time and tide waits for no man
Teen love is strange. Maybe it's just a result of how unbalanced we were as teenagers. A 100 years ago, a boy, upon achieving a certain age became a man. Today, boys and girls leave childhood and are locked in a social purgatory. They see the fruit of adulthood dangled before their eyes, just out of grasp. The branch keeps moving and it seems the line moves every year.
Once, you were expected to start acting responsible at 16. Now, at 20, irresponsibility is routinely excused as youthfulness. A new group is forming. The early twenties is increasingly viewed as a second adolescence. A do-over for the teens. Maybe in the future somewhere near 30 is where adult actions and behaviors are routinely expected but i'm pretty sure the line will keep moving on. Maybe my perceptions are skewed by age.
Perhaps when we were younger, we gave up ourselves more 'cos the future seems so far away, and now that we are older we hold back 'cos there's lesser time to lose. But then again, i've never been a risk taker.
Once, you were expected to start acting responsible at 16. Now, at 20, irresponsibility is routinely excused as youthfulness. A new group is forming. The early twenties is increasingly viewed as a second adolescence. A do-over for the teens. Maybe in the future somewhere near 30 is where adult actions and behaviors are routinely expected but i'm pretty sure the line will keep moving on. Maybe my perceptions are skewed by age.
Perhaps when we were younger, we gave up ourselves more 'cos the future seems so far away, and now that we are older we hold back 'cos there's lesser time to lose. But then again, i've never been a risk taker.
