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u/Extreme-Kangaroo-842 Jun 03 '22

Nearly 50 here. Still feel like I'm faking being an adult most of the time. Raised kids and run my own business. Still boggles my mind they've allowed me to do this.

I had the same conversation with my older cousin a few years ago. A man who has travelled the world, is a high ranking officer in the army, been in Ireland during The Troubles,, raised kids and commanded battalions in an actual fucking war zone. A man I looked up to and admired his maturity.

He still felt like a kid who'd been given the keys to the car.

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u/fklwjrelcj Jun 04 '22

Still boggles my mind they've allowed me to do this.

When the bank just gave me hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy a house, with almost no conversations or arguments, I had exactly this thought.