turning 18

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i feel now that i am 18 people will start treating me different, and that i am expected to stop doing certain things (like having lego and k'nex enterprises in my bedroom)

also, now that i am 18 am i not allowed to post in the adolecent section?

In the US, as far as I know, there is no law
that states you cannot play with your Legos and
knex.

I have been alive for 42 years and I still do
thises things, I cannot stop if I wanted to.

Check out my sig line, I cannot help if someone
is disapointed, that is not my problem,
they should not expect so much from me
if they son't want that problem.

It's my 18th tomorrow :S scaryyy.

Do what you want, don't let other peoples' stereotypical image of what an 18 year old should be like affect your behaviour one little bit.

In second grade to 10th grade, you may have felt pressured to grow up, but 18-year-olds are supposed to act like kids. Sure, you don't want to be playing with toys made for four-year-olds and watching the Teletubbies, but things like animated movies, Legos, Spongebob, and Arthur are fine. However, by the time you graduate college, you want to act like an adult.

As for posting in the adolescent forum, a lot of adults who are much older than 18 post here.

Last edited by IceCreamGirl on 26 Feb 2011, 8:59 am, edited 1 time in total.

Tell the haters to hate elsewhere, you can do what you want. It's your life.

Treat you different? Bull. You might have the occasional 'you're an adult now' but that's pretty much it.

Sorry to disappoint but no one will treat you different. This will be the most anti climatic moment of your life. But Happy birthday!! !! anyone willing to splits on a new kinect set for the birthday boy slash girl?

I went to a summer camp where most of the volunteers were about 18, and they acted like kids. You're not really an adult until you're 22.

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In the United States, once you are eighteen, you are legally an adult. Also, you can vote.

That being said, there is nothing wrong with an eighteen-year-old being into certain things that are thought to be for children. If you like Legos and things like that, then that's your business.

Also, I'm nineteen years old and I still post in the adolescent forum.

Yea, just because you are 18 doesn't mean you have to give up on being a kid. When I turned i thought the same thing but found this out.

When you are 18 most people still call you a kid And say that you are dumb and do stupid things. Not dumb in a way of intelligence but as in not much life experience.

So keep doing what you like to do and probably no one will notice or say anything.

I am 19 and still don't have much interest in adult things.

I am much more childlike than I was when I was a child. SHOCKER! So much more fun this way.

You're legally an adult, but the cutoff is arbitrary. It's not like playing with legos is okay when you're 17 years and 364 days old, but then unacceptable the second you turn 18. I turned 18 last summer and people don't really treat me differently...except the people who make political phone calls are suddenly more interested in me.

I was really scared of turning 18 because I thought that it would mean being expected to act differently, or have to be more grown up, and in a way I was right but not in a bad way at all. I found that it gives me the freedom to act however I want, and if anyone has any problem with it then I don't care, because I am an adult, and I can live my own life however I choose. It's also really nice to not feel restricted in terms of getting in to places, buying alcohol, not needing parental permission for things, etc. Not that I even particularly want to do the first two, it just feels nice somehow to know that I am legally allowed to be free, go anywhere, do anything, BUT at the same time young enough to be protected by my family and act childlike if I want to.
I have also grown up immensely, and unexpectedly, in the past year or so. I don't even mind not being a kid any more, which I never thought I would say.

i'm glad someone has asked this it's been bugging me for a bit now. i'm 18 in 4 months but i still have a big tub of lego next to my bed, and colouring books and in no way do i act like an adult. when people do say to you "grow up" "be more independent" act your age not your shoe size" what are you supposed to say to them?? because i agree, you shouldn't have to grow up if you don't want...

As far as I'm concerned, let all people do as they wish. Each to their own as I say. I honestly think you're better off just doing what you love, what you enjoy. I do and I'm happy.

Btw you're still welcome here, silly to say one day you're welcome, next you're not.

Don't ever let them try to fool you into stopping doing this. You're not hurting anyone so there's nothing wrong with building with legos and k'nex. I still collect dolls and play the pokemon games even though some people think it's immature. You just need to remember that SOME people who you tell about it will think it's immature, but not everyone. Only people that I trust to not judge me in a critical way do I tell about some of the things that I know other people might make fun of me for liking.


In the first thread it says that this thread is meant for teens up to age 20, and that people older than that can still post on here.