mar52
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When was that moment that you knew you were an adult?
Sat, 10/29/11 8:26 PM
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(Barring deaths of parents or loved ones to keep this light)
I realized that I must be an adult when I was driving home from work for 30 minutes until I realized that I'd been listening to the news the entire time.
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Foodbme
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Re:When was that moment that you knew you were an adult?
Sun, 10/30/11 1:25 AM
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I knew when my son was born. I was 18 and the breadwinner. 
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felix4067
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Re:When was that moment that you knew you were an adult?
Sun, 10/30/11 10:34 AM
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The day I looked around the theatre and realized, as a bunch of the new guys were looking to me for guidance and information, that I was the exact same age my mentors were when I was 18 and doing the same thing to them.
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wanderingjew
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Re:When was that moment that you knew you were an adult?
Sun, 10/30/11 11:00 AM
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Moment????
I'm still waiting for that moment.....
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Davydd
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Re:When was that moment that you knew you were an adult?
Sun, 10/30/11 11:21 AM
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The first time I was addressed as "mister" by a younger person.
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chewingthefat
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Re:When was that moment that you knew you were an adult?
Sun, 10/30/11 12:17 PM
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When I took a right, out of my parents driveway in Chevy Chase, headed for my new life in California. " Free at last, free at last, great God almighty, free at last."
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ann peeples
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Re:When was that moment that you knew you were an adult?
Sun, 10/30/11 12:59 PM
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Oh- I am supposed to know I am an adult? However, I did have a moment outside my new apartment building- a very young child told me " Move old lady"!I apparently surpassed adult hood into old age!
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lleechef
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Re:When was that moment that you knew you were an adult?
Sun, 10/30/11 4:08 PM
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I'm with Dale. I still don't know what to be when I grow up.
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stricken_detective
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Re:When was that moment that you knew you were an adult?
Sun, 10/30/11 6:07 PM
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My first apartment, 1996, when my first (and only!) roommate had a complete meltdown.
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mbrookes
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Re:When was that moment that you knew you were an adult?
Fri, 11/4/11 8:57 PM
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lleechef
I'm with Dale. I still don't know what to be when I grow up.
I finally found out what I wanted to be... retired. And I am.
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Davydd
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Re:When was that moment that you knew you were an adult?
Fri, 11/4/11 10:22 PM
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mbrookes
lleechef
I'm with Dale. I still don't know what to be when I grow up.
I finally found out what I wanted to be... retired. And I am.
Retirement! The only way to go. I don't know how I can find the time to do everything I want to do and wonder how I managed to put up with a job for so many years. 
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mbrookes
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Re:When was that moment that you knew you were an adult?
Sat, 11/5/11 5:04 PM
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My favorite part of retirement is not having to be anywhere at a specific time. Just to go and do as I please is wonderful. Like you,Davydd, I don't know how I had time to work.
It is also nice to cruise Roadfood without pretending I'm doing something else!
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claracamille
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Re:When was that moment that you knew you were an adult?
Sun, 11/6/11 8:09 AM
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When I came home from the hospital with a brand new baby boy! I had no idea what to do-hardly had even held a baby.
Baby boy is now 42,married with 3 kids of his own. Guess I did OK.
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