Comments on: Marking the transition

By: CGHill

CGHill — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:53:00 +0000

It certainly seems to be true that maturity and chronological age have only the slightest connection with one another.

By: sya

sya — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:45:17 +0000

I’ve never owned pumps, black or otherwise. On the bright side, growing up is viewed as overrated in some circles.

By: CGHill

CGHill — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:45:02 +0000

I know several women who say they can’t wear pumps or anything with much of a heel, due to various physical ailments. None of them seem particularly childish. :)

By: fillyjonk

fillyjonk — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:41:45 +0000

There’s another, less visible (well, unless you are Madonna) item of clothing that might be a marker as well.

I still almost-never wear pumps; I wonder what that says about my status as a putative adult?

For me, I think I decided I was an adult the first time I received a bill addressed to me, and I paid it. (I think it was a college tuition bill.)