From: bearcub@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Bob Koenig)
Newsgroups: soc.motss
Subject: Re: Blatant birthday information! : -)
Date: 25 Jan 1993 19:34:12 GMT
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From article <thaaang.727733294@cwis>, by thaaang@cwis.unomaha.edu (John Dorrance):
> joe@spdcc.com (Joseph Francis) writes:
> 
>>I was never so happy as when I turned from 19 to 20,
> 
> Why, for god's sake? I'll admit, after being there for a while I've
> gotten cowed by the idea of havign been around for 2 decades, but it
> seems to me like 20 is a dull period between important birthdays. 18
> made me legal, 19 made me emancipated (I think that's the way it
> worked; didn't really *matter* one way or the other, because I'd
> been on my own for a year by the time it came around), and 20...
> well, it made me only a year away from being an ADULT. I'm dying for
> 21, because (particularly in Omaha) it's pretty damn hard to get a
> sense of community when the main community outlet is off limits.

I turn 20 in about 3 weeks(the 13th of Feb., to be exact). To me, it's
not the WORLD, but I have similar feelings. I think it's gonna be cool
to go from being refered to as a "teenager" to a "young man","young
adult" or whatever. I don't FEEL like a teenager at all. I can't HIDE my
youth in some respects. The word "adult" wouldn't necessarily come to mind 
if you were to see the decor in my bedroom.(Queen albums mounted along one
whole wall, Ren & Stimpy poster complete with matching stuffed animals,
a 3 foot high stuffed teddybear sitting on my bed, and a lot of various 
knick-knacks that you might find in a "teenage" bedroom) 
	It seems like a transition, though. I can sense my attitude towards
various things in life are changing. If I look back on the last couple years
of my life(before I met the love of my life), I can safely say I was VERY
childish and immature. With the influence and direction of a certain love
in my life(namely, my daddybear), my childish ways are slowly escaping me.
	For example, getting back to the decor in my bedroom. above my door
I had 3 cutout posters of WWF wrestlers. I look back at that and think "My
god, that looks stooopid!" It has since been replaced by a framed picture
of a fully grown bear sitting in the grass with its cub in its lap. Awwwww..
	There are many numerous thing that I have changed within the last
year, that I can't even start to list out. One more good example would be the
good-old discusiion about "age-gap relationships. It seems a lot different
to be recognized as a teen than a young man. When my S.O. gets the familiar 
grilling about his bearcub, it won't seem as "odd" to be dating a "20 year-old"
than a "teenager". The age difference is still there, but breaking the grasp
of being a teenager gives me a little bit more respect(I hope).
	21 is right around the corner, though. *happyhappy, joyjoy*

Thanks for listening,


Bearcub



>>except when I
>>turned from 29 to 30 (last September). I'll be in 7th heaven when I'm
>>39 or 43, and when I'm 50 I'll be insufferable. It was interesting to
>>be 21, but it got boring after about a year.
> 
> I'll believe that when I see it :).
> 
> John, who thinks it'll be cool to age, if only to see how he'll look
> as an adult/old guy
> 
> --
> thaaang@cwis.unomaha.edu * John Dorrance * Disco Diva y Flamenco Chico
>       You would be surprised at what resides in your insides.
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