For me it’s moving your bed away from the side walls so it’s in the middle of the room. I had my bed to the side my whole childhood

  • NABDad@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    One big sign is when you stop demanding to be treated like an adult and just start being one.

    Being an adult is just a decision you make one day.

    Years ago my older brother was on the phone complaining to me because our mom found out he bought a motorcycle and was mad at him and my dad (who helped him pick it out).

    He wanted to know why my mom thought she could treat him like a child.

    I pointed out that when he decided to get a motorcycle and kept it secret from our mom, he was acting like a child and enabling her to treat him like one.

    I have no interest in ever owning a motorcycle. However, if I ever did, it would never occur to me to keep it secret from anybody, because I’m an adult in charge of my own life. Everyone else can have opinions, but I get to decide whose opinions matter to me.