MATURITY? WHAT? WHEN? STAGES?

Blade · 08-14-2018, 02:07 PM

Well it looks like I started this thread 7 years ago. Let's see if any of the newer folks would like to chime in on this conversation or perhaps have a different perspective on what maturity means

kittygrrl · 08-14-2018, 02:36 PM

the realization that quantity is no substitute for quality

that true beauty comes from within, the shell (it comes in) becomes less important. this may be taken as a given, but how honest are we with ourselves? One of the biggest regrets we shall ever have, in this life, will be the regret we have because of the lies we tell ourselves, instead of dealing with the reality we've built for ourselves. We can change, but only when we acknowledge truth and a desire to become something more pleasing

RockOn · 08-14-2018, 02:44 PM

I turned 62 this summer and most days still feel like a big kid in my head. If I get feelings of maturity and am able to recognize it, I will come back here and do a "tell all."

By the way, not something to be proud of but just the way it seems to be for me ... we get what we get ... and deal with it ... I spend most of my free time away from work alone with my pets and this is my joy ... no one has to suffer my immaturity ... at work it doesn't matter since I am a software developer - most of us are quirky - some to the mega extreme and make my immaturity look invisible LOL! Regardless, at work or play ... I am safe and you are too!

Femmewench · 08-15-2018, 01:18 AM

Until about 10 years ago, I always said my inner child was 40 years old. My mother wanted a little adult and that's what she created. With the help of really good therapy, I discovered the child hiding behind the 40 year old. I don't exhibit it often, but I'm now mature enough and secure enough that I'm not bothered at all by it when I do. The rest of the world can just deal.

Also, I've been old enough for quite a while now that I truly don't care what people think - those I don't know at least. It's very freeing.

08-14-2018, 02:07 PM	#1
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08-14-2018, 02:36 PM	#2
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08-15-2018, 01:18 AM	#4
Femmewench Member How Do You Identify?: Casual Femme Saphiosexual Preferred Pronoun?: she, her Relationship Status: Divorced Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 376 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,676 Thanked 1,269 Times in 330 Posts Rep Power: 10346603	Until about 10 years ago, I always said my inner child was 40 years old. My mother wanted a little adult and that's what she created. With the help of really good therapy, I discovered the child hiding behind the 40 year old. I don't exhibit it often, but I'm now mature enough and secure enough that I'm not bothered at all by it when I do. The rest of the world can just deal. Also, I've been old enough for quite a while now that I truly don't care what people think - those I don't know at least. It's very freeing. __________________ "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" Anais Nin

08-14-2018, 02:44 PM	#3
RockOn Senior Member How Do You Identify?: sitting over there ----->>>>> :) Preferred Pronoun?: .... Relationship Status: .... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: .... Posts: 3,522 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,081 Thanked 10,304 Times in 2,610 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I turned 62 this summer and most days still feel like a big kid in my head. If I get feelings of maturity and am able to recognize it, I will come back here and do a "tell all." By the way, not something to be proud of but just the way it seems to be for me ... we get what we get ... and deal with it ... I spend most of my free time away from work alone with my pets and this is my joy ... no one has to suffer my immaturity ... at work it doesn't matter since I am a software developer - most of us are quirky - some to the mega extreme and make my immaturity look invisible LOL! Regardless, at work or play ... I am safe and you are too!