequently I have come to realize that he was probably just faking it like I still do. Guess I should have issued a spoiler alert before making this statement. I can picture all these youngsters mouths dropping open at this admission. Ah lost innocence!

KNOWITALL's avatar

I realized my mom was a fallible human around age 15, but truly felt like an adult around age 20, even though I moved out on my own when I was 17.

Ron_C's avatar

Soon….very soon.

Bellatrix's avatar

I’m an adult? Really? Damn… how sad.

Crumpet's avatar

I’m only 23. Feel like I’m about 22.

Sunny2's avatar

The first time a clerk called me “Ma’am.” I was around 28, but despite the fact that I recognized my adult status, I didn’t feel it for much longer. Come to think of it, I still don’t feel entirely grown up. I function as an adult, but I don’t _feel_like one particularly.

Mimishu1995's avatar

I’m still a half-adult-half-child. So the answer is I DON’T KNOW

Fly's avatar

Probably around age four or five. My personal definition of adulthood as certainly changed over time, but I have always been very independent, mature, and…well, adult-like, ever since I can remember. In relation to the other kids around me who were my age, I have always felt like an adult. I was one of those kids who always wanted to be a real adult already. People would always say the usual, “Don’t be in such a hurry/grow up too fast, you’ll look back one day and miss being a kid.” But I haven’t missed it at all, for the most part, and I find that I am growing into “official” adulthood quite nicely, since I am finally starting to feel my age. I have always been very self-aware as well; I knew I was agnostic, though I did not know a word for it, by around that time. I know that this must sound odd, but it’s true.

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