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How do i become more mature?

By February 18, 2010 - 6:54am
 
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I'm 22 but act really young (i dont know whether its to do with having adhd)
But I have been with my 29 yr old boyfriend for two years and he loves me but says sometimes its hard as it feels like he's with a kid.when we argue i cant argue like an adult,i just get annoyed with what he says, I get sarcastic and roll my eyes and just act stupid .
Even when things are fine, i do stupid things like dances, stupid voices and stuff i constantly crave his attention and get grumpy and paranoid when i dont get it.

I have a job but I sometimes mess about at work to make people laugh.
I wish i was really mature i dont know how to be, i'm scared he will leave me for a mature woman then i will be devastated and dont know how i will cope.

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Okay, well I am 13, and I am like IN LOVE with this guy who is 15... But he doesn't love me and I think it is because he is mature and I am not... And I know I should just forget about him BUT I tried that and then I saw him at the store and I couldn't breathe and plus it is really hard trying to be mature when he is going around saying sweet things to me and just being him! I just want him to love me!! Please help!!

October 11, 2012 - 3:01pm

I am having this same problem with my fiance and I am having a hard time staying in love with her because she sometimes make me feel like I am with a child instead of being with a young lady or an adult. Age has nothing to do with maturity and don"t change being funny laughter is always a good thing knowing when and how to bring the laughter is key. play fighting is always a win win with men because most of our love language is physical touch. hope this was helpful from a mans point of view....lol

May 29, 2012 - 7:42pm
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hi, my name is mani from uae. finaly i got someone spcial person. just i complet 1 week with this girl. she is disvorted lady age around 26. i like her voice. i m 29. still i didn't saw him but i love her voice. after one week friendship she told me i m immature. how u can judge person with in one week. ...?

May 16, 2012 - 9:36am
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i completely agree with you. yes i have deaf friend but i most social with hearing people. i will try join group deaf people.

March 18, 2011 - 9:11am

I am sorry you are going through this, but it does sound like talking with a therapist will help you immensely! Many adult children have difficulties with their parents not letting them grow up, but it really is the adult child's responsibility to say "enough!" and to demonstrate to their parents that they are, indeed, responsible adults.

Your parents actions are harsh, and a therapist can work with you to begin trusting in yourself. It sounds like you believe many of the things your parents have said, and are questioning the merit of each of these things (you are stupid, a liar, too immature to be independent, not able to marry, not able to go places, etc). This is a GREAT place to be--questioning--and every adult child must go through this process. This is where the therapist can help you determine what is fact in your life, versus your parent's opinion that you have the right to disagree with.

Please keep us updated once you meet with the therapist, and also finding support groups in your area can also help. Do you have friends whom are also deaf? Contact the association Susan suggested, and you can attend groups with other adults who are deaf, and learn how they became independent and self-confident.

March 17, 2011 - 8:38am
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oh also my parents always calling me liar i don't know why.

March 17, 2011 - 6:22am
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hello, sorry it took me long time. yes i live in usa. my dad was laying in my bed because he treated me little kid. my parent won't let me hang out friends. but my parent is still project me.my dad was lying on my bed and hug me a lots he says " i don't want to you marry men and i don't want to you life alone i want to you are life with me and mother because you're my baby" my dad keeps saying deaf cant' marry, can't have kid if baby is crying then deaf can't hear i explained to my dad about flash then he doesn't believe. but i already set up deaf therapst. my dad think deaf can't have fun. my parents never believe me what i tell them for important they refused listen to me i was furious. my dad wants me life with parent forever because deaf can't live alone. i am frustared but i talked to therepst i hope it will work thing.

March 17, 2011 - 6:17am
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oh one more thing, my aunt marisol is annoying me, touch me and hold my hanf walk across car but i am not stupid i can watch and careful my self but she thinks i am stupid deaf.

July 22, 2010 - 5:41pm
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i am 22 years old but people are thinking i am like 14 years old because i am young and i am 5'4/ but act like kid, i am really immanture, don't respect, bad attude, bad words, jelous. i need to stop and i want to mature because i want to meet friends my friends hate me because i am bad person i am unhappy, i am from peru and i mature more respect more, when i moved here i am still young and mature but ba people effair me become bad, immature, disrepect, so i don;t wanna to become bad person. actually i want to be change life i need to mature. help me?

July 21, 2010 - 11:34am

Thankyou so much.I understand alot of this,I act very zany, often will start singing and dancing randomly.People in school used to laugh and people at work love it.My boyfriend also loves it, just not overexaggerated and obviously when we argue he wants me to have an adult debate.
I think I react the way I do because I am so used to doing it and It seems easier to resolve the situations/arguements.I'm scared that If i say something constructive/adult like, I will still lose the arguement then get confused with what I am saying.If that makes sense?

February 20, 2010 - 5:28pm
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