Eighteen Years Old: My First Day Of "Adulthood"

[Anonymous]

Eighteen is the year everyone looks forward to. It's seen as the doorway into a whole new adult world, but what really changes? In all honesty, I was dreading this day. I turned 18 years old yesterday, and I was told repeatedly that I'm "finally an adult!" Oddly enough, I feel no difference. I feel exactly the same way that I did two days ago as a seventeen year old minor. I woke up, cleaned my room, took care of my pets, and watched television for a bit. I went to the store and I bought pet supplies. No one looked at me differently. No one called me "ma'am". No one so much as glanced at me. Why would that be, if I'm now an adult?

The reason is that no one cares. I'm simply one year older than I was last year. I could buy cigarettes now, sure, but that's not a habit I've ever cared to try. I could now apply for a credit card, but why would I need that? Nothing drastic has changed about me. I look the same as always, which some people have described as looking like a sophomore in high school. I still feel like my childish self. In fact, just a few minutes ago I was considering finding Hotel Transylvania on Netflix and I was playing with giant building blocks. I'm just a large adult now.

However, I have noticed one change. Because of the newly added pressure to grow up, I've pushed myself past my boundaries set by my anxiety and asked several places for job applications. Several rejected me, overstaffed, but I've managed to fill out several applications. I've found a possible place to rent after I graduate, and I'm trying to seem like I'm ready for adult life, when I'm really not. Hopefully today was just a dull day, because if this adult thing doesn't kick in soon, I might start to believe that turning eighteen really is no big deal. (Note the sarcasm.)

To sum it up, don't be in a hurry to grow up and seem older. At eighteen years old, I still feel like I did as a twelve year old; clueless and bored. Childhood and adulthood are pretty much just labels to mark out points in your life. Nothing changes much once you cross the barrier into adulthood.

[Cccgala]

If childhood and adulthood are just labels, then it's valid to say that age is just a number xD

You turned 18 yesterday? Belated happy birthday!

I've learned a lot on this take and I'll be turning 18 as well this year. Yikes!

[myTake Owner]

It is a label, but "pedophile" is also a label, and prison is a "label" for a holding cell for the labelled pedophiles xD

[Cccgala]

@lexythelou22 Upon reading that, I can conclude that some labels are indeed terrible and life-ruining.

[Anonymous]

Just remember. You're never too old to have fun, so whatever you enjoyed doing when you were younger, it is still okay to do that stuff now too.

[Josht13]

Nothing has changed for me, I imagine that once I have to move out, get a job and actually have to support myself I will be more mature and consider myself an adult.

[myTake Owner]

Same here

[Abe90]

So wait? You're saying that being an "18 year old" makes us an adult and that we should take advice from you?

Good point. Let me take some note from the teacher

[myTake Owner]

Uh, I'm saying that teens looks forward to becoming an "adult" when really it isn't very important. Being 18 makes you a legal adult.

[Abe90]

Yes, 18 by "law" makes the individual an adult. Mentally? No. People only look forward to hitting a certain age in their lives because of the perks that come with it. 18, you can buy cigarettes, Tabacco, receive credit cards and so on. 21 allows the individual to consume alcohol legally. 25, you can rent a car. See my point?

The age isn't about "being an adult", it's about the perks

[myTake Owner]

Okay, you obviously didn't read the my take sweetness. I literally said that I'm still a child mentally. I also included the ability to buy tobacco and get a credit card, but said they weren't all that important. Before you post something kind of snarky, please read the whole article.

[Abe90]

Oh honey, and yet you still seemed to the question which makes you a moron. Cuz, apparently you can't use your brain for creativity and realize it. And I say this being very nice

[Abe90]

You don't quite understand yet because you're still a child. Give it a few years and you'll see things unfold in front of your eyes. And if you ask questions that seem "rhetorical", don't be surprised when someone is "snarky" in responses. And I say this with love 😒🙃

[myTake Owner]

I don't even understand what you're butthurt about anymore lol

[Abe90]

"Butthurt"? I guess you got me. I'm so offended and angry 😋

[Abe90]

I swear, you people don't understand when someone IS actually upset or NOT

[myTake Owner]

Well, when someone repeatedly argues a point on something that doesn't really make sense, I can only assume that they're butthurt. You acted as if I told everyone I'm an adult expert when I literally wrote about how turning 18 isn't as big of a deal as people make it seem. I did not tell anyone how to be an adult. I did not proclaim myself a "teacher" of being an adult. You even went as far as to try and disprove me saying that 18 makes you an adult, when I said specifically that turning 18 only makes you a legal adult. Man, sure seems like you didn't read the text at all past the title.

[Abe90]

Uhhhh, you're right. Apparently I didn't read your post and THEN answer with my own opinion. You know me better than anyone else does and myself. MAN, I SWEAR. IT'S LIKE YOU'RE A MORON. But hey, what do I know about being 18. Clearly I haven't hit that age yet, right?

[myTake Owner]

Dude, the post itself isn't even actually about what it's like to be 18. It's about how it isn't as important as it seems when you're still younger. Obviously you're the moron here, and I'm not going to waste another thumb movement on you. Peace 👍

[Abe90]

Yea, I'm definitely a moron

[Waffles731]

happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. you old crusty bastard, happy birthday to you

[ColinHarvey]

Women aren't really adults in nature until they realize their prime is over and they need to mature up and settle down. Usually about 26ish. You still got time to fuck around and whore out.

[myTake Owner]

Lol yeah, right. I'll get right on that, bud. 😂 if I was gunna whore out, I would have done it BEFORE getting engaged, not after

[ColinHarvey]

This is based on the idea that you didn't have a stable father^^ it's not an absolute obviously. Congratulations on your engagement.

[myTake Owner]

... I didn't have a stable father... xD