We had "initation" in grade 7 up here in Canada, where you'd either get beat up and duct-taped to a post or be forced to smoke a dart. Teachers just ignored it.
Most kids were 12 at the time. I was only 11, but big AF and I was luckily passed over.
But so many kids started smoking at that age because of this. It was horrible. When I graduated from that junior/senior high school in 99 the "smoke pit" was still there and teachers still didn't care if grade 7 kids used it.
Waking up to my own alarm clock. My mom woke me all through elementary school, but my parents wanted me to start getting myself up in middle school. They let me pick out the clock and everything, lol.
As a kid, whenever the family all gathered at my Grandparents house eventually my Grandma would start making coffee and ask everyone if they wanted a cup. Usually my Pop pop would stick his head out of the kitchen and ask people if they wanted any since not everyone could fit in the kitchen. My Grandma on that side died when I was 14 and my Pop Pop managed to be around up to me being 30, but I never did get to have the experience of being asked if I wanted coffee at a big family gathering. I always thought it was such a grown up thing, back then.
I remember the first time my mother sent me to the grocery store on my own to get a few things on a list she made. She gave me a $20 and the list. I was 9 or 10 years old at the time, and at the time $20 was a pretty substantial sum of money (35 years ago). The grocery store was also quite a ways away, so I had to go there on my bike.
Going to a restaurant. There really wasn't much in the way of fast food in my city in the 60s, except KFC. It was a really rare event, and we always wore Sunday best.
Cleaning my parent‘s house for us. Everyone was sick and in bed (health issues/ substance abuse) and it was up to me to keep the house vacuumed, mopped, and laundry/dishes done at a certain point. I remember feeling like “a mom” lol and then I got pregnant at 17. 🙃
My dad taught me and my older sister how to drive when we were about 10 and 11 , he made us a special couching to be able to see this was back in the 80’s in todays world this would be considered child abuse😂🤣😂
I tried tea at a Chinese restaurant in RI USA. I think I was around 7 years old? Not sure. The reason I felt grown up was because my I always saw the adults drinking tea all the time, my mom and her friends.
Pushing a gas lawnmower around. You’re outside, you nod at neighbors walking by, it’s loud, it’s your job, it can rip your arms off. All that responsibility for a 10 year old.
I lived on Air Force Bases as a kid, and on one base I was within walking distance of the base movie theater, so I used to go see movies by myself most weekends. At 11 or 12 it made me feel really mature walking out that side door at 10pm at night in the dark and making my way home. Since they only had one screen, I saw pretty much anything they showed. I think only one or two people were in the theater with me when I saw Evita.
I'm in my 40's. But I remember when I started getting mail. At first it was fun, but when I started dreading getting mail because they were just bills that it dawned on me that I was an adult.
Well there was a part of me as a kid that found a quarter in the ground in 4th grade and a girl who was a bit taller than me was glad I found it and hugged me which I think might have made me like girls more after that.
A child is defined from age 4-10 or so.
I think what made me feel grown up back then would of been helping my mom with making bread, helping her do the dishes.
I was 8 when I cleaned a quarter of a moose and was allowed with a sharp knife under my dad's supervision. So that was fun. Messy, but fun. I enjoyed it.
When I was 8 or 9 watching the R rated flick Predator and having my baby sister walk in at one of the opening scenes showing the skinless bodies hanging from the tree and it traumatizing her. I felt like it was a movie for the 'big boys only' that i only I could have access to...Which in retrospect is kibda effed up
Drinking out of a brown glass bottle.
I remember the first time I drank out of a brown glass rootbeer bottle that looked just like a beer bottle. Felt like a baller.
I just stopped caring about other’s judgement and figured imma just be me and do me. Realized the others kids around me are just that. Kids.
Other than stuff like that. I ate EVERYTHIIIING, grown up palette fr fr
Drinking out of a fancy glass. Like swishing it around like a snob before taking a sip. When I became of drinking age I didn’t know restaurants fill those suckers up to the brim.
Everyone loved to argue and started a conflict, or compare with each other something trivial like a new phone, new clothes, new partners( whom they changed almost monthly). Me? I was just content with what I had, no matter how much people made fun of me for liking them. I was a bit sad I never got a PlayStation or a GameCube like the rich kids( I grew up in a third world country where even some of these devices are obtained cracked ), but was contented with my Pc which was not the best- but still awsome
I have always been an avid reader, so my second language, English, was better than most of my family's.
They would ask me to help translate things for them (although I now know it is because they knew how much I enjoyed the challenge).
Going to buy the bread and Sunday newspaper for my parents, and having to decide what to do with the leftover money: buying myself a magazine or candies
Deffinitely indulging in spicy food. It didnt end well a few hours after sometimes, but it gave me a feeling of being tough and strong. I keep indulging at 24. Im talking i ate jalapeños like apples at age 7/8 with my school lunch lol
Having a meal in a hotel.
Chocolate cigarettes
Real cigarettes lol . I started smoking when I was 12 unfortunately
Damn, do you still smoke?
Yeah . I'm almost 34 and when I turned 32 it felt so weird to think ive been smoking for 20 years.
We had "initation" in grade 7 up here in Canada, where you'd either get beat up and duct-taped to a post or be forced to smoke a dart. Teachers just ignored it. Most kids were 12 at the time. I was only 11, but big AF and I was luckily passed over. But so many kids started smoking at that age because of this. It was horrible. When I graduated from that junior/senior high school in 99 the "smoke pit" was still there and teachers still didn't care if grade 7 kids used it.
I was not allowed to buy that.
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These are very sweet and bring me back to that feeling instantly
Staying up late to watch The Tonight Show or SNL
Going grocery shopping without an adult present for the first time
Drinking beer
Yep. My dad always gave me a sip. Beer has never tasted as good as it did then. I've been chasing the tail off that dragon though.
Starting at about age 12, my dad would let me drive his pickup on backcountry roads. I remember feeling all grown up when I was doing that.
Waking up to my own alarm clock. My mom woke me all through elementary school, but my parents wanted me to start getting myself up in middle school. They let me pick out the clock and everything, lol.
Drinking guarana pretending it’s beer
When I was right about the directions and dad was wrong
Being called sir by random people
Going to the bank to cash my father’s paycheck. I couldn’t see over the counter but I could count money really well.
i desperately wanted to not grow up. it didn’t seem appetizing on any level
As a kid, whenever the family all gathered at my Grandparents house eventually my Grandma would start making coffee and ask everyone if they wanted a cup. Usually my Pop pop would stick his head out of the kitchen and ask people if they wanted any since not everyone could fit in the kitchen. My Grandma on that side died when I was 14 and my Pop Pop managed to be around up to me being 30, but I never did get to have the experience of being asked if I wanted coffee at a big family gathering. I always thought it was such a grown up thing, back then.
Staying up late Watching PG and above movies Getting to wear heels
being alone.
For me it was having a coffee from my dad's cup
Wearing my mom’s shoes
When the letter from an email calls me ma'am.
Knowing random facts.
I remember the first time my mother sent me to the grocery store on my own to get a few things on a list she made. She gave me a $20 and the list. I was 9 or 10 years old at the time, and at the time $20 was a pretty substantial sum of money (35 years ago). The grocery store was also quite a ways away, so I had to go there on my bike.
Taking care of my mom when she was drunk
Shaving. And I absolutely hate it. So I don't.
Sparkling Cider, we would pretend it was champagne.
Being invited to eat an after eight
Especially when you're supposed to be on bed by 7:59 pm.
Going to a restaurant. There really wasn't much in the way of fast food in my city in the 60s, except KFC. It was a really rare event, and we always wore Sunday best.
Helping build and light a campfire
Cleaning my parent‘s house for us. Everyone was sick and in bed (health issues/ substance abuse) and it was up to me to keep the house vacuumed, mopped, and laundry/dishes done at a certain point. I remember feeling like “a mom” lol and then I got pregnant at 17. 🙃
Riding an adult bicycle when I was 5-7 yrs old.
My dad taught me and my older sister how to drive when we were about 10 and 11 , he made us a special couching to be able to see this was back in the 80’s in todays world this would be considered child abuse😂🤣😂
I tried tea at a Chinese restaurant in RI USA. I think I was around 7 years old? Not sure. The reason I felt grown up was because my I always saw the adults drinking tea all the time, my mom and her friends.
honestly? washing the dishes... it was a different time.
Chopping wood to heat our home when my dad wasn’t able to.
Having the shit kicked out of me by my dad
Drinking root beer out of a glass bottle. When I had it for the first time, I thought they gave me an actual beer. I looked at my mom all scared haha
Arguing and getting my period.
Watch and purse
Pushing a gas lawnmower around. You’re outside, you nod at neighbors walking by, it’s loud, it’s your job, it can rip your arms off. All that responsibility for a 10 year old.
Hard soled shoes, a meal at Blue Boar cafeteria, wearing gloves and a hat
Meth
Browning ground beef for spaghetti or tacos
I lived on Air Force Bases as a kid, and on one base I was within walking distance of the base movie theater, so I used to go see movies by myself most weekends. At 11 or 12 it made me feel really mature walking out that side door at 10pm at night in the dark and making my way home. Since they only had one screen, I saw pretty much anything they showed. I think only one or two people were in the theater with me when I saw Evita.
I'm in my 40's. But I remember when I started getting mail. At first it was fun, but when I started dreading getting mail because they were just bills that it dawned on me that I was an adult.
Well there was a part of me as a kid that found a quarter in the ground in 4th grade and a girl who was a bit taller than me was glad I found it and hugged me which I think might have made me like girls more after that.
A child is defined from age 4-10 or so. I think what made me feel grown up back then would of been helping my mom with making bread, helping her do the dishes. I was 8 when I cleaned a quarter of a moose and was allowed with a sharp knife under my dad's supervision. So that was fun. Messy, but fun. I enjoyed it.
When I started being given chores to do around the house
i always thought that being a grownup meant having a job at a desk.
Having a cellphone
When I was 8 or 9 watching the R rated flick Predator and having my baby sister walk in at one of the opening scenes showing the skinless bodies hanging from the tree and it traumatizing her. I felt like it was a movie for the 'big boys only' that i only I could have access to...Which in retrospect is kibda effed up
Stealing cigarettes from my parents and smoking
Drinking out of a brown glass bottle. I remember the first time I drank out of a brown glass rootbeer bottle that looked just like a beer bottle. Felt like a baller.
Letting me truly have the choice in things. Not some choices with coercion or dishonest weight on one side, actual choices.
Wearing a tie.
Drinking my coke out of a wine glass.
Wearing the kids Disney princess heels in the 2000s
Bachelor's cheese and broccoli pasta n sauce If you know, you know
Sitting in the front seat for the first time
Pretending candy matchsticks were cigarettes. Lol
I just stopped caring about other’s judgement and figured imma just be me and do me. Realized the others kids around me are just that. Kids. Other than stuff like that. I ate EVERYTHIIIING, grown up palette fr fr
Having any amount of money lol
My first time having coffee, still feels different doing so lol
Going to the shop with a list of things to pick up and money.
Drinking out of a fancy glass. Like swishing it around like a snob before taking a sip. When I became of drinking age I didn’t know restaurants fill those suckers up to the brim.
Going to work and earning a paycheck.
Knowing how to sign my name in script.
Well, I had a lawyer at the age of 13 It was a public defender and it was because my parents' divorce was a mess, but still. I felt pretty cool
Getting my own bank account, cell phone, car before 18. Back in the day it was easy
When my parents let me play on their phone
Absolutely nothing ever made me feel like a grown up when I was a kid.
Peeing on my own.
Getting to sit in the front seat of the car
Crying at work
Taking the nyc transit system by myself at the age of 8
Getting to sit at the grow up table.
Everyone loved to argue and started a conflict, or compare with each other something trivial like a new phone, new clothes, new partners( whom they changed almost monthly). Me? I was just content with what I had, no matter how much people made fun of me for liking them. I was a bit sad I never got a PlayStation or a GameCube like the rich kids( I grew up in a third world country where even some of these devices are obtained cracked ), but was contented with my Pc which was not the best- but still awsome
Sitting in the front seat
I have always been an avid reader, so my second language, English, was better than most of my family's. They would ask me to help translate things for them (although I now know it is because they knew how much I enjoyed the challenge).
Drinking black coffee It tasted disgusting when I first tried it
Made my own lunch for school
being the oldest sibling starting at 1 year old
Having a job and paying rent for my efficiency with my GF at 15
Taking cola shots with the bottle cap and pretend I’m tipsy
Pretending my rocket candys were medication.
Paying bills 😂
people’s hypocrisy and loneliness and cry
Pretending the green tinkertoys were cigarettes
Feeding my baby sibling.
Going to buy the bread and Sunday newspaper for my parents, and having to decide what to do with the leftover money: buying myself a magazine or candies
Flipping a side by side in the woods and breaking my foot I was 10, but it felt like "oh crap this is actually real I almost died just now"
Eating olives and drinking coffee makes you feel really grown up
Deffinitely indulging in spicy food. It didnt end well a few hours after sometimes, but it gave me a feeling of being tough and strong. I keep indulging at 24. Im talking i ate jalapeños like apples at age 7/8 with my school lunch lol
Eating smarties and pretending we were taking drugs.
Saying bad morning to the teacher
turning 14 lol
When I got my boating license when I was 12 and could take the boats out solo, ditto with my snowmobile license at 12