I’ve been able to drive legally for just as long as I wasn’t able to.
I’ve been called, “sir.”
I’m less than a month away from being a father.
There are far fewer hairs on my head than there used to be.
I have pets that I care for.
I’ve bought a house.
I’ve been married.
I’ve bought a new car.
I’ve graduated from college.
I was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout.
And I’m still waiting to feel like a grown up.
Maybe it will happen this month…
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Yeah, I still refer to myself as a “kid” sometimes. Hard habit to break.
Yep. I do that too. Silly us.
I used to explain it away since I was still youthful looking. But I don’t even have that anymore.
Hah! Well, I guess I’ve still got that going for me. Though, it might be harder to explain away when I’ve got a kid of my own on my hip.
Being grown up is overrated. Just be you.
Hooray! That sounds like a plan to me.
It’s what I do. Although, taking advice from me might not be one of the more stellar moments in your life.
We’re all human… Things happen. I choose to take advice from the people I admire and respect. And I admire and respect people who are true to themselves and own their actions… (whether they are happy about it or not.)
Haha. Okay. So take it for what it’s worth then.
The first time you lay eyes upon your child..then it will click.
I was thinking that may be the case… though, it might not actually click until the first diaper needs to be changed.
Gross, yet true.
my first comment: enh, life is gross
my second comment: enh, I’ve had to do some pretty gross things while taking care of my cats, so it may be difficult for the kiddo to top them (famous last words, right?)
I am sorry to inform you that cat yak can’t hold a candle to baby poop.
LOL! Oh, no worries, I wasn’t referring to “cat yak.” Let’s just say one of my cats eats things, and sometimes those things get digested, and sometimes they don’t, and sometimes they don’t make it all the way out in one go… there’s pulling involved, a very unhappy kitty, and a very unhappy me too.
Your not gonna have any problem with baby poo!! Poor kitty..
First time, I said “poor kitty” too. Second time, I said, “you silly girl why do you do this to yourself.” Third time I wondered if she was doing it on purpose. I’ve lost track of times. Mostly, I think she is just crazy. Which fits, because she is a cat after all.
I don’t own a cat for that reason.
You may be on to something there…
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Waiting to be grown up is exhausting. Just be…you
Well, it’s not like sitting here twiddling my thumbs – it’s a lot of work being the jester around here
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I’m half grown up… I figure that because I am grown-up when I need to be and a kid when I want to be ;P
I like that!
Love this, I feel the same way! Though you have much more under your adult “checklist” than I do! The term adult applies to everyone else except one’s self. Even when I dress up nice, I feel like I’m a 3 year old putting on mom’s nice jewelries for play, instead of this stuff just being natural.
Hah! Completely understand that, only instead of the jewelry, for me it’s the suit and tie.
Honestly Matt, I hope you never do feel grown up. Look at all of the great things in your life, enjoy them with all of the passion you can muster. Being grown up matters as much as you want it to. You are a responsible, creative person living your life the right way. You are doing just fine.
Thank you for that! Makes sense to me.
I feel the same way. I’ve done big people stuff. I even get to sit at the grown-up table at Thanksgiving, but I am still not grown up inside.
That’s kind of funny – in our family there really only is the “grown up table” now so are we all sitting there by default or because we are all grown up?
You’re lucky! I still have to sit at the ironing board in the hallway to the bathroom
Hah! Well, the grown up table is boring anyway.
You’re just trying to make me feel better!
My niece was mad because she didn’t get a seat at the High Table when she turned 18. I tried to explain that she now has to wait for one of us to die, and then she can have our spot.
Oh my! That’s some strict rules around table seating places… I think I’d want to stick around the kid’s table at that point.
Good answer! Unless your last name is Borgia, of course
I’m curious – so let me know what it feels like if you ever do
Oh, don’t worry about that, I’m sure it would warrant at least one post. Maybe even two.
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Ha, you have no chance. Once kids come along they just make you feel younger than you ever did, that is the beauty of parenthood, you have a great excuse to be more silly than ever!
A license to be even sillier? That’s… that’s… well, that’s just absolutely marvelous! I can’t wait!
Yes! I was going to say something similar to what Jo said! Kids are fantastic for staying young and feeling like a kid. Really the idea of being grown up or still youthful is just a consideration. Take it from an old “kid,” it’s perfectly fine to feel like a kid. Congratulations on the rapidly approaching addition to your family!
Thank you!
Yes, it does seem like the consensus is that it’s okay to always feel like a kid. I’m going to go with that.
Congratulations on fatherhood! That’s wonderful! Do you know if you will have a boy or girl?
It’s a mystery…. but, one that is getting closer to being solved every day.
I love your blog. It’s fabulous and unpredictably predictable. I knew you would write something like this and when I saw the prompt I was excited to see what you would do. Well done as usual.
Unpredicatably predictable? Interesting… and for some reason I have Jack Sparrow in my head saying, and honestly it’s the honest ones you have to worry about because you never know what they are going to do next. (That’s not exactly right, but it’s close enough.) Oh, sorry, that was CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow.
Thank you!
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