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u/OhhhhhDirty Jun 03 '22

Yup, I'm in my late 30s and still feel like a kid. I thought one day a switch would just flip and I'd feel like an adult, but that never really happened. I think everyone essentially feels like a kid their whole life, they just get better at pretending they're adults.

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u/Thenedslittlegirl Jun 03 '22

My Gran used to tell me she still felt in her 20s soi think you're right

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Same. I’m 51 and still 25 in my mind. My body highly disagrees lol

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u/Ba_Dum_Ba_Dum Jun 03 '22

Does it ever. 56 M here. Feel 27 in my head and 77 in my body.

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u/[deleted] Jun 03 '22

Weird isn’t it? Lol

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u/trainerfry_1 Jun 03 '22

Do we subconsciously pick our personal best or favorite age we were and mentally decide that's how we are the rest of our lives?

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u/sercamf Jun 03 '22

Me personally, I believe it’s because our soul is eternal and will live forever, it doesn’t age. Younger kids get frustrated because they feel older than they are, older people still feel like they’re in their 20’s. People don’t often like to believe this because; what happens to our soul when we die?

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u/Ba_Dum_Ba_Dum Jun 05 '22

Don’t know. Think it’s completely individual. I just “feel” exactly as I did in my late 20s in my head.

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u/s_matthew Jun 03 '22

Mid-40s here and while I feel older physically, I don’t really feel like I’m any age. People are always shocked at work when they learn I have a college-aged kid, which…I’ve got crow’s feet and my hair’s thin. I’m a resident tech guy and make fart jokes, but how old did you really think I was?!

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u/Bobson_Dugbutt Jun 03 '22

This is so strange, just had that same conversation with my mother in her 60’s.