Why do some people hate "growing up?"

Why do people hate growing up so much? I think that the reason why is simply because it takes away the right to be able to get

away with certain things such as throwing temper tantrums, breaking the rules, making mistakes, or just not having to worry about 

things as we do as adults, which we obviously did not have to even think about, much less have to worry about as children. 

We grow up, sure, but maybe some of us kind of long for our childhood sometimes, because we miss the people that we once were...

Before we were told who or how to be, but most importantly - Before the world changed us.

We still get excited when people ask about us or when people tell us that they love us. We still get excited about gifts, 

birthdays, and cakes. It still makes us feel special when other people spoil us and people shower us with compliments or 

give us their undivided attention. We still need a tight hug every now and then and we still need a shoulder to cry on when 

we are feeling sad and depressed.

We still get mad or upset when things do not go our way and we still do not like being told, "no". We still do not like 

getting rejected and we still hate it when we want somebody who just does not want us back or who has stopped wanting us 

for whatever reason or excuse that they put to go along with not wanting us anymore and we still hate it when we are 

ignored or neglected by somebody who you think the world of the most. Most of all though, however, I think that the fear 

of abandonment is still always lurking in the back parts of some of our minds. 

We still cry when we are hurt, we also just simply break down whenever we feel as if we have just had enough and we still 

throw pathetic fits or act in an immature way when things do not quite go the way that we might want or even need. We still 

want to break all of the rules and we most likely probably still even want to run away at times. It all boils down to this: 

                        

                                  " We still want to be young, wild, and free "

                   

We still want to be our mothers' favorite and probably want reassurance from our friends. We still want to feel 

important and feel like certain people miss us when we are not around or whenever we are absent. We still want to feel like 

we are special like we are unique and like we are not like all of the other kids.

I do not think we ever really stop dreaming, either; We never stop dreaming about the house that we want to live in one day, 

the car that we hope to eventually be able to get in and drive to wherever we want at that moment, the vacation that we hope 

to take and the person or the kind of person that we also want or hope to love and maybe even marry at some point. We never 

stop dreaming about being a doctor, lawyer, author, writer, counselor, singer, actor (or actress), songwriter, teacher, or engineer.

I guess we never really do stop dreaming of eventually being successful, doing something with ourselves and our lives, and also 

changing other peoples' lives, as well and we never stop dreaming about happiness.

I guess that what I am really trying to say is that maybe we age, but perhaps we never really quite grow up.

How can you honestly give up parts of yourself that truly make you feel ALIVE? How can you give up the instincts that 

only make you human?

I think that we are all just kids at heart just wanting the opportunity to break free from our very own reality every now and then.

Miss Crystal K. Floyd