Are you trying to make this thread nice and short?...lolMaturity is feeling comfortable in your own skin and being willing to meet the basic family and community commitments expected of you.
i'd kiss you for being so cuteEl Barto... it can be next to impossible to explain to a blind person, what it's like to see a red rose. Or to explain to someone who can't swim, what it feels like to cut through the ocean in long strong strokes. So how on earth do you expect us to explain maturity to you?
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I liked Al Barto’s quote .El Barto... it can be next to impossible to explain to a blind person, what it's like to see a red rose. Or to explain to someone who can't swim, what it feels like to cut through the ocean in long strong strokes. So how on earth do you expect us to explain maturity to you?
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i'd kiss you for being so cute
thats not what i see in my crystal ball.....;-)Cute? No way... in real life I'm a big ogre with a hairy wart on my upper lip. Come near and I'll stew you for supper. or my hubby will... lol.
thats not what i see in my crystal ball.....;-)
I was talking about the person inside silly.......;-)Yeah, well, you wouldn't be the first man whose balls told him a woman was cuter than she really is.
You said exactly what I was thinking. My sister always use to say you don’t act like a _ year old. When we grow up we start to control our words and behavior more to make things pleasant for others but it comes so at our own expense. Singing, laughing joking and carrying on are things not everyone can do with great sophistication.maturity is age-of-mind. different people use it to mean different things. some people believe it means the inability to have fun. Some people feel it means as tamarin said (which i think is a good definition), others feel it just means age.
I think we should use the word with care. Childish (i'm assuming childish is the opposite of mature, a synonym to immature) often isnt bad. A child has imagination and often better lateral thinking than a traditionally "mature" person. it's important to recognise such abstract concepts as responsibility and self-worth, but at the same time there are elements of childishness we shouldn't lose, and so we shouldn't insist that "maturity" is desirable without being specific about what exactly it is we desire.
I was talking about the person inside silly.......;-)
Cute? No way... in real life I'm a big ogre with a hairy wart on my upper lip. Come near and I'll stew you for supper. or my hubby will... lol.
Oh Karrie I see a playful yet reserved person. I think its wonderful to see that side of you.lol. okay, enough highjacking your thread.
I've been called 'mature' almost all of my life, and have never truly understood what it meant people thought of me.