Liking things that you are 'too old for'?

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Two of my favorite films, Alice in Wonderland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, are intended for children. I also enjoy watching Spongebob.

When WALL-E first came out, I went to see it with a group of people (my bf, his roommate at the time and some of their friends). I ended up liking it a lot more than I expected to. Now it's still one of my favorites.

What else? Sometimes I go on YouTube and track down cartoons I used to like: Darkwing Duck, TaleSpin, Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers, Ducktales, Animaniacs, Tiny Toons (if I can find them).

I also found So Weird on YouTube and spent several hours one night (very late) getting re-acquainted.

IMO, a lot of kids today are "growing up" (but not learning how to be truly mature adults) way too fast and learning early that stuff aimed at little kids is "for babies," even if they still ARE "little kids" and start watching shows that should be "adults-only" (e.g., many of the reality shows out there).

My parents never censored anything when I was growing up, but did watch stuff with me if they thought it might be necessary to talk about it with me afterwards.

What Exclavius said made perfect sense. Maybe we should all slow down and retain the ability to "imagine" and "question" a bit longer. Maybe we'd become better "adults" in the long run if we did.

im 22 and i like swings:). if i get bored i still watch cbbc. i like playing with my little cousins and their new toys. my favourite yoghurts are munch bunch, rather than some probiotic gloop in an adult sized pot. id rather build sandcastles at the beach than sunbathe
etc

The real question is: do I like anything that I am not 'too old for'?

I'm not sure...

oh god. I like cartoons (though the animation style of some cartoons can put me off, such as Rugrats, Wild Thornberries, and Spongebob...heck anything by Nickelodeon that isn't Danny Phantom or Avatar the Last Airbender), video games of all kinds, stuffed animals, beany babies, My Little Ponies, children's books of all kinds, oy.

When I was diagnosed with Aspergers some of the wording in the Neuropsychiatrist's report was the fact that she felt the need to point out that among other things, I REALLY like the "Little House" books and the Bruno and Boots series (by Gordon Korman) and that these are books intended for children. I imagine that was the doc's way of pointing out that I for sure had Asperger's.

My brother has asked me in the past when I was like 13 whether I'd still be watching cartoons and playing with stuffed animals when I'm 30. I looked at him like he was ret*d and said 'Yeah, why wouldn't I?'

Mom often says in dismay that she wishes I would develop 'more' (read: more acceptable, 'adult') interests. I'm sorry, but it doesn't work that way. Either I like something or I don't. I don't get to choose.

As Bruce Lee once said , every person has to go his or her own way in life

Male, mid-50s, post-grad qualifications ... and I like Totaro, Nausicaa, Laputa, Kiki's Delivery Service, ... although I find Ponyo a bit young (willing to watch it again and see if it grows on me).

I loved watching Coraline, Matilda (with Danny De Vito), the Toy Story movies (recently saw Toy Story 3) ...

I have a half a dozen movies on my mp3 player ... they are mostly Miyazaki movies. I guess that shows which movies I really love. I don't know why, but I think I like Kiki's Delivery Service the best.

I didn't know Aspies still played when grown-up.
I thought only people with Down's Syndrome were happy with toys???

I'm 20 - I don't play with toys. I'm still on the reading level of an 8-year-old, but that is normal in some NTs, too.

I played with "My LIttle Ponies" till I was 16. And when I say played, I had entire worlds that I had created with them.
Just didn't want to give them up. I'm 34 now, and I can still tell you all 66 of their names, their personalities, and their backstories. If I knew where they were and didn't think my kids would ruin them, I would bring them out right now and play with them. I had the castle and the stable and pony paradise. happy times...

I think younger children are more fun to play with.

Yeah, but now I'm in my thirties, I don't see it as a problem - I accept it as it is, and merrily buy myself toys if they appeal to me! I got myself a spinning top that doesn't stop spinning, and flashes all different coloured lights. Keeps me entertained for ages!

I remember when I was 15, I became concerned that I was still reading children's books and everyone else in my class at school was reading books for young adults or adults. So I switched and started reading adult books. But now I often read children's books as well as adults' books. I just reached a point where I decided life is too short to worry about what others decide is 'age appropriate', and I'm going to do what I enjoy regardless.

finding enjoyment in childish things was clearly my destiny. i know my fascination with animation when i was a child lead to me finding my true artistic passion in life, creating comics. i've always found kid's cartoons highly influential and my ultimate career aspiration is to create one of my own.
since before college i've amassed a huge collection of animated films and series on DVD, comics, graphic novels, figurines and toys of things that inspire me, which i display proudly on my shelf for anyone who cares to see. i still love watching Cartoon Network, Nicktoons and all the old classic Disney films, and i'm especially a lover of really tacky kid's anime like Yugioh, Beyblade and Pokemon. also i always enjoy babysitting my little niece and nephew so i have an excuse to watch CBeebies or whatever it is with them
most of my friends are anime geeks so i fit in with them even though i like a lot of other very childish types of cartoons. everyone else just generally considers me an eccentric artistic type. and i'm cool with that.

I was on a date with this guy, and I asked him if we could stop at Gamestop so I could pick up a few games for my PSP. He gave me an incredulous look, and began to laugh. Then he asked me if I was twelve, and that he wouldn't be caught dead on a date in a video game store. Oh, the irony ... after those comments, I stopped considering the occasion as a date anyway ...!

I really like making arts and crafts, watching movies where there is no chance of an on screen romance occurring, and I sleep with tons of stuffed animals.

I'm 21.

I guess it's comic books and certain things from when I was a kid though, i choose not to make mention of them on a sincere note..

Those Disney Pixar movies have a lot of things that appeal to adults as well as children, and I was in college when the first Toy Story came out, which I saw in the theater. I also love the Harry Potter books, even though they were written for children, and I even play Quidditch. I love making costumes for Renaissance Faires and other things, as I never outgrew the love of dress up.

Yes, this is so true. There's a lot more going there! Same with the Narnia books. No one is too old for a Christian allegory story, atheist or devout persons alike.