Is Maturity age related or a state of mind.

[teenybash]

I have often wondered what exactly is maturity and when does it happen.
Is it something that is based on your age, or life experience, something we aquire along lifes road, or is it something we are born with.
Anyone got a thought or maybe even the answer.........

[Lord Flasheart]

I think you hit the nail on the head with the question really.

For me its a mix of all the things you mentioned like experiences, age, and the individual things we go through as human beings that all combine to make us mature or immature. Personally I would describe it as the realisation of recognising something for what it is, knowing the right thing to do, taking responsibility and being tough enough to see things through. And that only comes with time.

Im heading for 40 and I am mature in the things that matter in my life but I am completely immature in others. I like to think I have a good balance on it but like most things in life there really is no one answer. If you can deal with life's problems and still think breaking wind is funny then you are mature as far as I am concerned. Others would say that laughing at someone breaking wind is immature despite being mature in your other dealings.

Like most things in life its an individual thing specific to you.



*Parp* .. Hee Hee .. :Razz

[Sapphire2803]

I agree, well I would. It was no more than an hour ago that we had a belching contest in our house. Oh, hang on, does belching count? :confused

[oldmarine]

I have often wondered what exactly is maturity and when does it happen.
Is it something that is based on your age, or life experience, something we aquire along lifes road, or is it something we are born with.
Anyone got a thought or maybe even the answer.........

Perhaps it includes all of those factors.

[Oddquine]

My male offspring tends to tell me that I am 16 going on sixty.............though I suppose it will be seventy now.

I can be very mature in the right circumstances ...........but equally, I delight in embarrassing my children and grandchildren, just because I can. :o

I guess it depends on what you mean by maturity.

I've never quite understood the meaning, myself.

[Big Jean]

My male offspring tends to tell me that I am 16 going on sixty.............though I suppose it will be seventy now.

I can be very mature in the right circumstances ...........but equally, I delight in embarrassing my children and grandchildren, just because I can. :o

I guess it depends on what you mean by maturity.

I've never quite understood the meaning, myself.


Have to say I agree with Oddquine .

However, when my Grandchildren are laughing at my foolishness, I am not too sure if it is at me, or with me .

[joxville]

I'm 43 going on 18.:lol:
I don't want to 'grow up' even though I'm growing older. Maturity is just another word for experience, you learn to hide your mistakes better.[lol]

[mccaugm]

Maturity is dependant on what you think personally. I don't want to be too mature as it makes me feel old. I like to mess about with my kids which makes me feel young. I am 37 by the way. Too old to be young and too young to be old!

[bobandag16]

I have often wondered what exactly is maturity and when does it happen.
Is it something that is based on your age, or life experience, something we aquire along lifes road, or is it something we are born with.
Anyone got a thought or maybe even the answer.........
mature made me think of over ripe cheese. person must be age. iam a8 year boy in mind.but the birth certificate says 88 this year.

[justine]

Well i am going with the state of mind on this. being brought up with the military and going to boarding school at the age of 5 i had to do alot of things for myself that most kids would have parents for.You grow up faster when you have to survive on your own..
We mentally mature as we age but children are a prime example of being mature well before their time simply because they have to..

Natural instincts provide us with the ability to mature quicker, but then it is up to us as we do get older on in life to make sure we act the way mature people are supposed to...

I am still working on that one, as i aint quite got that OH my god i should act more responsible being nearly forty..:lol:;)

[Kevin Milkins]

My eldest son is 35 and often tells us to grow up.
When he got married we were invited down to Exeter to meet his inlaws.
I am not sure what there pre-concieved ideas of us they had , but they were shattered when we turned up on a Triumph Tridant 900 motor bike and clad in leathers.
I can still see them on the door step now with there jaw touching the ground.
Over the years we have got to know them and it turns out they envey our lifestyle but are not confident enough to do many of the unconventional things we do.
Grow up,(never)

[Thumper]

I think its a state of mind,you dont have to be old to be mature,and you dont have to be mature(all the time) just because you are getting older.When I need to be mature I am,but you could just as easily find me out on the street with my kids playing water fights with all the kids in the street.x

[Angela]

Maturity's a state of mind I think -but a state of mind you reach partly through experience of life. I'd say I'm mature and responsible about the major things, but I enjoy simple (childish!) things and just being plain silly as well.

In some ways I feel younger than I did 20 years ago - apart from the creaking body and senior moments that is! ;)

Some folk seem to be almost born with an unusual maturity -my younger daughter's always had 'an old head on young shoulders' -not just in comparison with her daft mother either, everyone has said so. :lol:

[bobandag16]

Maturity's a state of mind I think -but a state of mind you reach partly through experience of life. I'd say I'm mature and responsible about the major things, but I enjoy simple (childish!) things and just being plain silly as well.

In some ways I feel younger than I did 20 years ago - apart from the creaking body and senior moments that is! ;)

Some folk seem to be almost born with an unusual maturity -my younger daughter's always had 'an old head on young shoulders' -not just in comparison with her daft mother either, everyone has said so. :lol:
stay daft mother have a good laugh they dont know
how much they are missing.

[Tighsonas4]

Perhaps it includes all of those factors.
maturity???how does it come about or can it be acquired
life has got to be lived regardles theres things happen in life from which you think you will never recover
it may leave a scar but you have to pick yourself up and carry on most times we never know THANK GOD whats round the corner and take the good along with the bad. only way i made it anyway regards tony

[Valerie Campbell]

I think it's down to life experience. Sometimes life hits you with something completely unexpected and you have to deal with it in the best way you can. As we get older, we cope slightly better than we did when we were younger. Next year I hit 40 but I feel no different from when I was 20. It's just I've learned a lot through what life has thrown at me. What's wrong with being young at heart? Have fun folks and enjoy life to the full, no matter what age you are. It's only a number after all.

[domino]

Maturity is being what you are and acting accordingly

[golach]

Anyone can seem to be Mature, but it is only with age and experience can one become wise. But the wiser the more aged become often leads to so called senior moments, I prefer to call them information overloads [lol]

[Angela]

Perhaps being truly mature is knowing when it's fine not to be? :)

[rfr10]

Personally, I'd say it's related to the way people are brought up. In a way, it has got to do with age. Some people don't mature very much by age though, others will be very mature for their age, usually if they are friendly with people quite a bit older than them. I tend to find people who have young parents, less mature than those who have older parents and now I think I'm beginning to talk rubbish so I'll leave it at that.

[trix]

I Next year I hit 40 but I feel no different from when I was 20.

i feel completely different than when i wis 20 (am nearly 30)

much more mature.

i widna take half as much crap as i did when i wis 20.

iv less tolerance for idiots too....

[silverfox57]

Personally, I'd say it's related to the way people are brought up. In a way, it has got to do with age. Some people don't mature very much by age though, others will be very mature for their age, usually if they are friendly with people quite a bit older than them. I tend to find people who have young parents, less mature than those who have older parents and now I think I'm beginning to talk rubbish so I'll leave it at that.
now thats what I would call a mature moment when we no when to stop:lol:

[weeboyagee]

I am as mature as I was 20 years ago - or as immature as I was 20 years ago! :D:D

WBG :cool:

[Valerie Campbell]

My parent's were older so maybe I just aged sooner Trix!!! Got the greys to prove it too... When I was growing up, I was surrounded by adults and was expected to act like an adult. I never really got the chance to have a childhood, and my close friends at school were all pretty mature for their ages. Maybe those who surround you have a bigger influence than you think. But next year, I'll regress, just for the hell of it...