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Published: 2017-10-10 13:40:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 244; Favourites: 14; Downloads: 0
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Growing up may be a part of life, but you shouldn't do it too fast.I've been told to grow up several times by immature people. Not only does that make you come off as a hypocrite, but it also makes you come off as rather petty.
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"Grow up" is honestly an overused comeback. From personal experience, it's mostly kids who use the comeback, thinking it will make them look more mature than their actual age and most people who've told me to grow up say it immaturely.
I remember one time when I was 16, this 12-year-old girl was shoving into my face about why anime is bad, knowing that I'm an anime fan. She claimed that she was only trying to express her opinion when but her actions said otherwise because she was throwing personal attacks at me (I know that she was personally attacking me because she said: "GROW UP" and told me that I was too old to watch anime (most likely implying that I should stop watching it because "it's all for kids") and shoving her opinions down my throat. I can tell that she was trying to get me to agree with her and trying to act oh so mature for her age. Looking back, I feel like I should've said: "Shut up, you're like 12." but we ended up making amends and she hasn't talked to me in a long time. Now, I don't mind if people hate anime and we're all entitled to our opinions but if anybody is going to get all up in my ass, I'm not going to suck it up, not because of what they say but because of HOW they're saying. Telling people to hate shit they like just because you hate it is asinine, immature, and stupid because nobody has the right to police what others like or hate.
Being told to grow up by a child is the most annoying situation because that child doesn't even have enough life experience to understand certain things. They may think that they are wise beyond their years but little do they know, they're still naive.
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When I turned 12, my mom and grandmother told me to "stop watching cartoons" and to grow up because I always cracked up at the funniest things possible.
On Thanksgiving 2008, I was in Florida for a vacation and during my time there, I acted young at heart when I was going somewhere exciting. My mom always told me; "Boy, you're 13 years old. Grow up."
Now that I think about it, I probably should've just told her to lighten up and to stop spoiling my fun.
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I was never told to grow up by my parents but they used other phrases that also mean grow up like "You're (insert age) now!" Funny that they told me to mature yet they didn't allow to watch R-rated movies (I've already seen many when I was 17 when they didn't notice) when I was 18 and still want to treat me like a child.
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My mom told me more than once to grow up. Now that I think about it, a parent telling their child to "grow up" is a very condescending thing to say.
It's like they refuse to let the child enjoy their youthful life before they become an adult. I mean, you're only young once.
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And then they go "you're too young for this".
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I mean, a child will have to learn how to do things by themselves one day because they can't rely on their parents forever.
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True that although there are overprotective parents out there who want their kids to grow up yet treat them like children and get anxious when they're not within sight.
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