Why doesn't my Mother realize I'm an adult?

Radical Activist

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Fri Dec-31-04 12:33 AM
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Poll question: Why doesn't my Mother realize I'm an adult?

Edited on Fri Dec-31-04 12:35 AM by Radical Activist

I'm spending a little extra time back home for the holidays to help out my Mom with something and enjoying being treated like I'm a teenager again. I'm in my late 20's.

If you can't vent your frustrations on the internet then what else did Gore invent it for?

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nickgutierrez

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Fri Dec-31-04 12:35 AM
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1. That's what it's the internets are for.

Even if you do still look 19, that's not so big a deal.

I was confused for a 14-year-old, despite my not being that age for some seven years now. :)

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JohnKleeb

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Fri Dec-31-04 12:39 AM
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3. What! how did that happen?

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nickgutierrez

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Fri Dec-31-04 12:42 AM
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5. This was before I found out I was on the no-fly list.

The guy at the ticket counter at the airport asked me how old I was when I tried to get my boarding pass.

He guessed 14. :)

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JohnKleeb

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Fri Dec-31-04 12:42 AM
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6. Dude are you small or somethin?

Thats embarassing honest, I would hate if that happened to me.

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nickgutierrez

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Fri Dec-31-04 12:44 AM
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7. That's one way to put it.

The other way to put it is that my younger brother, four years to the day younger, is four inches and sixty pounds heavier than me, and that probably had some bearing on the estimate.

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JohnKleeb

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Fri Dec-31-04 12:52 AM
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12. whoa

Well how tall and how much you weigh if you dont mind me asking. I am an even 6 foot and weigh 220 around, but most people dont believe that at all.

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nickgutierrez

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Fri Dec-31-04 12:52 AM
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13. About 5'8, 120-ish

So, yeah. Very small. :)

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JohnKleeb

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Fri Dec-31-04 01:03 AM
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15. Hah yeah you are but still

Yer brother is skinny too, if hes 4 inches and 40 pounds+, because that means hes 2-3 inches bigger than me but 60 pounds less than again I am kinda big.

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WannaJumpMyScooter

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Fri Dec-31-04 12:39 AM
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2. are we related?

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Floogeldy

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Fri Dec-31-04 12:40 AM
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4. Perhaps you should define "adult?"

Ah ha!

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Cyndee_Lou_Who

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Fri Dec-31-04 12:44 AM
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8. I cannot relate at ALL to your story...

My mom's a DUer and she'd never treat me like a child.

If she's reading this...
Yes, ma - I KNOW it's late, I am going to bed soon, I swear. See, I am not acting like a tramp!

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Radical Activist

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Fri Dec-31-04 12:48 AM
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10. lol funny

What's wrong with staying up late and acting like a tramp anyway?

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Cyndee_Lou_Who

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Fri Dec-31-04 12:51 AM
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11. I dunno.

:shrug: We just can't have mom learning the specifics on the colorful life her youngest child leads. Least of all on the internets.

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Contrary1

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Fri Dec-31-04 12:46 AM
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9. Moms mean well...

Edited on Fri Dec-31-04 12:49 AM by Contrary1

they hate to admit their kids are all grown up, and it
makes her feel better to think of you as still in need
of a bit of mothering. Just let her.

(I know this cos I are one.)

***edited to add even more motherly advice

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miss_kitty

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Fri Dec-31-04 01:01 AM
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14. because you don't ACT like an adult

Edited on Fri Dec-31-04 01:05 AM by miss_kitty

kidding.

Moms are like that. If you are getting older, that means THEY are getting older.

Edit: Typo and spelling. ok bedtime

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EstimatedProphet

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Fri Dec-31-04 02:16 AM
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16. You and me both

and I'm in my 40's. Get used to it.

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msgadget

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Fri Dec-31-04 02:27 AM
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17. You know why.

She loves you, man, and worrying about you is a habit that's hard to break!

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