Legally in the United States, 18 is the age when a teenager becomes an adult. Those said "adults" either go off to college or out on their own in the real world. But if we are being honest here, the "adults" really aren't adults yet. When do we fully become adults? I know that, even though I am 19, I do not really consider myself a full adult. I don't do taxes, I don't pay rent or cable so when can I consider myself an "adult"?
I have been a legal adult for about a year and so far I still don't know what makes someone an adult. Are you an adult if you have someone who depends on you? Or are you an adult if you are financially and emotionally stable, because if that is the definition then there are people in their 30s who are still not technically adults. I can tell from personal experience that while going to college it is clear that just because your license says 18 doesn't mean that you actually have what it takes to be independent.
Trying to actually adult is much harder than it looks and let me tell you it just plain sucks. You have to spend your own money now, no more asking your parents for gas money or money for Chinese food. Now if you want Chinese food you have to either save up your money for Chinese or wait till the cafeteria has it for lunch one day. Another good point to bring up is that even though I am technically an adult and I don't feel like one there are people out there who are much worse off than I am. Take those men who still live in their parents basements for example. They don't have any responsibilities except for their online role playing games and what their mom is making for dinner. I know that not all of the guys who live in their moms basement are like that but let's be honest most of them are like that. Those are the ones who are not at all responsible nor adults, so where do I stand?
Going into adulthood is way too hard because you have to basically teach yourself how to be an adult. If you don't know how to do your own laundry, which most of us still don't, then you have to teach yourself and it really sucks. All of these things that categorize us as an adult are just crap because there is no real age that says that you can take care of yourself, only you can be the judge of that. Trying to be an adult is very difficult and I am not quite sure when I will be ready to "adult" but I know it isn't now and I really don't consider myself an adult and I think that no one will ever be ready to dive into the trap that is adulthood.
