Toggle navigation
Toggle navigation
Home
DCUM Forums
Nanny Forums
Events
About DCUM
Advertising
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
FAQs and Guidelines
Privacy Policy
Your current identity is: Anonymous
Login
Preview
Subject:
Forum Index
»
Eldercare
Reply to "Feeling Like an Adult"
Subject:
Emoticons
More smilies
Text Color:
Default
Dark Red
Red
Orange
Brown
Yellow
Green
Olive
Cyan
Blue
Dark Blue
Violet
White
Black
Font:
Very Small
Small
Normal
Big
Giant
Close Marks
[quote=Anonymous]I'm 45. It has been a process. I felt like I was just playing house when I got married at 34 and like a fraud when the universe allowed me to have children. When my father died (I was 39) I still turned to my mother for some things, but it felt like the biggest single step on the road to adulthood. Now that my mother has early dementia I have no one of an older generation to create that feeling of a buffer between me and total maturity. A few traits that still make me think, "grow up already!" are goofiness (mostly with my kids), lack of full interest in a few 'adult' subjects like finance and politics, and social awkwardness. If I could shake those things I think I'd be there.[/quote]
Options
Disable HTML in this message
Disable BB Code in this message
Disable smilies in this message
Review message
Search
Recent Topics
Hottest Topics
