What age did you mentally mature?

format_quote Originally Posted by WRITER

^Amazing! it would be great to know what they witnessed and their feelings. to know how the world changed right before their eyes and how it affected them. What they liked and what they felt were changes in the wrong direction. there have been a lot of good progress but in other ways the world has gotten worse.

I wholly agree.

format_quote Originally Posted by ardianto

My wife : Ooh! you're like a little kid!

Me ... : Alhamdulillah. I'm look younger.

I know that many people consider me as amazing husband, but actually my wife considered me as a childish man, and she often complained about it.

"Talks" I've written above was really happened. Of course, originally in Indonesian language.

format_quote Originally Posted by GodIsAll

It's not the years on me. It's the mileage.

When my wife had reached her 40 age she asked me "Do I look younger than my age". I said "Yes! you look younger than your age". She's satisfied. But then I smile at her and continued with "You look like 7 years old girl". And she's angry.

A beautiful memory with my wife.

If someone defines everyone by their age for example "you act like a 10 year old" they themselves are mentally immature because this is a totally subjective and illogical statement. As 10 year olds or any other ages have a wide range of intelligence levels. Bigotry against people of different ages dose not seem to be protected by "human rights" but enforced.

format_quote Originally Posted by Signor

It depends on your face cut,you may have a boyish one...

In last few months I meet few old friends who never meet me for more than 20 years. They said although I'm look older, my face is not changed. But it doesn't mean I'm look younger. People still can guess that I'm in the mid of 40's.

Few years ago when I prior to 40 I often phone a guy in head office. He was in mid of 20's. We were getting close and often joking in phone. He called me "mas" (brother). One day I came to the head office to meet him. He was surprised when he saw me, and he said "Oh, I'm sorry sir, I thought you are in my age". I told him it's okay and then I asked him how old my age, he could answer correctly, prior to 40. After that we were still communicate by phone, still joking and he still called me "mas".

So, it's not about face, but about behavior. I still like kid cartoon, still like kid magazine and comic, still like to play with kids toy, etc. And what made my wife angry was ..... I played with toy in front of her family and friends.

I think being light hearted enough to enjoy "play" at any age is an awesome quality.

I spoke of my great grandfather and great grandmother. They were both late nineties when they passed on and had over 80 years of marriage together.

When my family was younger, we went to a park. There was a big spiral slide there. We were sliding down it, especially my younger brother.

Great GrandDad, who is about 90 at the time, walks over to the ladder and announces announcements his wife: "Bert! Hold my cane!" And he proceeds to climb this ladder. It takes an eon and Great Grammy is snapping the whole time:" Frank! Frank!"

He finally situated himself and goes down, hands in the air yelling "Weeeeeeee!"

The stories about him are endless.

One other: When he was 84, he gets someone to drive him 90 miles to a town and he buys the biggest, most powerful 3 wheeled Honda available at the time. Now his daughter, my grandmother, gets word of this and has a fit and makes him take it back.

He promised to...and did...only he traded it in for the SECOND biggest, most powerful three Honda available, this fulfilling his promise to his daughter.

He bought it so he could ride it with the teenagers he was allowing to rife on his farm.

I remember him being so proud when he learned to execute a "donut" move with the best of the kids.

It's okay if a grandpa play like a kid, as long as not act like a young man and chase the girls.

Oh no, not him!

When my great grandparents were in their late 80's and grammy would nag him about something, he'd say: "Bert! If you bring that up one more time, I am going to mow the lawn in my underwear!"

Sure enough, she'd forget and he'd go outside and mow the grass in his boxer shorts, which would, of course, embarrass her to no end.

Meanwhile, she'd stand on the porch and spray him with the hose, yelling: "Frank! Frank!" while he'd be laughing and cutting grass.

Probably haram to most readers here, but indescribably funny...and never a dull moment.

I love telling great-grand dad stories. I miss him.

format_quote Originally Posted by ardianto

It's okay if a grandpa play like a kid, as long as not act like a young man and chase the girls.

Why not? The wood is harder in an old tree than a young one LOL.

format_quote Originally Posted by GodIsAll

Oh no, not him!

I know your great granddad was a good man.

But unfortunately there are few other grandpas who don't remember their age and still try to get the girls. Many songs have been written in my place to satirize their behavior.

format_quote Originally Posted by ardianto

But unfortunately there are few other grandpas who don't remember their age and still try to get the girls.

I knew one grandpa like this.

In 90's when I ran a travel bureau, there was a parking man there. He came from village area in south of my city. People called him "kolot" (the old). He was about 60 in that time. Sometime he worked to clean up my office too.

One day he came to my office with a young woman. My assumption she was about 17-18 and came from village area. And I was so surprised when Mr.Kolot introduced her as his new wife!

I started considering myself as an adult since 15.