Irritating phrases

Any grown adult who still refers to themselves as a "girl" or a "boy" into adulthood. No, you're not "going out with the boys," or "having a girls' night" when you're in your 30s and beyond... I'm not a fan of "[age] years young" either. Why is there so much stigma around ageing?

I don't know why we should be ashamed to be our age?

I too dislike "boys" and Girls" to describe adults, I find infantilising and wonder if its an excuse for bad behaviour or behaviour that would otherwise be seen as inapropriate for adults?

TheCatWoman said:

I don't know why we should be ashamed to be our age?

I suspect it's more about retaining youth than being ashamed of age, which I don't think is a bad thing. Dedicating some time just to going out to have fun rather than deal with adult things like work and bills. I remember it being quite eye opening when I've been to parties as an adult with people who were adult figures growing up. Sometimes it's good to put adult things aside and be immature for a bit.

Why not be a child paying bills and an adult kicking piles of leaves? I don't see the need to be one or the other when I can be both at the same time

Why not be a child paying bills and an adult kicking piles of leaves? I don't see the need to be one or the other when I can be both at the same time