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Originally posted by Cupid
Believe me i'm right, you can ask pretty much anyone 25+ and i'm pretty certain 100% will say they thought they were mature as a teen but they really weren't. It's not something young people will understand, not to sound patronizing, it's just something you realize when you're older.
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I think it's almost kind of disrespectful to quantify maturity based on an age, though. With all due respect, I'm not you or any of many other people who have given me this same story. The next person really isn't the same as me and I can't tell them when they're mature. It's dismissive - to believe we can apply our experiences to someone else is, in a way, to mislead ourselves.
I don't mean to attract ant trolling agreements from legitimately immature members. I'm just commenting from my point of view.
I mean... It's kind of damaging for people to dismiss you because of your age. I can't be taken seriously when I try to discuss things. I'm deemed less capable for certain jobs and tasks that I could perform well. I'm even unable to date the kind of people who'd work with me because most of them assume "You're 19? You just don't know life and I'm not ready for that, sorry."
I'm just uncomfortable with the entire notion. And I don't mean to disrespect you or sound frustrated - I do hope I don't come off that way! I just have some strong feelings about this and I've done quite a lot of thinking about this.
brace yourself
