It's all in their heads. I don't feel the least bit legit. =P

My theory is that some people get scared straight when the realization of them actually being 30 hits.

^ I can understand that. I turn 21 this year and I already worry about being thirty. Kind of like worrying and hoping you're prepared enough for a an event that isn't for nine more years lol But I'm not that naive, I know that the day I turn 30 will be no different than any other day. Either I'm a different person than I am now, by that point, or I am not. Only time will tell.

But as per what the OP said, yea I don't feel like an adult. Mainly because I still live at home and without a job. Even my best friend moved out when he was eighteen, got a job, and is supporting himself. Though I still have the fact that I'm in college and he isn't. It's kind of ironic though, because even though I see him as...err...higher up on the ladder for living on his own, he is not the most mature person. He likes to act like he is, but that actually, unknown to him, does the exact opposite, because he tries too hard. It actually pisses me off at times, because I can tell that he thinks to himself that he's more of an "adult" than me, but the way he acts and makes choices says very different. Oh well, he's still a good guy though

I'm 21 but i feel like I'm 16-17 at most.

I definitely don't feel like I'm 21 by social standards at the very least.

God do I feel too old. I am only 24, and it feels like I am 40. It is hard to believe that only 3 years ago I was cowering in fear in my college apartment.

I barely feel like a 12 year old by social standards.

I feel I've been living with the same mentality for awhile. I'm not an adult yet (19) but I can relate to everyone who feel younger then they actually are. I'm not progressing what so ever and I sometimes I feel my little sisters are progressing through life faster then I am.

Nothing wrong with staying a kid forever.

It's weird though when people who are younger than you and have always seemed that way start to seem older. My neighbor is 9 years younger than me and I've known him since he was like 6. I used to think of him as a little kid, but now he's like an adult that I can't even relate to. Until about 4 years ago, he'd come over to my house almost every day and play video games, play basketball, lift weights, have BB gun fights with me, eat our food, etc... but I guess he outgrew me.

Same here.

Mine are already in college, know how to drive a car (even own one), bought their own furniture, already pregnant, and while I'm the oldest, I'm expected to act more and more of an adult as my birthday approaches. All the while I feel like I haven't changed much since I was 16. If anything, any personal changes I've made were probably darker than when I knew myself before. Sure, maybe a little more mature, but more cynical and less social. It's degrading to know everyone else I know has made it (a lot) farther in life while I'm still the same loser. Guess I'm just scared of some change. Or otherwise just lazy altogether.