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Age is nothing but a number ?
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Well , I'm 25 years old and still like childish things, oh , and I still don't drive (I fear I might get lost or get into an accident and something bad happens to me or someone else , which would mean bad thing for me since I'll be jailed or have to pay a hell lota money just to compensate ) . I don't act my age , don't look my age and have this fear of getting married anytime soon (Since getting married , resembles being an adult, and not sure I can handle a guy being that intimate to me ) not sure if I am up to such adult responsibilities .

Just Immature or what ?
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I think that you need to get a job a real career. Once you have some responsiblity you will begin to see the world more as an adult.
become an adult baby and seek a mommy/daddy. then being immature is quite acceptable!! :)
I'm 24 and I also don't have my licence for the same reasion. I'm afrade I'll run someone down and getting lost in a car isn't that much of an issue to me as long I'm at a town I've been liveing for a while. as for marrage and haveing kids... it's not for me untell I have a better income than a dishwasher's wage.
Your insouciance is not, by definition, a bad thing. We should all hold on to the childlike wonder and inquisitiveness that we possessed when we were younger. However, in your case, you are using your child-like nature as an avoidance tactic to alleviate your fear of responsibility. While this may seem comforting in the short term, it will ultimately prevent you from achieving happiness and self-fulfillment. I suspect that you are suffering from some sort of generalized anxiety disorder and you should seek help.

Your state of mind is not your fault and you should not feel less of a person for feeling as you do, but you will ultimately end up BEING less of a person if you shrink in fear from those things that make you feel at all like an adult.
Well, you may mentally be young and immature but your physical appearance WILL continue to age and by the time that happens you are going to be old, used up and nobody is going to want you but some old guy who plays BINGO!!! You really should talk to a psychologist about these problems, NOBODY here is going to have the answers that you seek.
No, I don't think it's strange at all, in fact. Nate River is awesome! (but not as much as the real L)
2 words: GROW UP!
start off with taking some responsabillity.
Just little things like doing the washing up.

then hopefuly this will built up ur confidence and later in life prepare u for bigger responsabillities
yeah, you're basically immature.

you probably grew up in the type of house where your daddy gets you whatever you want or else you throw a tantrum.

try earning your own money and get a life
Another spoiled sheltered child afraid of life. Until you start taking some chances and experience life you will never grow up.
Life goes on. you don't have to drive or get married but there's nothing wrong with experiance
most guys are immature. sad but true. so yes it is normal.
It's way normal. I won't really call it immature cuz it's just how some people were brought up.(ok.Maybe it is.alittle.But not your fault) You just need some changes to happen for a turning point. So don't be too focus on it for now and live like usual.
But being too afraid of everything is not so cool. Try to be more confident and don't visualize things too much! Only thing to fear is fear itself. ^^

You don't act and don't LOOK your age is a lucky,perfect match. It's kinda like you have extra years. xD

Oh well i guess i gotta admit that you need to be alittle more mature. There's a different in being immature and faking immature. How about trying to learn from someone who you wanna be like
THANK YOU. This is exactly how I am. I don't drive either. I can't see myself ever getting married or having kids. My excuse is always "I'm too much of a kid to be having one." I still watch cartoons, enjoy sidewalk chalk and blowing bubbles. I still color in coloring books. By the same respect, I get along with children very well because of this, and hope to make that into a career someday.

But yeah, you're so not alone. I believe some refere to it as a 'peter pan complex'. The idea of never wanting to grow up. If I could, I'd pack my shit and permanently relocate to Neverland.
Also, digitalnasty, I personally take offense to that comment. Just because people still enjoy 'childish' things does not make them immature at all. I'm currently working two jobs, enrolled in the local college, supporting my family (where neither of my parent's work and one has cancer), and also helping to raise both of my little brothers.

If that's 'immature' then I guess I must have it reallllly bad.
Yeah well... Whether you like it or not. Your already an adult.
thats not a bad thing, hey if you look 18, if you feel 18, if you want to be 18, then, you are 18 (18 was just an example) peter pan syndrome, i know people in their 30s and 40s still living it up like youngsters, and hey, they enjoy life more than typical `adults` so why the hell not

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