Acting like your age

[HollyTheColliegirl]

Most people on the internet have mistaken me for someone 10-20 years older than I really am. I had to grow up very fast at one point and as a result, I don't blend well with others of my age group. They just seem like children to me after I've dealt with all of my struggles.

[Shadowdrake]

The phrase means nothing to me. NOTHING.

I act childish whenever I'm with my younger siblings and cousins, and quiet/maybe polite whenever I'm with anyone else. Usually. Sometimes I reflect how others are acting (like no caps in IRC). Maybe I've acted like a stereotypical moody teenager once or twice to certain older people, but I try to avoid being a jerk.

[Question]

I'm known for acting much older than my age. I've always hung out with older people since the time I was little so I guess it rubbed off on me. Either way, most people assume I am much older than I actually am.

[tanglepelt3]

At school, I act a lot older (as in more mature) than my age (and the majority of the class). But at home, it depends . . .

Okay, basically, at home, I don't act mature at all.

[Ioanna]

People often tell me I act/sound/look older than I am.

 

But I'm aware that sometimes I do act immature Well, who doesn't?

[DarkWaters]

I am 21 right now and I try to me a mature person. Some say I look younger then I am not that it is a bad thing but I am 21 if I was say 40 then looking young would be great.

[shadowflash]

Acting your age? Pffft acting your age i never fun! Well, unless it's infront of important people or at a formal event. Otherwise, being inmature is too fun than being mature and all. My "age" range is 7-22 but I'm really 13 .

[Sandface]

There are loads of drunken adults walking around too.

 

And vomiting on the pavement.

Oh my goodness this made me laugh.

 

But that's besides the point. I've been told I look and act like I'm in college, even though I'm still in high school. I have noticed that my grammar and basic intelligence is higher than most of those in my grade. Though I am sometimes known to be mature, there are some things I just don't understand. Or i'll mess up. Everyone does. That doesn't mean you're not mature, it just means you made a mistake.

 

There are times, when I will act 4 years old (my friend and I throw the perforated edges off paper at each other during our math class.) And I for sure know that I haven't been the most mature during Art, or Band. Though that's just usually when I'm around my friends having fun (how can you not be just a little immature when having fun?) But I can act like I'm 40 at times too. Or so i've been told by random strangers. Seriously. I've literally been told I act like my mother, by a complete stranger! All in all, I can act my age, but most of the time I probably won't

[Eluna]

Never. I act either way older or way younger. Sometimes I can have a mature conversation with adults, otherwise I can whine and moan until I get what I want

[Strange Core]

I act younger than my age

 

I only act my age on certain occasions (towards elders, asking for help, helping someone, etc.), but generally, no

[Xeno-Hound]

Well, I am very unstable myself.

I act older than I am and some times I act like a complete child. My dad is like this, too.

 

Oh and

[milkaq66]

Ah,well,

it depends. At work i have to take care of children up to 3 years, so i really have to be the mature one, to get them along, but also have to play with them totally immature....

And at home.....well.....when i'm not caring for pixel dragons, i watch anime and read mangas....once a year i'm actually doing a cosplay....so i think i'm really not acting my age compared with the majority of other 50 year old women.

And of course nothing beats a good pillow fight with my husband (or my already grown up sons, if they're in the way)

[Svataben]

Sometimes.

When I'm at work, I'm considered all sorts of responsible.

 

But, on the other hand, I do a lot of silly stuff on my own time, and my pets of choice are guinea pigs, which adults apparently aren't supposed to have for themselves.

 

I'm 35, btw.

[senyi]

Apparently, I act older than my age

[Shajana]

No, but I don´t care about it. It`s only important how I feel.

[DarkFire1]

There are times that I do act my age, but when I'm completely bored I act like I'm 15 again.

[Bacon_Strips]

I'm way more mature than an average 14-year-old. People say I act like I'm twenty.

[LikeTwoPancakes]

Depends on the situation. I'm kind of a quiet person but in the right time and place I can be pretty immature. Not in an annoying way though, more like a "with friends" Immaturity.

[Shy-Rox]

It really depends, I try to act very proper infront of strangers, guests and etc. and then when I get to know them I could act more childish, but I try not to exagerate,

[Spelunker]

It reeeeeeally depends.

 

I am formal and polite with people I am on formal terms with. I am more fun and joking around those I know better. I am weird and random around my friends. On the Internet, it varies according to where I'm typing.

[Dream_Dragon]

My friends keep telling me to be more mature so...a definite no-no. I am crazy (no, not the mental hospital kind of crazy ), wacky, funny (the irritating kind!), irritating, but sometimes I do wish I'm more mature. But the real me is a horror! When my friends are near boys, they're all like, Ew! but for me? I shrug. So what? They're merely humans of a different gender, not aliens! But of course I don't touch them, LOL.

 

Oh, and I forget to say that I like singing. But my friends often tell me to shut up. That, and I do weird stuff when I'm alone (I actually stopped typing just to jump around and dance crazily while hitting the wall) and I talk to myself.

 

Yep, that's about it. There's actually other stuff about me but this topic is about acting like your age and I think I've said more than enough.

[Starscream]

I will if I have to, but I am much younger at heart.

[SlytherinRayquaza]

Only if I really need to.

Other than that,I´m just a big child.

[Kat]

I guess I do act 13, though I sometimes do crazy things that a 5 year old would do. I also act more mature for my age sometimes though, when I go on and on about politics. I guess the two forces meet in the middle, which is 13?

[MedievalMystic]

I'll be 47 next month. Sometimes I worry about myself. Part of me thinks I should be much more mature than I am. Part of me knows I'll never really grow up.. I mean, I'm sitting here sweating over pixel eggs and giving up sleep to get them, and damning my computer during lag... Shouldn't I be doing something more mature with my time? lol You would think so..