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Haha sometimes!
I still can't believe how old I am and that I'm responsible for 2 little lives!

Yes, every time the mortgage bill comes.

No. Sometimes I looke around at all I have and all I've done and think "how did I manage all of this? I don't know what I'm doing!"

I'm only 27 but being a teacher is probably the one thing that makes me most feel like an adult, since the majority of the people I interact with are 17 years younger than me

@sera_87: What happens when you are the adultier adult in that situation? O.o

@sera_87: hahaha!

I don't feel like an adult, and I wonder if I ever will! I'm fine with not though

I waffle, I told a friend the other day that I feel like I am still just barely an adult so everyone younger than me seems like they can't possibly be a competent grown up... She's five years younger than me.

Yes - even more so now that my parents are in declining health. It is hard to face that switch of our parents becoming the child that we make decisions for. Thank goodness for vacation days and our own children!

Sometime in the past couple of years, I became an adult. It was probably having a kid. I'm 37 and sometimes feel sooooo old but other times, I can't believe I'm my age.

@sera_87: yes!

Yes, actually I do. First, it seems like I've had more responsibilities than others in my peer group since I was a preteen, but I had to be financially independent from my parents at age 18. I feel like I've been an adult since then! But I'll echo someone else, being a teacher REALLY makes me feel like I'm an adult because I'm definitely more responsible than the 16/17-year-olds that I spend my days with!

@mrbee: I think sometimes it depends on who I'm around. While I'm at work (as a teacher, ha) I feel like an adult, when I buy groceries/things for my home, pay my bills, go on date night with my husband... all of those things make me feel 'adulty'.
When I go back home to visit my family, I feel more like a kid... especially when my dad still slips me gas money LOL.

I can't imagine ever really feeling like I'm 100% adult. I'm sure LO's arrival will move me more that direction, but it's just not who I am. My mom says the same thing and she's 51. DH, on the other hand, has been an adult since he was about 5. We balance each other.

Nope! I'm 31, married, we have owned our house for 5.5 years, we owned & ran our own business for several years, have a 3yo son & another one arriving in September, and I STILL feel like I'm pretending to be all grown up, like, 8 or 9 days out of 10. The most adult I've felt almost ever was my first ever speeding ticket a year & a half ago, and that was fairly fleeting.