Am I in a tiny minority when I say that I don't feel like my personality has or will go through stages...?

Question

...during my life? A lot of men seem to go through the following stages: being childish (obviously), then an uneloquent, grunting adolescent.....then a hard-partying or hard-working man (till about 40-50)....then a strict Dad type...or softy Dad.....then a wise old man.

Women are childish (slightly less so?!), then goody two shoes or nasty lil sluts :-D....then young adults who treat like as something that will never end; diving into the deep end of pregnancy.....then reality kicks in, they age a lot, quickly,...become wise old mothers.....anyway, you get the idea. I was childish till about 12....and I don't seem to have changed all that much - haven't become more, or less, fun-loving, have never been the grunty type....basically I just grew up and stuck. This isn't a very precise question I know - but can I expect to change much?!

typo - meant to say women treat life as something that never ends.
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also, i'm not saying i never grew up. i'm saying i grew up pretty quickly and since about 12-14, my personality, attitude and outlook on life don't seem to have changed! I'm 23, with a masters degree, house and Jaguar, incidentally. And a happy individual - just not one who seems to go through stages (should've been a couple from 12-23, surely!!....I do think that incremental change is quite hard to gauge though).

S - I'm not sure if you were answering the right question! Masters degree in economics btw. Why is it condescending to say that I matured quickly and don't seem to have changed much in over a decade? Not many people would disagree with my "stages of life" - take a look at the people in your life.
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Tranquil - the unfortunate people in the same room as you would be calling you "mistress" - unless the only partners you could find were not human.

Answer 1

Great assessment of life. Nice and concise. I like it. Keep up the good work.

Answer 2

I understand what you are asking and I don‘t mean to insult you. But you are 23 with a masters degree? I have a hard time believing it for many reasons. The biggest problem that I have is the fact that you say you grew the most from the age 12-14. I feel sorry for you if that is the case. I am 26 in a week or so (female) and I think in my life so far the biggest change was about 22-24, yet I am fully aware that I don’t know what the future holds and I may have to restructure my life again and learn things that I thought I had mastered. But even at 18, I knew I was different that when I was a child. I just think it is a little ignorant and condescending to people in general when you say that, #1- all men and all women go through the stages (I’m sure you had to take a psychology class and you could have come up with actual “stages: than the ones you did) and #2-that you think you’re beyond that and you have mastered the secret of life.
Seriously think about this, the reality of life is that our personalities HAVE to change as we grow. When we learn things and find out our likes and dislikes, when we make choices about what we want to do forever, who we want to marry, etc., that is our personality "going through stages." I guarantee if you truly look back or talk to people that knew, you would accept that you have changed. And it is not a bad thing, the bad thing would be if you still were like you were when you were 13. Things happen as we get older (whether it be sexual, having our hearts broken, having children, deaths of the people we love and so on), that change the way life is viewed. That is the point of growing up. Accept the fact that you don’t know everything and that there would be something terribly wrong if we didn’t change from when we were children.

Answer 3

Not a big deal; everyone is a minority. Christians are 33% of the world. Muslims are like 20% or whatever. Plus, some religious people are closet atheists. I haven't ever identified in a survey that I was an atheist, because last time I did a survey that asked for my religion, I was a Christian. There is a shift going on, though, for sure. Atheism is on the rise, for sure. It might be the majority by the end of the century, ya know. Scientists are also a tiny fringe minority.

Answer 4

We grow up differently.

Among my friends in highschool, I am one of those who mentally never grew up. At the same time, they look older than me, although we were all born in the same year. Being childlike does not mean that I am irresponsible, simply happy to be alive.

Congratulations on your achievements.

I have a house too- a dog house.
...and a Jaguar- a picture of that animal is on my bulletin board.
As for master's, when we play S&M, my sub calls me Master, everytime!

Cheers!
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Rage: "mistress" is the older term, it is now "master" regardless of the gender. It is similar to the word "actress", now performers both female and male are called "actors".

Answer 5

it really depends on how you were brought up and the people you hang out with. If you hang out with goofy people you ar emore or less going to become goofy. sort of like that, try getting new and more serious friends if you wanna change

Answer 6

First, who's and what theory are you basing this off of? I never heard of it..it seems like a subjective observation.

People are different because of their genes and environment.
Why does it matter if you are a tiny minority in these "stages" of yours? Why are you making another classification for yourself? There's too many classification for people already..seperating ppl..looking for differences.

Answer 7

I believe growth happens spiritually and mentally, throughout our lives.

If you don't ask profound questions, you won't have the satisfaction of some pretty remarkable answers.

Answer 8

Sure - you can only hope you will change - change from being an egotistical person you are- a real bragger.

Answer 9

If you choose to. depression is anger turned inward.

Answer 10

Apparently your not a adult yet.