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Age issues

Billy87

Just wondering if anyone on here doesn't feel the age they are? Like I am a 34 year old man and sometimes I feel really mature and grown up but a lot of the time I feel like mentally Im still 17

I thought having a family would make me finally feel like a grown up but I just feel like a teenager with a wife and kid tbh

i always get on with people who are either younger or older than me.

Wondered if anyone else has these life expereinces 

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  • I'm 49, Billy. I try not to look back into the past. I'm more interested in the present.  But as far as I can remember, at 34, I was in a constant battle with my harsh inner critic, trapped in multiple unhealthy relationships and working in a soul-destroying job.

    17? Tough one. I can't remember anything about how I felt at 17. But, I have a suspicion it was something along the lines of socially awkward, spiritually lonely, generally misunderstood, and confused by the world around me. That was my general emotional palette up until 40.

    So, I guess for me, I'm good with feeling 49—and wouldn't (I suspect) want to feel like I did either 17 or 34.


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  • I'm 49, Billy. I try not to look back into the past. I'm more interested in the present.  But as far as I can remember, at 34, I was in a constant battle with my harsh inner critic, trapped in multiple unhealthy relationships and working in a soul-destroying job.

    17? Tough one. I can't remember anything about how I felt at 17. But, I have a suspicion it was something along the lines of socially awkward, spiritually lonely, generally misunderstood, and confused by the world around me. That was my general emotional palette up until 40.

    So, I guess for me, I'm good with feeling 49—and wouldn't (I suspect) want to feel like I did either 17 or 34.


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