Why are some people stuck at teenage mentality?

[sunshinexoxo1]

Last week I bumped into an former male classmate. He's older than me by 2 years and he was a jerk in HS. Apparently he's now a doctor.

The conversation started good but then he started with his bad jokes again from back then. He did the same exactly thing that got me upset back then. I called him out on it and he got defensive once again saying he was just joking and asking ''can't you just take a joke'' (the same question he asked me when we were teens)?

So a 32 year-old physician that's into childish jokes still. Wow. Why are some people still acting like teens even when you're adults already?

[Astarlessnightsky]

Teenage years are the years ones where everyone develops his personality. So its no surprise the character didn't change much.

[boggboss]

Why did u think raw age changed a person or made him act what ubsee as a adult?

[sunshinexoxo1]

Given his profession too, I was thinking he would be different by now. I thought he would reflect, look back and realize he was an asshole in HS. I was upset to have wasted even minutes of my time in a conversation with him. What a disappointment... that after all these years he was the same jerk from HS right now.

[boggboss]

Most people don't just have moments of self reflection and go damn I was shitty back then let me not act like that in the future and his job role has nothing to do with that also seeing how politicians act should show u that

[sunshinexoxo1]

True. It's like something really has to happened to them or they would have to undergo hardships in order to have those moments of self reflection.

[boggboss]

Which is pretty normal