My age says I’m an adult but sometimes I think other people know more about being an adult than me.

  • DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works
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    5 hours ago

    Neither am I, I just think I shouldn’t be allowed to but a house or rent a car or use a chainsaw or raise a child unsupervised. That’s something grown-ups do, not me (40yo).

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      4 hours ago

      that sounds like a massive lack of self-confidence.

      none of those things are difficult. most people do them on auto pilot. you are thinking way too much.

      you also falsely assume there is a ‘correct’ way to do these things and you will do it ‘wrong’. there isn’t.

      i used to teach. biggest thing most people have to get over is their pre conception of a ‘right’ way to do things. there is only really what works for you, it only doesn’t work if you aren’t able to attain your goals.

      like i meet people who think the only ‘correct’ way to have a child to make sure that child gets into Harvard… otherwise their child will be a failure at life. those people are idiots. the kid will be perfectly fine going to a state school, and maybe even not going to college at all…

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        3 hours ago

        Yeah but there’s also a massive subset of people making horrible children because they shouldn’t be parents in the first place. Its unfortunate but it happens.

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          1 hour ago

          according to who, you?

          the thing about other people’s actions is you don’t get to police them. plenty of people probably think your actions are horrible, stupid, and wrong.