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My age says I'm an adult but sometimes I think other people know more about being an adult than me.

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[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

i feel younger as i get older because i have less stress. in my teens are 20s i was constantly under stress. i remember high school, and college, and most of my 20s full of constant agonizing and worrying. mostly because i was poor and any life mistake felt like i'd lose everything and become homeless.

but apparently many other people had an opposite life experience where their youthful life was not stressful and their adulthood is. probably because they grew up with money and had parents who helicoptered over them and now they find basic responsibilities to be a burden. like it shocks me how many people think having to work and pay bills is 'unfair' but i guess maybe that's because they grew up not having to work and pay bills.