Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below
napsgear
genezapharmateuticals
domestic-supply
puritysourcelabs
UGL OZ
UGFREAK
napsgeargenezapharmateuticals domestic-supplypuritysourcelabsUGL OZUGFREAK

When did you REALLY grow up?

riverrock

riverrock

New member
Hello All,

I have a group of 17- 18 Year old men in one of my classes where I am a school teacher and I've never seen anything like it before in my life! They don't give Jack-Shit about school or anything else1 they're actually not bad students in that they'll all pass and they are genuinely nice guys, but in terms of giving a fuck - they don't!! I usually kick half the class out for getting each other in head-locks in the middle of lessons!

Now, if these guys are 18 now and haven't grown up, exactly when will they? This class is made up of guys who were sent back by their parents because another year would help them to mature a little - and they sure need it!

Thing is, I didn't mature until I was about 22-23 and started to find a bit of direction, so I can't be too hard. They're good guys and I like them alot, but man they need to grow up!

When did you guys get a grip on life?
 
when i started workin out
 
June 15, 2001. I was 22 and wrote the biggest check of my life at the time. It was for my first apartment (security deposit, rent for the rest of the month & July).
 
When I was 16.
I lost my family when I was 10 and lived with my gran till I was 16 when she passed away. Been on my own since then. So it was either sink or swim.

I don't think the guys you teach in your class are unique. The vast majority of people now at their age and even older don't care about anything. It's a shame really because there is so much out there to appreciate and take part in. Sometimes it takes a huge shock before people realise that.
 
I took me until the last year and a half. I had to go on probation with 7 years in jail hanging over my head. I also had to meet the right woman.
Prior to that I was just out getting wasted, living day to day, banging every girl that came my way. Talk about an unfullfilling life!
 
I had a coming-to-jesus party with my truck and a telephone pole.

I realized it was time to stop fooling around, stop putting up with shithead relatives, and time to work on my priorities.
 
KIAN said:
When I was 16.
I lost my family when I was 10 and lived with my gran till I was 16 when she passed away. Been on my own since then. So it was either sink or swim.

I don't think the guys you teach in your class are unique. The vast majority of people now at their age and even older don't care about anything. It's a shame really because there is so much out there to appreciate and take part in. Sometimes it takes a huge shock before people realise that.
Click to expand...


Damn!

That had to be rough. Glad you sorted things out.
 
Not really sure when it was sometime in the last two years. I think it was a combination of me facing a felony charge at 17 and my parents paying a shitload of money for college. The money for college kind of pushed me into gear because to pay that much money for school and shit it away wouldn't sit well with me.
 
Something really traumatic happened to me when I was 20. I was already losing my mind at that point but I lost it totally. I hit rock bottom and decided things had to change.

I moved back to MN, got a job, moved out on my own. Once I was totally fending for myself everything was different.
 
At the age of 15, i was basically taking care of my family for reasons, i chose not to go into detail... my entire life changed. Not that it was all that damn good before but the responsibily grew to greater proportions. At age 17 to the day i left home, had two full time jobs and found an apartment and a car. Worked my ass off and finished school, got a scholorship to a local college and moved forward.

I had no choice but to grow up. It wasn't even a decision I was able to make. I can't remember ever in my life being a kid or being able to just not give a shit due to one circumstance or another.
 
In the terms of supporting myself, and paying for my own mistakes...I grew up quite awhile ago. Probably the day I moved out of the house. And that was due primarily to my own stubborness and pride. I came from a family that had a bit money...not multi-millionaires by any stretch of the imagination. But among the towns top 5%. So, when I moved out it was expected that I would fall on my face and come crawling home for help. And to this day, no matter what the circumstance I have never asked for or accepted so much as a penny from my family.

However in other areas of my life, I haven't completely grown up yet. And to be very honest, hope I never do. :)
 
gotmilk said:
I had a coming-to-jesus party with my truck and a telephone pole.

I realized it was time to stop fooling around, stop putting up with shithead relatives, and time to work on my priorities.
Click to expand...


I say that all the time and NO one has ever heard it before!!!! That being said....

There's 3 events in my life that pushed me to grow up. Getting my own place, the death of my father-in-law, and moving to Arizona. Each impacted me in a different way. I've still got a ways to go though and I'm 27 as of today!!
 
29 ish.

And by that I don't mean the first act of being or acting like an adult - by that I mean being completely sucessful at it over all aspects of my life.
 
toga22 said:
In the terms of supporting myself, and paying for my own mistakes...I grew up quite awhile ago. Probably the day I moved out of the house. And that was due primarily to my own stubborness and pride. I came from a family that had a bit money...not multi-millionaires by any stretch of the imagination. But among the towns top 5%. So, when I moved out it was expected that I would fall on my face and come crawling home for help. And to this day, no matter what the circumstance I have never asked for or accepted so much as a penny from my family.

However in other areas of my life, I haven't completely grown up yet. And to be very honest, hope I never do. :)
Click to expand...
well sincewere being honest, i hope u post more pics of urself
 
riverrock said:
Hello All,

I have a group of 17- 18 Year old men in one of my classes where I am a school teacher and I've never seen anything like it before in my life! They don't give Jack-Shit about school or anything else1 they're actually not bad students in that they'll all pass and they are genuinely nice guys, but in terms of giving a fuck - they don't!! I usually kick half the class out for getting each other in head-locks in the middle of lessons!

Now, if these guys are 18 now and haven't grown up, exactly when will they? This class is made up of guys who were sent back by their parents because another year would help them to mature a little - and they sure need it!

Thing is, I didn't mature until I was about 22-23 and started to find a bit of direction, so I can't be too hard. They're good guys and I like them alot, but man they need to grow up!

When did you guys get a grip on life?
Click to expand...

When I was in charge of people's lives and we were getting shot at.

When I saw my new born daughter and realized she came first.
 
velvett said:
29 ish. And by that I don't mean the first act of being or acting like an adult - by that I mean being completely sucessful at it over all aspects of my life.
Click to expand...
Grown up is one thing. Being successful is completely different. I am doing very well in life, but I doubt I'll ever reach "successful". There's always one more bridge to cross in some aspect of my life.
 
KIAN said:
When I was 16.
I lost my family when I was 10 and lived with my gran till I was 16 when she passed away. Been on my own since then. So it was either sink or swim.

I don't think the guys you teach in your class are unique. The vast majority of people now at their age and even older don't care about anything. It's a shame really because there is so much out there to appreciate and take part in. Sometimes it takes a huge shock before people realise that.
Click to expand...
dang...
 
hidngod said:
I joined the army at 18. That & got married at twenty. I was an old man to all my friends by 22. I growed up fast.
Click to expand...
Same here. I was a smart ass kid just like that until I arrived at Benning, and in a matter of 5 minutes I grew up. I felt like I could either grow up or get my fucking head ripped off. I chose to grow up.
 
hidngod said:
I joined the army at 18. That & got married at twenty. I was an old man to all my friends by 22. I growed up fast.
Click to expand...
funny that how mates regardless of your age will write you off if you have responsibilities, getting married made me feel like i was just handed a life time membership to the working mans club

in answer to the original question, my definition of 'grown up' is the point of realization where you take full responsibility of every aspect of your life, i was living completely independently of my parents at the age of 17, supporting myself, living alone and at studying at college, that's called the crash course to growing up, not the prefered method but one of the quickest
 
As far as taking care of myself, I've been doing that from about age 12. I was about 22 when I realized that the world didn't owe me or wasn't going to give me anything because of all the stuff that had happened in my life. By that time I had pissed away 3 scholarships and probably a NFL chance. But that's about when I made the changes I needed to make. I'm stronger for it now though, but I'm still a grown ass kid at 32.
 
hidngod said:
Grown up is one thing. Being successful is completely different. I am doing very well in life, but I doubt I'll ever reach "successful". There's always one more bridge to cross in some aspect of my life.
Click to expand...

Well, not really what I meant but I can't think of how to express it right now.

One can find themselves in the position to be adult like at a young age but while you may be in adult situations and behaving in an adult like manner doesn't mean you are grown up or successful at being an adult.

By success I didn't mean like monetary - I meant something more like growing into the person you wanted to become and knowing where you want to go next with what you've learned.
 
velvett said:
Well, not really what I meant but I can't think of how to express it right now.

One can find themselves in the position to be adult like at a young age but while you may be in adult situations and behaving in an adult like manner doesn't mean you are grown up or successful at being an adult.

By success I didn't mean like monetary - I meant something more like growing into the person you wanted to become and knowing where you want to go next with what you've learned.
Click to expand...

^^
Doesn't "growing into the person you want to become and knowing where you want to go" change? I don't think it stays the same. I agree with you about the adult situations. For me that would have been 8 years old. No way was I an adult then. But at 22 when I got my first apartment and left NYC to start a new life, that was definitely the moment I woke up and became an adult.

And now, at 27, I feel my life is going though another change. I learned alot over the past 4-5 years, and I want to take what I learned and become a better person and I definitely know where I want to go.
 
nycgirl said:
^^
Doesn't "growing into the person you want to become and knowing where you want to go" change? I don't think it stays the same. I agree with you about the adult situations. For me that would have been 8 years old. No way was I an adult then. But at 22 when I got my first apartment and left NYC to start a new life, that was definitely the moment I woke up and became an adult.

And now, at 27, I feel my life is going though another change. I learned alot over the past 4-5 years, and I want to take what I learned and become a better person and I definitely know where I want to go.
Click to expand...


Yes, it does change, I just think at the core of what kind of person we want to be it remains somewhat constant while much of the outside factors have to change just through life experience and personal growth (kinda what I meant by where you want to go next).

By aspects of life I mean getting toegther health, career (and/or school for some), family, inimate relationships, and social aspects of your life all at the same time. I could never get all aspect to work together until now and it's quite liberating and while I don't know if it's something that will last it's quite the ride nonetheless.
 
velvett said:
Yes, it does change, I just think at the core of what kind of person we want to be it remains somewhat constant while much of the outside factors have to change just through life experience and personal growth (kinda what I meant by where you want to go next).

By aspects of life I mean getting toegther health, career (and/or school for some), family, inimate relationships, and social aspects of your life all at the same time. I could never get all aspect to work together until now and it's quite liberating and while I don't know if it's something that will last it's quite the ride nonetheless.
Click to expand...

Ah. I see. Yes, the core factors have remained the same. Its sad but for about 10 years, they were dormant.

I couldn't get right either. Everything is starting to slowly come together. It feels really good. If the ride only last a few days, I will be just as happy as if it lasted years. I'm taking it one day at a time.
 
midway through my University years, when I caught myself making decision that would have an impact on my life as an adult, I decided it was time to take the bull by the horns
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

U
testosterone over 50
Replies
16
Views
2K
the_alcatraz
the_alcatraz
4
Unfortunate Experience with Domestic-supply.com
Replies
25
Views
3K
JasonPriest
JasonPriest
yankeedoodle
Approved Log Testosterone Equipoise Trenbolone NPP HGH Anavar Anadrol Return Log
Replies
33
Views
3K
ballin2504
ballin2504
C
21 year old sarms stacking
Replies
17
Views
1K
RoySimpson
RoySimpson
Richard Brown
Napsgear Why You Should Be Taking More Creatine | #128 IFBBAMA
Replies
10
Views
1K
Arabian
Arabian
Top Bottom