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Will difficult child ever really grow up?
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 598580" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>25 was NOT a magic age in my family. I have cousins who are from a family that demanded achievement and has some real problems and their kids did not really seem to be actual adults until in their 30's. Even my cousins did NOT settle down and become real adults until their mid thirties. I was the exception as I chose to have a child, husband, house, bills, etc... in my early twenties. I did't wait until after college to do those things, I didn't go travel the world or work a few mos party a few mos for a decade or more, I wanted what my folks had, a stable marriage to someone I love who loves me, kids, a cat or two, etc... I have had more relatives criticize me and act like they pity me because I didn't take a decade to party before I had kids. I grew up faster partly because of gfgbro and partly because my body handles things so badly and painfully that I had to figure out early what was worth the pain and what wasn't, what really meant something, was worth working and hurting to gain, and partying was not on that list.</p><p></p><p>The rest of my family pretty much didn't settle down to a more 'normal' life until they were in their 30s, usually mid 30's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 598580, member: 1233"] 25 was NOT a magic age in my family. I have cousins who are from a family that demanded achievement and has some real problems and their kids did not really seem to be actual adults until in their 30's. Even my cousins did NOT settle down and become real adults until their mid thirties. I was the exception as I chose to have a child, husband, house, bills, etc... in my early twenties. I did't wait until after college to do those things, I didn't go travel the world or work a few mos party a few mos for a decade or more, I wanted what my folks had, a stable marriage to someone I love who loves me, kids, a cat or two, etc... I have had more relatives criticize me and act like they pity me because I didn't take a decade to party before I had kids. I grew up faster partly because of gfgbro and partly because my body handles things so badly and painfully that I had to figure out early what was worth the pain and what wasn't, what really meant something, was worth working and hurting to gain, and partying was not on that list. The rest of my family pretty much didn't settle down to a more 'normal' life until they were in their 30s, usually mid 30's. [/QUOTE]
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