I still don't feel grown up and in my head am still a young woman. I still don't have the confidence and wisdom that I would have expected to have on becoming older.
Perhaps I have, I just don't realise it.
Before I retired, newly qualified teachers meeting me for the first time, saw me as an older colleague, (probably a boring old fuddy duddy) showed respect and expected me to behave sensibly in my senior role.
However, they would be stunned when they found out that I was the instigator of many a prank in the school!
I have a very quirky sense of humour and probably juvenile into the bargain.
I don't know if that is a good thing or not. .
So as someone else said earlier, I am a grown up when required.
However, I was totally shocked, ? and annoyed ?when in hospital recently, I was continually referred to as, an elderly patient. (I'm sixty four). So I suppose in medical terms I am grown up, but I don't want to be!