I've been noticing something for some time; officially, I'm an adult. I live on my own, I take care of myself. I have gone through school, I've learned the "rules of society," so to speak. Sometimes, I seem to forget them, though. It particularly comes to my attention when I'm working some job in a school or watching other adults who are being in charge of children. The kids will do something I either think is either: funny, or bizarre but nothing to be concerned about. Then the adults in charge of them come in and discipline them, and I'm like "oh yeah, kicking each other in the butt is considered fighting, which is against the rules. Even though the kid who got kicked in the butt is laughing and doesn't care."

It occurs to me that if I were still in school or otherwise still under the supervision of adults, a lot of the behavior I exhibit with my friends would get me in trouble. There's a lot of behavioral issues and conduct issues some adults seem concerned about that I quite simply don't care about. So is it just me, or is the adult world overtly uptight sometimes? Are there certain adults that are just way too impatient or uptight with kids? The kicking in the butt is one example, which I guess makes sense because that kind of thing could potentially lead to them hurting each other.

I was also recently in the bathroom at church, and this guy was in there with his two little kids. One of them was giving him the attitude, and I kinda chuckled and said "He wants to do things his way, huh?" Or something like that. Not a second after I uttered that, the guy slapped his kid on the butt-not a tap, but a full on smack-and was like "I'm sick of your attitude today!" He didn't even acknowledge that I said anything. It was very awkward.

Also the other night, my friends and I were doing a fundraiser and taking down a wedding. One of my friends and I had to go potty, and we were waiting behind two other individuals at this port-o-potty. This grumpy looking middle aged guy in a tie walks up when the last person is going to the port-o-potty. When this person leaves, without hesitation this guy goes in ahead of us, and my friend is like, "...okay?" I actually kinda figured he'd go in before us; he had that look on his face. Aside from general rudeness, was this guy in exhibiting an additude of "I'm older, so I'm more important than you?" Or did he just think that we were the hired help, and by virtue of that he thought he was more important?

So there's actually a couple questions asked: not only whether or not the adult world is uptight, but also whether as a "young adult," are you really considered an adult by the older adults. Or was "grumpy, uptight middle-aged guy in a tie at a wedding" simply being a ****? I think a lot of middle-aged and older people are like that, actually. It probably just depends on the individual. Anyhoo...

Wuv, Yer Mom