what was yours?
2006-08-03 10:57:08 · 52 answers · asked by heidielizabeth69 7 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
7 years ago, the last time i went to prison. I decided this wasn't how i wanted to keep living my life so i got my sh*t together and finally grew up.
2006-08-03 11:01:20 · answer #1 · answered by Fartblossom 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, I used to think that the turning point came after I got back to New York from a trip to Amsterdam, the Hague, and London, but later I realized that was just moving into the last phase of my childhood. The true point at which I became an adult was, sadly, not too long ago. I was in a dead end relationship, and had to come to recognize the fact that sometimes love, even a huge amount of it, is not always enough to hold two people together. I don't think there is anyone who can comprehend and accept that and still call herself a child.
2006-08-03 11:04:13 · answer #2 · answered by Cat Loves Her Sabres 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I got my letter from the US Government to show up for a physical to determine if I was physically able to be conscripted (they used the term "inducted") into the US Army.
That was in November of 1968. I had already taken the test for the USAF and I passed so I joined the Air Force.
When I got to Lackland AFB in Texas, and stepped off the bus and the T.I. walked up behind me and shouted in my ear, I didn't know it at that moment, but I had just crossed the threshold between juvenile and manhood.
2006-08-03 11:08:40 · answer #3 · answered by Dahs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Twice, once when I moved from one town to the next after fourth grade, and the other was when I raelized the world was not perfect and butterflies and there wre bad things happening in the world. They were different kinds of growing up though.
2006-08-03 11:02:22 · answer #4 · answered by epitome of innocence 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure which grow up --- the mentally?
I take it as the mentally. I met my husband in Okt 1982, in Nov I turned 20, before christmas he proposed. That was to early for me. I considered myself "grown up" in Dez 1982!
I married the man 24 Feb 1984
2006-08-03 11:05:12 · answer #5 · answered by Susanne R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I became closer with my parents and was able to tell them anything. Also, I went through some really traumatic things and I think that made me see the world as it really is - I wasn't a child anymore at that point.
2006-08-03 11:01:14 · answer #6 · answered by shane 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you stop making excuses or blaming others for the wrongs in your life, and start taking responsibility for your actions. You'll never be grown up until you realize that you have to take responsibilty for your own behavior and then deal with the consequences of your actions! It's actually quite empowering to take charge of your own life!
2006-08-03 11:13:12 · answer #7 · answered by Do it yourselfer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When my mother was dying almost 10 years ago. I had to accept a lot of responsibility and grow up REAL fast.
2006-08-03 10:59:37 · answer #8 · answered by tina m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got in trouble w/ an older guy. I was young, and naive enough to believe he loved me.
Well, my parents found out, and took it to the police. the next year of my life was spent in constant shame and fear.
Until I met someone else. He ended up hurting me, but he listened when no one else did. He accepted I had demons, and took me the way I am. He helped me see that everyone makes mistakes, but its those mistakes that make you who you are (kinda cliche, don't you think?).
He made me realize it wasn't my fault, that I had been used. That's when I grew up. When i realized it wasn't the older guy I hated and feared, it was myself.
I kinda wish he (the good guy) was here with me now.
2006-08-03 12:26:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was sometime after basic training started (US Army, 1965-67)I think I did a lot of growing up while I was in the service.
2006-08-03 11:11:26 · answer #10 · answered by brainstorm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋