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purplejacket4 (original poster member #34262) posted at 3:34 AM on Friday, April 4th, 2014
Disappointed to grow up and discover adults don't act like "adults." I love this line from She's Having a Baby "people don't mature anymore; they just stay assholes all their lives."
I feel like a junior high principal. 
Me: BS 50
Her: FWS 53 (both family med MDs; together 23 years)
OW: who cares (PhD)
Dday: 10/11: 11/11 TT for months; NC 8/12
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Sad in AZ ( member #24239) posted at 4:13 AM on Friday, April 4th, 2014
It depends on the actions you're speaking of...I, for one, hope to never grow up 
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S: 6/2010; D: 3/2011
karmahappens ( member #35846) posted at 4:15 AM on Friday, April 4th, 2014
One of my all time favorite movies !
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom”
Anaïs Nin
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Him: 47
Dday 8/2007
We have R'd
musiclovingmom ( member #38207) posted at 6:16 AM on Friday, April 4th, 2014
It is commonly said among teachers (at least in my area) that teachers act exactly like the age group they teach. I found that to be particularly true in elementary school. As a music teacher, I taught students of all ages, but I'm sure someone has a way to describe how un-adultlike the music department acted too. Thankfully, except for full staff meetings, I was mostly able to stick to my little corner of the building and avoid most of the drama.
sisoon ( Moderator #31240) posted at 6:29 PM on Friday, April 4th, 2014
fBH (me) - on d-day: 66, Married 43, together 45, same sex apDDay - 12/22/2010Recover'd and R'edYou don't have to like your boundaries. You just have to set and enforce them.
jadedheart ( member #32046) posted at 9:53 PM on Friday, April 4th, 2014
Amen sister! These crazy people are reproducing like bunnies too! Maybe the zombie apocalypse wouldn't be such a bad thing afterall! 
Me 45
FWH 47
DS11, DD18, DS21(they know nothing about A)
Married 23 years together 25
Dday 09/24/2010
"You can't control how others behave, you can only control your reaction."
TrulyReconciled ( member #3031) posted at 10:30 PM on Friday, April 4th, 2014
It depends on the actions you're speaking of...I, for one, hope to never grow up
NOW you're talking 
"In a time of deceit, telling the Truth is a revolutionary act."
Holly-Isis ( member #13447) posted at 1:59 AM on Saturday, April 5th, 2014
SOOOOOOO feel like that. Abandoned FB because I'm tired of feeling like I'm in middle school! Then I get it IRL.
I was talking with a fellow volunteer about bullying DS (13yo) is dealing with and she said thankfully we're not in middle school forever.
My reply was that we may not be, but I know some people who act like it.
I've posted about one in particular. She's older than me- so mid-40's. Still acting like a Queen Bee Wanna Be. Still playing games and gossiping behind people's backs. Still eavesdropping to get more fodder for gossip. Smiling at your face with her big toothy grin while stabbing you in the back.
"Being in love" first moved them to promise fidelity: this quieter love enables them to keep the promise. *CS Lewis*
metamorphisis ( member #12041) posted at 2:24 AM on Saturday, April 5th, 2014
I remember going off to University and being so excited to be an adult!! I distinctly recall sitting around the seminar table listening to my fellow students speak and thinking "Oh my god.. these aren't adults. These are the same assholes from high school " . It was a real watershed moment. People CAN mature, and I know more wonderful people than not, but yep PJ, some don't seem the least bit interested in maturing 
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Go softly my sweet friend. You will always be a part of who I am.
LydiaE ( member #42571) posted at 7:02 AM on Saturday, April 5th, 2014
Ugh, yes!
I am so tired of driving and seeing cars weaving about, only to find out they were literally texting while they were driving! I just don't get this. I never see teens doing this anymore. It is mostly adults, in their thirties to sixties, doing this! It is reckless and scary, not to mention immature!
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