<p>I'm such a late bird. I'm finally seventeen. Just like to let you all know that. ;)</p>
<p>No longer sweet!</p>
<p>The age in limbo between real and imagined adulthood...welcome.</p>
<p>^ I'd say that that's 17 and 18.
I think it's because the drinking age is 18 (here). I'm still getting used to the idea that I can just go to a liquor store and buy some alchy myself. And voting. And going to the porn section at blockbuster. (i dont watch porn btw). And clubbing. And 18 = college = independence = freedom.</p>
<p>14=15=16
17 is a world of its own
18=19</p>
<p>Yeah, I definately felt the difference between 16, 17 and 18. I'm 18 now.</p>
<p>I feel NO difference. Absolutely none. A day passed and that was it. But eighteen? Why that's something to brag about! You go to sleep a child and roll over in bed the next day to discovery, Ah-Ha!, you're an adult! Suddenly you're faced with a number of crucial decisions. To buy porn, or not to buy porn? To enlist in the army, or not to enlist in the army? To vote, and possibly determine your government, or not to vote? It's so overwhelming! But then you stumble across the room, yawning, and think about eating bagels. Because right now, bagels are everything. Heck, bagels may even be the meaning of life! Oh, well, THAT'S for your midlife crisis...</p>
<p>Oh and you can also have sex (buy sex? that's still illegal). Your parents cannot legally tell you what to do anymore. But, you can't buy alcohol because 18 yr old+alcohol is infinitely worse than 18 year old+aK47 assault rifle...I wonder about this country sometimes.</p>
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<blockquote> <p>Your parents cannot legally tell you what to do anymore.<<</p> </blockquote>
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<p>Yep, and your parents legally don't have to spend another nickel to support you either. It's a two way street. But fortunately for both, most kids still listen to their parents and most parents still pay for years after the kid turns 18.</p>
<p>Another two way street:</p>
<p>When you 18, you are closer to being able to buy alcohol and can probably access it pretty easily BUT if caught, it now goes on your permanent record.</p>
<p>kchen congratulations on turning 17. My 16th is still a month away (I'm the youngest HS senior ever btw).
btw, I don't see how turning 17 is any different from turning 16 or 18; it's all the same. We're getting older and we are getting closer and closer to death :)</p>
<p>Parents' expiration dates vary...some were at the moment of conception, others are when the parents die as the offspring is unable to support itself.</p>
<p>Kchen, you think you're late. I still have to wait another month (December birthdays are the worst). All of my friends are driving and are 17. I'm still 16.
I am the 3rd youngest Senior in my school and one of the people younger than me skipped the 2nd grade (the other was born 4 days after me). Being so young almost makes me feel like I skipped a grade since I'm so much younger than my classmates. I wish I was older :(.</p>
<p>i turned 17 a month before hs graduation...it sucked :(</p>
<p>and now i'm 1-2 yrs younger than all my friends</p>
<p>My best friend is born on December 29....thank god it wasn't 2 days later because then she would be a grade below me and we probably wouldn't have bonded.</p>
<p>That'd be pretty weird to be the youngest out of all your friends. You wont be able to go clubbing when everyone else is 21. Unless you get a fake id?</p>
<p>try being the youngest in the whole school...it sucks!</p>