One of the reservations I had as a child about "growing up." Developing a dogmatic rather than open-minded approach to life. In short, having to pretend to be someone with answers rather than questions.
Yun yi, as I said on Blog Catalogue, this reminds me of old battles with mother and father, forever saying that I would grow out of some notion or other I had once I had ‘matured’ a little more. Maturity, I responded, is just another name for your condescension and conceit. I was a terrible teen. I hope I never have a daughter quite like me. :-)
One of the reservations I had as a child about "growing up." Developing a dogmatic rather than open-minded approach to life. In short, having to pretend to be someone with answers rather than questions.
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ReplyDeletei like this one.
I would tend to disagree, in that I think real 'maturity' is the decline of prejudice.
ReplyDeletePD, you are right. I was talking about the fake maturity.
ReplyDeleteYun yi, as I said on Blog Catalogue, this reminds me of old battles with mother and father, forever saying that I would grow out of some notion or other I had once I had ‘matured’ a little more. Maturity, I responded, is just another name for your condescension and conceit. I was a terrible teen. I hope I never have a daughter quite like me. :-)
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