When is it time to put aside childish things?

[Fartsniffage]

There is never a time to completely cast aside childish things. If you let the child in you die, life loses all fun. Just on Thursday I went to Build-a-Bear Factory and got myself a stuffed bunny. I even named her, Usa-chan (she has a cute birth certificate and a cyber bunny avatar in http://www.buildabearville.com. I sleep with it, I don't care.

I bought one of those for an ex once, it was called Alfred and had something soppy in my recorded in my voice on the box thing you can put inside. They're damn expensive and I really hope the battery is dead by now.

[Fartsniffage]

Depends. I either never had childish things, or will always be a child, depending on whether you take the OP's or CS Lewis's definition of the phrase.

For some reason, by the age of eight (at minimum) I had already convinced myself that taking pleasure in anything at all was a sign of weakness. It was presumably around then that I tried to stop playing with toys (not entirely succeeding, but when I did play with them, refusing to admit that I was enjoying it), and also became heavily ashamed of any books I read and the like, for reasons that are still unknown to me. Regardless, I don't ever remembering having enough of a childhood that there are "childish" things from that time that I might still want to do.

That's a little sad.

I also used to like building forts out of wooden blocks, manning them with plastic soldiers and then flicking marbles at the until everyone was "dead". *wonders there the box of blocks is*

[SaintB]

Some things that people would consider childish are never worth giving up. Growing up to me, is coming to the realization that you have to rely on yourself, and yourself alone, to provide the things that you need and want; it's coming to terms with the fact that you have to take responsibility for your own actions; it's about accepting that there are some things in life you just can't have. Inversely it's accepting that its good to dream, and that hope and wonder are things of power far beyond human comprehension. The only 'childish' things I gave up was trying to push the blame, and the responsibility, for my actions on the rest of the world and the 'I'm always right, everyone else is always wrong' mentality of youth.

How do you survive on NSG?

I realize that opinions are opinions and facts are facts, when I post an opinion I defend my opinion against people's arguments and I'm not bothered about what they have to say unless it gets personal. If I post a fact and its wrong, or I post an opinion based of misguided information I admit it when I am informed.

[Fartsniffage]

*sneaks up behind you*

*tackles and subjects you to several minutes of tickling*

*bounces away on a pogo stick*

That wasn't childish, right?

From Airfix to tickle-rape in less than two pages.

Stay classy NSG.

[Fartsniffage]

Setimes I get out my old G.I. Joe doll and pretend it's me and I get like a dozen barbies, undress them, and cover them all in whipped cream.

Does that count?

Very much so, I was a sick pervert as a child too.....

[Grave_n_idle]

I'm casting another vote for "When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up".

I've got teeny kids, and I'm not about to tell them I'm too grown up to build a fort in the front room, or drive toy cars round the walls, or stage a war between the Pokemon and the Bakugon any time soon.

[Fartsniffage]

I didnt have productive hobbies as a child...I read a lot and figured out ways to build a better "mouse trap" tinkering with things. As an adult I have taken up childish things, models, comics, games. I was busy getting high, or breaking shit as a child. I wish I could have been more childish in the good way, I missed out on a lot of fun.

Airfix wasn't that productive when I was a kid, the models tended to end up being stiffed with toilet roll, lit, and then launced from my bedroom window.

I watched The Battle Of Britain too many times while young and impressionable.

[Romanar]

As a child I liked to read comics. I quit when I went to college because they were "childish". Then, one day coming home from working overtime on Saturday, I happened to pass a comics shop, stopped in and came out with an armload. I enjoyed them for several more years. I quit again, but not because they were childish, just because the quality went down, and I didn't have room to put them anymore.

Also, I loved playing outside. I'd walk someplace I'd never been and pretend that I was an explorer, travelling where nobody had ever set foot. I don't have nearly as much time to walk these days (phooey on 11+ hour job + commutes), and most of my walks are in familiar areas, but on the rare occasions I DO get to walk off the beaten path, I still remember playing explorer.

[SaintB]

As a child I liked to read comics. I quit when I went to college because they were "childish". Then, one day coming home from working overtime on Saturday, I happened to pass a comics shop, stopped in and came out with an armload. I enjoyed them for several more years. I quit again, but not because they were childish, just because the quality went down, and I didn't have room to put them anymore.

Also, I loved playing outside. I'd walk someplace I'd never been and pretend that I was an explorer, traveling where nobody had ever set foot. I don't have nearly as much time to walk these days (phooey on 11+ hour job + commutes), and most of my walks are in familiar areas, but on the rare occasions I DO get to walk off the beaten path, I still remember playing explorer.

i watch comic book movies, occasionally read one or two. I play DnD, Magic The Gathering, I am a huge fan of computer and board games. I dress up and go to Medieval fairs; I play tag outside with the 5 year old neighbor kid when nobody else is outside to play with him. I wrestle on the floor with my dogs, snuggle my kitty, and I STILL get a kick out of movies like Labyrinth for the same reasons I did when I was five. I'm all growed up!

[Grave_n_idle]

As a child I liked to read comics. I quit when I went to college because they were "childish". Then, one day coming home from working overtime on Saturday, I happened to pass a comics shop, stopped in and came out with an armload. I enjoyed them for several more years. I quit again, but not because they were childish, just because the quality went down, and I didn't have room to put them anymore.

Also, I loved playing outside. I'd walk someplace I'd never been and pretend that I was an explorer, traveling where nobody had ever set foot. I don't have nearly as much time to walk these days (phooey on 11+ hour job + commutes), and most of my walks are in familiar areas, but on the rare occasions I DO get to walk off the beaten path, I still remember playing explorer.

i watch comic book movies, occasionally read one or two. I play DnD, Magic The Gathering, I am a huge fan of computer and board games. I dress up and go to Medieval fairs; I play tag outside with the 5 year old neighbor kid when nobody else is outside to play with him. I wrestle on the floor with my dogs, snuggle my kitty, and I STILL get a kick out of movies like Labyrinth for the same reasons I did when I was five. I'm all growed up!

Well, Labyrinth is one of the greatest movies ever made.

[Fartsniffage]

Well, Labyrinth is one of the greatest movies ever made.

Bah, it's not a patch on Dark Crystal.

[SaintB]

Well, Labyrinth is one of the greatest movies ever made.

Bah, it's not a patch on Dark Crystal.

But Dark Crystal doesn't have David Bowie as the evil King of the Goblins.

Or such a kickass sound track

[Grave_n_idle]

Well, Labyrinth is one of the greatest movies ever made.

Bah, it's not a patch on Dark Crystal.

I own both, but Dark Crystal lacks the philosophical depth of Labyrinth, or the extraordinarily layered script. And no, I'm not kidding.

[Conservative Ad Droid]

I still read political science books... I used to do that as a child.

[Fartsniffage]

I own both, but Dark Crystal lacks the philosophical depth of Labyrinth, or the extraordinarily layered script. And no, I'm not kidding.

Yeah, but all that pales in comparison to the Skeksis.

I still have nightmares about them.

[Grave_n_idle]

I own both, but Dark Crystal lacks the philosophical depth of Labyrinth, or the extraordinarily layered script. And no, I'm not kidding.

Yeah, but all that pales in comparison to the Skeksis.

I still have nightmares about them.

Pleeeeeeeease make peace, pleeeeease?

[Fartsniffage]

Pleeeeeeeease make peace, pleeeeease?

Exactly.

BTW, much prefer your new avatar, the od one was just distubing.

[Rejistania]

I convinced myself that I was too old to play with the dolls, my grandma knitted for me. Then my mother gave me a plush penguin (a Tux) as Christmas present. *cuddles her*

[Desperate Measures]

Just bought a Duplo Lego set for my 1 1/2 year old. She upsets me because she doesn't like to put them together but likes to take apart what I've created. I've told on her to her mother but so far nothing is being done about it. Perhaps I should take this to NS Moderation.

[Czardas]

Just bought a Duplo Lego set for my 1 1/2 year old. She upsets me because she doesn't like to put them together but likes to take apart what I've created. I've told on her to her mother but so far nothing is being done about it. Perhaps I should take this to NS Moderation.

Since she's comparatively new, we'd only be able to give her an unofficial warning. If you don't want to play with one another, you can just put each other on ignore. (Although that doesn't usually happen until they hit 14 or so.)

[Alexlantis]

Just bought a Duplo Lego set for my 1 1/2 year old. She upsets me because she doesn't like to put them together but likes to take apart what I've created. I've told on her to her mother but so far nothing is being done about it. Perhaps I should take this to NS Moderation.

I loved Duplos when I was little! Now I've moved on to Legos and the Duplos have been sold, but occasionally I find the box of wooden blocks and start building a castle or fort like in the old days.

[Desperate Measures]

Just bought a Duplo Lego set for my 1 1/2 year old. She upsets me because she doesn't like to put them together but likes to take apart what I've created. I've told on her to her mother but so far nothing is being done about it. Perhaps I should take this to NS Moderation.

Since she's comparatively new, we'd only be able to give her an unofficial warning. If you don't want to play with one another, you can just put each other on ignore. (Although that doesn't usually happen until they hit 14 or so.)

That noob gets away with everything!

[Lackadaisical2]

Depends. I either never had childish things, or will always be a child, depending on whether you take the OP's or CS Lewis's definition of the phrase.

For some reason, by the age of eight (at minimum) I had already convinced myself that taking pleasure in anything at all was a sign of weakness. It was presumably around then that I tried to stop playing with toys (not entirely succeeding, but when I did play with them, refusing to admit that I was enjoying it), and also became heavily ashamed of any books I read and the like, for reasons that are still unknown to me. Regardless, I don't ever remembering having enough of a childhood that there are "childish" things from that time that I might still want to do.

That's a little sad.

I also used to like building forts out of wooden blocks, manning them with plastic soldiers and then flicking marbles at the until everyone was "dead". *wonders there the box of blocks is*

Thats the best. I still on occasion build stuff out of blocks when I see my nieces. But then I'm an engineer, so its sort of what I do for work anyway

[The Beautiful Darkness]

JUMP! Pogo pogo pogo pogo pogo pogo pogo,
BOUNCE! Pogo pogo pogo pogo pogo pogo pogo...

...CRASH! Who put that tree there?

Based on that, you're much more skilled at the use of a pogo stick than I, as my attempts usualyy go like this: pogo, pogo, fall over

Oh, I'm pretty sure I'd fall off sooner. After all, I can't ride a bike, and I'm guessing that's supposed to be easier.

Oh god, I'm not alone.

Whenever someone says that relearning a particular thing is "just like riding a bike", I despair inside.

You are most definitely not alone, my dear. I do the same thing! Plus I must be one of the only people born and bred in Australia that can't swim.

My nana can't swim, but she's old.

[Allbeama]

JUMP! Pogo pogo pogo pogo pogo pogo pogo,
BOUNCE! Pogo pogo pogo pogo pogo pogo pogo...

...CRASH! Who put that tree there?

Based on that, you're much more skilled at the use of a pogo stick than I, as my attempts usualyy go like this: pogo, pogo, fall over

Oh, I'm pretty sure I'd fall off sooner. After all, I can't ride a bike, and I'm guessing that's supposed to be easier.

Oh god, I'm not alone.

Whenever someone says that relearning a particular thing is "just like riding a bike", I despair inside.

I feel that way about driving.

Are you a woman?

No but that would be cool. Imagine having boobs to play with all day long...

I dunno, I guess women would feel sort of similar about having a penis...

You think so? I doubt it.