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Originally Posted by jeffro1972
Josie, at 18 I was making life and death decisions, courtesy of the US military. I was mature enough and able to lead 6 other people, most older than I was. So age really isn't the soul judge of maturity.
That being said. I have a serious problem w/ an 18 year old dating a 13 year old. Heck, at 18 I was going after older (21) women.
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Yes, well... haha
as i mentioned:
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Originally Posted by JosieTheGirl
Also... at this point in existence, the typical 18 year old is not mature, nor is the typical 21 year-old... twenty three year olds are getting there and paths start to divulge there.
And before everyone starts to jump all over all that I am very aware that my current audience is anything but "typical" and so my observations o 's are less likely to apply.
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I mean, I was traveling in Africa and giving polio vaccinations and educating Kenyan teenagers about AIDS/sex... building schools, all that good "personal growth" crap. Then I came home and worked two fulltime jobs and lived by myself and carried a full course load [not sure how I did that, actually]... but that is not the experience of most people that age?
But I recognize that is still not very TYPICAL of the average 18 year old.
Making serious life decisions is not very typical, paying ones own rent and taking personal responsibility is not very typical.. and even in the military... that doesn't ALWAYS follow that one is necessarily mature- though having interacted with you in particular I would suspect in your case it might.
I do agree that age is not necessarily indicative of maturity.
I was a model? victim? of that myself often... but the TYPICAL 18 year old is not very mature, not all of them.
Hence that little statement.