<p>This is CC, where we all indefinitely care about our high school and college academic careers. We know what's good for us, and we can be quite serious when it comes to achieving them. In a sense, we've developed some degree of maturity in terms of responsiblity, duty, and self-achievement. Sometimes I feel that peers like my friends at my school and everyday life have not.</p>
<p>I used to care about dating, boys, school dances, and many other childish things but frankly now I could care less about those things. When I'm around my friends sometimes, it feels like I am older than them and am hanging out with...kids. I mean, sometimes they talk about Harry Potter and cartoons and not in a silly, casual way, but rather a silly, passionate way. Sometimes I can't relate to them anymore, because it feels like all those things that they are discussing are all part of some past life of mine, a phase that I have already overcome. When I am hanging older people in the grades above me, however, I feel much more connected and am able to relate to them on the basis that they act more mature and don't talk about as childish of things as my friends do sometimes. Have you ever felt that you were much more mature than your peers whether it was once in a while or almost all the time?</p>
<p>I know you’re Asian.</p>
<p>yeah same with me, but i don’t think dating is immature…</p>
<p>Not liking those things doesn’t make you more mature. However, you might be more mature than your friends, and I understand that {I’ve felt that way before}.</p>
<p>Being able to take dating seriously is a sign of maturity.</p>
<p>That aside, it’s only natural to feel like you’ve outgrown a subset of your old friends. Don’t put new wine in an old flask. Move on and shed the baggage.</p>
<p>^ Yeah that’s what I meant. </p>
<p>^^I meant in the context of my thread that they would just find every guy/girl cute and want to go out with him/her and have short-term flings rather than just focus on a long-term, meaningful relationship.</p>
<p>^Well, in that case, I guess that you have a good reason to be annoyed.</p>
<p>However, I wouldn’t recommend burning any bridges. Though their presence may be burdensome, don’t cast off their company just yet - you have no idea if they can be useful to you in the future.</p>
<p>In high school, I always felt like I was much more mature than my peers. This had to do with my personality though, in that I am a bit shy and don’t really show my emotions too much. Despite this though, maturity in my eyes has to do with being responsible. Having fun does not mean you are irresponsible. Finding a balance between the worlds of fun and education is key. </p>
<p>Saying that, don’t feel the need to grop up too fast. Enjoy and cherish the stupid and fun things you only do when you’re young. As long as your school work is not suffering, I see no problem. </p>
<p>My 2 somewhat irrelevant cents.</p>
<p>OMG, that’s probably why I don’t have friends lol. jk</p>
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<p>Though I realize that you were joking, some who posture as being more mature than their peers do fall into this lonely pit. Truthfully, it takes a degree of maturity to forge meaningful friendships with those who you believe to be less mature than you are, as you will have to probe the depths of their personality in order to find a true common ground.</p>
<p>In high school, most people are immature, so its not hard to feel more mature than them, especially if you care about your future</p>
<p>^^^^^ It’s not that it’s annoying because it’s not. Sometimes it is entertaining, but I feel myself slowly fading away into some more mature state. I enjoy my friends a lot, but it feels like I’m growing up quicker and earlier than they seem to be. </p>
<p>Like, sometimes, they’ll be confused about some situation especially when it comes to drama between them and some other girls. In my head, I already know how to deal with it the mature way and always seem to be the person in my group of friends who they look up to and seek advice from. Sometimes it feels weird feeling like the older one even though I am not and I am the same age as them. In fact, I believe I am the yuongest being born in November and all that. Perhaps it may because I have been through a lot more than them, but it just feels weird.</p>
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<p>You should never look down on someone unless you are helping them up.</p>
<p>I get you entirely, and about the dating thing…you probably find it immature because the boys you know are immature? They’re not ready for a real relationship (not long term I mean)…and you might be? Just a thought…</p>
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<p>Oh, okay. Well, we all have our growing pains. If you’re not bothered by their behavior, then what’s the problem? :)</p>
<p>^ What I’ve said from the beginning, which is how I am growing up faster relative to my peers.</p>
<p>talk to adults then</p>
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<p>But if you aren’t experiencing any problems - either physical or emotional - with regard to that fact, then why make a thread? </p>
<p>They have blogs for a reason, you know. :)</p>
<p>I feel like I’m more mature than the OP. Does this count?</p>
<p>Are you in college!? This whole feeling more mature than others is a baby stage in development. </p>
<p>Ahh, the irony of my post. But I believe it.</p>