Are 18 years olds adults or "still children"?

[sourprint]

1 hour ago, lcylcy said:

anything above 12/13 should be treated like adults

they know exactly what they're doing

hell no ppl start gaining maturity at 18/19

[Bloodflowers.]

Yes they are adults, no they should have no rights

[lcylcy]

Just now, sourprint said:

hell no ppl start gaining maturity at 18/19

I see a lot of immature old people 

so it’s probably not that about age

people change, in any age stage

[sourprint]

2 minutes ago, lcylcy said:

I see a lot of immature old people 

so it’s probably not that about age

people change, in any age stage

that doesn't make any sense considering you go through a lot of phases in your teen years and the brain just stops developing at 25 in your mid 20s. lmao u really think a fourteen year old is more mature than someone who's let's say 20

 

weird

[Archetype]

They’re adults, but when it comes to dating, older people shouldn’t date 18 year olds.

[Cherish]

42 minutes ago, lcylcy said:

are you asking me if Miley knew what she was doing in the Hannah Montana era or what?

She had people guiding her. She had also a good support system on her back for a while. 

[lcylcy]

12 minutes ago, sourprint said:

that doesn't make any sense considering you go through a lot of phases in your teen years and the brain just stops developing at 25 in your mid 20s. lmao u really think a fourteen year old is more mature than someone who's let's say 20

 

weird

You really think a 20yo is as mature as a 30yo?

[Katamari]

Not a child, not yet an adult 

[zasderfght]

As someone who has worked with high school seniors, I can say with confidence they do not have the emotional maturity someone in their mid-to-late 20s would have (and even then, just because you are a certain age, doesn't mean you have the emotional maturity of an adult). Kids these age are typically very insecure/sensitive, will make decisions that promise instant gratification, still care about what their peers are doing/fitting in, and are very self-involved. Not to talk down to 18-year-olds-- it's not their fault they haven't gotten older or matured-- but yeah, technically, they are adults, but I would not date or romantically involve myself with someone who was younger than 25 for very obvious reasons. 

 

 

Edited January 9, 2023 by zasderfght

[zasderfght]

1 minute ago, StormFury said:

Have you seen the Leonardo DiCaprio thread in Base? People are straight up calling him a pedophile because he's dating women of legal age. I completely agree with you, by the way,  it's just so aggravating to see users applying such a grave label to something that doesn't fit. The lines here cannot be blurred

It's cringe for sure, but pedophilic behavior? Not a chance. 

[Into The Void]

2 hours ago, lcylcy said:

anything above 12/13 should be treated like adults

they know exactly what they're doing

you should probably not be saying these things people will think you are a perv

[Sergi91]

It’s ironic how once they turn 18 they can buy a car, get married, and vote YET they are not allowed to buy alcohol Its more ironic when those 18-20 year olds in the military can take bullets yet can’t buy alcohol 

 

Thanks Reagan 

Edited January 9, 2023 by Sergi91

[UnusualBoy]

They're legally adults.

[Communion]

4 hours ago, Saintlor said:

There are no power dynamics in Leo’s relationships

I don't think you understand what you're talking about. 

 

There are power dynamics - and power imbalances - in every relationship. Literally the only time there is not is if you somehow have people of the same age, same income, same gender and same background dating. 

 

Leo is older than her. That's a power imbalance. Leo is a man, and thus there will always be a power imbalance between men and women they date and are with in a patriarchal society. Men distinctively know this. It is explicitly why men who are attracted to women, regardless of other aspects of their identity, all seek out younger women as they get older.

 

That you claim with all seriousness that you think an 18-year-old can be the one holding power over a 50-year-old partner, let alone making such a claim about an 18-year-old GIRL and a 50-year-old MAN is insane.  And it's completely removed from reality.

 

And no, you cannot criminalize these behaviors, sure, but it's completely fair to assess that grown men seeking out women who are 20-30 years younger than them are doing so for reasons that can ONLY be explained as a sexual fetish for the ability to both control and exert power over women as a man. And the reality is that these relationships are inherently imbalanced and will almost always be abusive and unhealthy.

 

And so it's perfectly reasonable that people urge their loved ones or people they care about to avoid these kinds of relationships and that these relationships are largely understood as unhealthy within a proactive society that encourages healthy behaviors. 

 

 

Edited January 10, 2023 by Communion

[lcylcy]

6 hours ago, Insanity said:

you should probably not be saying these things people will think you are a perv

I’m afraid that’s their issue

from where I live

people are well-behaved 

no one does things like that

That topic is such a nonissue 

[Eternal220]

Adults obviously. 
 

And why are people trying to police what 2 adults do in the bedroom just because of the age difference? 

[Escape]

Young adults.

[sourprint]

20 hours ago, lcylcy said:

You really think a 20yo is as mature as a 30yo?

where did i even mention that? i quoted something u said and now ur putting words in my mouth. saying that high school freshmen can be as mature as a college freshmen is bullshit and nonsensical.

[vale9001]

i think now people really became adults at like 21-22.

World is changing, life is longer and people work for more years. So at 18 people are really still immature nowdays. 

At the same timewhat makes you an adult at 22 is  from 18 to 22 you start to make real important experiences alone so....

I think the difference is decades ago education system was different and teens were treated more as adults than now, so most of them were adults by 18. Now you need more years and college, first jobs...school is not that formative anymore. 

Edited January 10, 2023 by vale9001

[lcylcy]

50 minutes ago, sourprint said:

where did i even mention that? i quoted something u said and now ur putting words in my mouth. saying that high school freshmen can be as mature as a college freshmen is bullshit and nonsensical.

well I wasn't saying 8,9 yo kids

I was saying 12,13 for that reason

[sourprint]

2 minutes ago, lcylcy said:

well I wasn't saying 8,9 yo kids

I was saying 12,13 for that reason

bro just stop trolling your take is weird as hell. stop painting young teens as adults. wtf

[harwee]

i was. that's how i got sugar daddies and mommies

[Gui Blackout]

A (young) adult.

[lcylcy]

11 hours ago, sourprint said:

bro just stop trolling your take is weird as hell. stop painting young teens as adults. wtf

 you’re weird to me too

so maybe you can stop?

stop forcing your local ideas on me

Your obsession to make the world all about the education you got from your local tiny suburb town is annoying

[Pendulum]

On 1/9/2023 at 9:41 PM, lcylcy said:

You really think a 20yo is as mature as a 30yo?

A 20 year old can be just as mature as a 30 year old. It's all on individual basis.