minus-squarechickpeafartisan@lemmy.catoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•DAE in their 30s/40s/50s not really feel like an adult?linkfedilinkarrow-up12·6 hours agoWhen I turned 18 and my grandmother was in her 80s, she told me, “I still feel exactly like I did when I was your age.” I asked if that meant she was frustrated by how slowly she moved (she used a rollator by that point), and she confirmed it did. You’ll never really feel like an adult, but your body will keep on aging anyway. And you’ll never really get used to that, either. linkfedilink
When I turned 18 and my grandmother was in her 80s, she told me, “I still feel exactly like I did when I was your age.”
I asked if that meant she was frustrated by how slowly she moved (she used a rollator by that point), and she confirmed it did.
You’ll never really feel like an adult, but your body will keep on aging anyway. And you’ll never really get used to that, either.