Comments on: I think my mental age is oh…all of 23 http://itsnotalloveryet.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/i-think-my-mental-age-is-ohall-of-23/ Musings on what it is to be 27 and looking for a new direction Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:02:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Helen http://itsnotalloveryet.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/i-think-my-mental-age-is-ohall-of-23/#comment-57 Helen Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:40:05 +0000 http://itsnotalloveryet.wordpress.com/?p=53#comment-57 wait till you turn 29. the hopeless age at which you are at the end of the 20s which makes one ancient by the 20s standards, and at the same time cannot be glorified by the new "30s is the new 20s" because, well, you are not 30 yet... that was just my struggle as i turned the young age of 29 few months past. i completely hear (read) you as if you are expressing my own thoughts for the past 4 years... so you are not alone sista. thank you for expressing, so articulately, the woes of the late 20s. by my standard, knowing some actual 23 year olds... i think being at the mental age of 23 is not a bad thing b/c at the young age of 23, the mental age was then 19/20 (gasp!) - which by all standards, now that you are 27... is just sick. :) wait till you turn 29. the hopeless age at which you are at the end of the 20s which makes one ancient by the 20s standards, and at the same time cannot be glorified by the new “30s is the new 20s” because, well, you are not 30 yet… that was just my struggle as i turned the young age of 29 few months past.

i completely hear (read) you as if you are expressing my own thoughts for the past 4 years… so you are not alone sista. thank you for expressing, so articulately, the woes of the late 20s. by my standard, knowing some actual 23 year olds… i think being at the mental age of 23 is not a bad thing b/c at the young age of 23, the mental age was then 19/20 (gasp!) – which by all standards, now that you are 27… is just sick. :)

]]> By: Nadine http://itsnotalloveryet.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/i-think-my-mental-age-is-ohall-of-23/#comment-51 Nadine Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:26:55 +0000 http://itsnotalloveryet.wordpress.com/?p=53#comment-51 "I panic because I think I may be wasting it." Thanks for your honesty, Wendy. I think it's what most of us are thinking, yet can't always articulate. Love you. “I panic because I think I may be wasting it.”

Thanks for your honesty, Wendy. I think it’s what most of us are thinking, yet can’t always articulate.

Love you.

]]> By: Mindy http://itsnotalloveryet.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/i-think-my-mental-age-is-ohall-of-23/#comment-50 Mindy Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:54:24 +0000 http://itsnotalloveryet.wordpress.com/?p=53#comment-50 That's interesting that you're wondering about that because I've been thinking about the same thing; I'm 24 but what age do I feel like I'm at? I haven't got a clue and I don't know what it means to be 24. All I know is that I'm not 18 or 19... A part of me also feels like I'm quickly running out of time but when I logically think about it, I'm still young and have 50 years left of my life if God lets me live that long. Anyway, if it brings you any reassurance, I feel like you're at the age you're supposed to be and I don't think you're wasting your life... I can't fully explain why but it may be because whenever I see you, you radiate wisdom that I don't have and I'm in awe of it :) That’s interesting that you’re wondering about that because I’ve been thinking about the same thing; I’m 24 but what age do I feel like I’m at? I haven’t got a clue and I don’t know what it means to be 24. All I know is that I’m not 18 or 19… A part of me also feels like I’m quickly running out of time but when I logically think about it, I’m still young and have 50 years left of my life if God lets me live that long.

Anyway, if it brings you any reassurance, I feel like you’re at the age you’re supposed to be and I don’t think you’re wasting your life… I can’t fully explain why but it may be because whenever I see you, you radiate wisdom that I don’t have and I’m in awe of it :)

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