coming of age

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Thoughts Astray: Do you have any tattoos?

Piyoz the Great @piyoz000 (487) • Philippines 4 Jul 23

I don't mind seeing a person with some tattoos. Well, there are some cases where I don't like how a person looked like with those tattoos. But it's just because can't sense the vibe of that person. I somehow find it difficult to...

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Thoughts Astray: What's a hard year for you?

Piyoz the Great @piyoz000 (487) • Philippines 4 Jul 23

There were many hard years and 2007 was a sluggish year for me. I was too lazy to do what I'm supposed to do and I began doing the Manana habit. I've always been saying that there will be tomorrow anyway. I could start over again,...

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Obeying parents: Where do you draw the line?

Amabelle D @Marshmallow_03 (45) 12 May 20

It's always been stressed that obeying your parents is the right thing to do. But as you age and become more aware of the ways of the world, you will eventually ponder: Are my parents right? Do I follow their ways or follow what I...

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Science Fiction Short Story Review: "The Game of Smash and Recovery" by Kelly Link

Siduri @msiduri (5687) • United States 10 Sep 16

In this odd, fairy tale-like story, Anat is cared for by her older brother Oscar while they await the return of their parents. The warehouses on the world of Home supply all they need. The robot Handmaids protect them. Once an...

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Coming of ages films

chantalle25 @chantalle25 (208) • Philippines 30 Dec 12

Hello my fellow mylotters :) I would like to ask you for some coming-of-age-movies, I have already seen some of them and I want to watch more. I want those movies which you have seen already and maybe you can give me some...

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30 in a month's time - how did you feel when you turned 30?

Bellapop @Bellapop (1279) 25 Jun 10

I turn 30 in about a month's time, generally, I feel ok, but at the same time I'm having a lot of reflection time - there are just so many things I haven't done yet, and may have should have done by now...like getting married,...

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Back When I Knew It All

dorannmwin @dorannmwin (36392) • United States 20 Apr 10

This is a song by Montgomery Gentry and I absolutely love the song. It really does give you a lot to think about as well. When you were coming of age, what were some of the things that you thought you knew but later discovered...

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When did you learn that "adults are not always right"?

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 9 Mar 09

A common misperception that most children have is that parents (and adults in general) are always right and never make mistakes. As we grow older, though, we learn that this isn't the case, and that adults are just like everyone...

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Stand By Me and other "coming-of-age" movies... Do you watch them too?

inkyuboz @inkyuboz (1392) • Mandaluyong City, Philippines 30 Jan 09

"Coming of age" is a young person's transition from adolescence to adulthood. I have watched a lot of coming-of-age movies in my lifetime. Now and Then, Stand By Me, Dead Poet's Society, are just some of the titles I can recall...

How old were you when you moved out of your parents home?

questionsnoanswers @questionsnoanswers (622) • Canada 7 Aug 08

How old were you when you moved out of your parents home? Were you kicked out or moved out voluntarily?

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Want to come to my sweet 16?

p1kef1sh @p1kef1sh (45681) 31 Mar 08

I have just sat through 30 minutes of the most revolting television. The show is called My Sweet 16 (MTV) and seems to be about the antics of young girls that are entirely spoiled and indulged by their parents in giving them a...

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Today you are a Man!

winterose @winterose (39887) • Canada 1 Apr 07

In the Jewish faith a boy does his bar mitzvah at 13 and the girl does one called a bah mitzvah, the child is said to come of age at that time, Here in North America, many young girls had a cotillion in years gone by or a "sweet...

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