And I’m not counting things like what you do or get when you grow up like having a bank account or getting a real job. Nor am I accepting the whole ‘I just grew up’.
My sign of my childhood ending or accepting that it has ended is when all of the nu-metal bands I was introduced to and listened to a lot of us just ended up fractured. They all didn’t endure the passage of time and it was really just a matter of you had to be there to know how popular they were or the scene was.
The bands I used to have listened to have gone the way of Classic Rock on the radio. Spammed tracks from some bands because that’s all the DJ knows or that’s all they’re allowed to play.
Christmas becomes a deadline.
My childhood ended when I could finally understand the Hobbes’ quote “Homo homini lupus est”, when I could finally understand the existence of these shadows inside humans (including myself), when I could finally see those shadows right away. My childhood ended when I realized what humanity and society are, when I realized how simpler would it be if humans had stuck being hominins. My childhood ended when this thing, called “sentience”, powered itself on inside my brain, condemning me to understand things that I wished I couldn’t understand. My childhood ended, the kid inside myself is long dead, and now I’m a zombie, a Mortuus-vivens.
I’m not sure when my childhood ended but I’d say my adulthood began the day I bought my first lawn mower
When the aliens who secretly physically resemble demons show up to help your entire species reach their next phase of evolution, ascension to a higher plane of existence.
When your favorite sports team’s stars are younger than you.
When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up. -C.S Lewis
following this i would say when you stop wanting to be grown-up. and that certainly tracks for me
I remember when I just couldn’t play with toys anymore. Making a story about Barbie & Co. suddenly just didn’t happen anymore.
Also, some radio said they were putting on a “classic” and it was “Crazy in Love” by Beyonce.
Work, home, marriage, children. Having a real sense of responsibility.
I don’t have the energy to play video games anymore
I’m about 15 years from retirement and I’m still a child. I don’t see it changing any time soon.
When you are more excited to go to sleep than to wake up.
On the other hand, the older I get, the more excited I am to greet the next day.
I also enjoy an earlier bed time than I used to, usually.
You know to file your taxes.
Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 becoming retro consoles
My parents being dead.
I will let you know .
