At what age did you feel like a real grown up ? I'm well into my 30's and in all honesty sometimes I really feel like I need an adult !!!! Just say I'm normal and everything will be fine :

See I did things backwards.....

I was a grown up at 17 but did my teen years when I was 29, 30, 31 and grew up again at 32. You are probably more normal then me Sis! 😄😆

For me Jaimie, feeling like a grown-up came at different levels in a five year period. When I was 17 and a senior in high school, I was planning on joining the military but my father died 3 months before I graduated. After I graduated I quit my part time job for a full time job to help my stay at home mother pay bills and raise my 9 year old sister. At age 19 I found out I was going to be a father, moved out and got married. At 20 I became a father. When I was 22 my son's mother decided she didn't want to be a wife or a mother. So I became a single parent with full custody of my son, which was uncommon for a guy back then, but that was my real wake up call. I still resort to childhood,especially  around my grandkids now and I will always have an inner child. So if it's not normal Jaimie, we're in the same boat.

If you're lucky there'll always be a little kid inside you somewhere and it needs to come out and play. Mine does and my inner child has a long grey beard.

That doesn't have much to do with being grown up. Maturity is about taking responsibility for your life.

People who don't recognise the part of them that never grew up are often stodgy and stuffy.

You sound normal to me.

Jaime wevall need adult supervision from time to time.  As long as you are meeting your responsibilities, like a job, paying bills and commitments to others, there is nothing wrong with playing as long as you are not playing with someone's emotions .

I am in my mid-50s, and I am fortunate enough to still have both of my parents. I can think of only one friend in my age group that can say that. Many have lost both of theirs. I can't tell you how many times those friends have said they wish one or both of their parents were still around.

I only adult when I absolutely have too. Sometimes I look around and laugh, because people are buying it. Silly adults, they just don't know....

You're normal ;)

I'm 21 and have thus reached my last real milestone age, yet I still feel too much like a kid sometimes. After college the reality of adulthood will probably set in. At least I hope it does.

I FELT like a grown up at 16 when I started college but I never really grew up inside. Just ask my kids, they'll tell you what a whack their father is.

In Transactional Analysis (aka TA), there are 3 "states" each of us has "inside"---a parent, an adult, and a child.

All well adjusted adults have a very healthy "child" in their adult state which is already willing to play when it's appropriate.

You show all the indications of being a healthy grownup to me.

I've always felt like a kid. Even now. My awesomness only shows through every now and then.

What grow up ??  Never