I guess I feel I'm masquerading as an adult when I don't have the kind of friendships and routines that I thought you were supposed to have as an adult. It's the 'Friends' lied to me! syndrome.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I look back at my adolescence, and I'm shocked at the things I did that were my idea of adult behavior.
I was a little adult for my age as a teenager, and I didn't feel like I socially fit in with my peers.
I know plenty of adults who act like teenagers.
When I was 12, that's when I went to college. All my friends were 20, 21, and I was 12. It didn't even occur to me that that was strange.
I think there's a really mature side of me that can deal with problems - but when I'm with my friends, I get to act much more kidlike.
I didn't have that normal teenage period when you build up your friends in your area and you have a social circle.
I don't think I really realized what being an adult and being a real grownup was until I was at least twenty-eight.
As you become an adult and start to make your way in life, you realize how much your friends are your family - though you get to make fun of your friends, too.
When I see friends from school I think they've all grown old and I've stayed the same.
There's something about childhood friends that you just can't replace.
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