Poll: what happend to your inner child?

[Owyn_Merrilin]

I'm pretty sure I still am a child...and I think I will be for a loooong time

sure there's that adult in me...but he's in a cage most of the time

I wouldn't really call him my "inner child," since his personality is more a part of me than my adult one. I pretty much let that guy have free reign. So I guess I am an outer child with an inner adult. Sort of.

yup...pretty much the same here

That's me, minus the "I stopped growing up in my teens" part; There's a big enough difference between 18 year old me and 21 year old me that, honestly, I find the average 18 year old girl to be too immature to be of much interest. Building lego houses and randomly thinking about Batman, though? I do the former whenever I find a pile of legos (sadly less frequent than it could be.) I'm doing the latter right now. Heck, I went and bought a Nerf gun this weekend so I could play a game of Capture the Flag with it. My inner child never left me.

Maturity, for me, has more to do with interpersonal relationships[footnote]Example: the "Friend Zone" ceases to be a thing once both parties are mature enough to be up front with what they want. I've been rejected plenty of times in the last couple of years. I haven't been friend zoned once, because I've been upfront with the women I've taken an interest in, and they showed the courtesy of being up front with me. There was no confusion because there were no mixed signals. Another example: All that he-said she-said drama that happens when a couple breaks up, and their mutual friends wind up caught in the crossfire? Yeah, after a certain point that doesn't happen. The former couple may hate each other's guts, but their friends don't really have to choose anymore. Also, former couples absolutely hating each other becomes more rare -- they may avoid seeing each other in social situations for a while, but mature individuals can generally be civil to one another, even if a social situation winds up forcing them to interact. This is the kind of thing that marks maturity; losing the creativity and wonder of a child is a sign that you're becoming cynical, not that you're maturing.[/footnote] and acceptance of responsibility than anything else. It's quite possible to be mature without losing that child-like sense of joy; it's a balance that we each have to find in our own lives.

 

[JoesshittyOs]

A piece of him is still alive.

I still have a half of a taped up little black sheath that used to hold a Halloween toy sword that I subconsciously play with. I used to spend hours being entertained by it.

Hell, I was just playing with it a moment ago. I was pretending I that I was fighting knights with swords.

What's that? Oh yeah, I'm almost 19.

 

[Aris Khandr]

I'm currently wearing a Monster High t-shirt and underwear with Disney Princesses on them. You tell me where she went.

With fear of sounding like a complete pervert I'd like to say interesting mental image you gave me there.

Interesting? Interesting in what way? Feel free to IM me, if you're worried about being too much of a pervert.

 

[similar.squirrel]

Got it surgically removed, but it was malignant. So there are bits of it still coursing around.

 

[shootandshiver]

I keep him with me always and try to keep it away from knives. Savage little freak.

Did bring me the wooden greatsword... and the wooden greatersword. You learn not to tear muscles, then you become a demon.

^_^ i get so cheery

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

You mean my inner grown up that I beat into the corner with a rolled up comic book right?

 

[shootandshiver]

---remove---

 

[Zhukov]

I'm starting to suspect that he has orchestrated a coup against my outer adult.

 

[Panzer_God]

Inner? I'm confused. Why would I have an "inner" child? I'm an overgrown 6-year old. I have an outer child! For SRS though, I'm a grown-up version of a little kid. My mission in life is to never grow up.

I'm currently wearing a Monster High t-shirt and underwear with Disney Princesses on them. You tell me where she went.

With fear of sounding like a complete pervert I'd like to say interesting mental image you gave me there.

Interesting? Interesting in what way? Feel free to IM me, if you're worried about being too much of a pervert.

I'm more of a pervert than he is!

 

[Viral_Lola]

She's in a cage in a cellar. Every once in a while, I feel generous and let her see sunlight.

 

[PurePareidolia]

Mine didn't die, he just got cleverer. Now outer me finds fun stuff, then inner me enjoys myself. It's a mutually beneficial partnership.

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

I don't recall shedding my child body and then cannibalizing it when I came of age. Is that supposed to be a natural process of human growth?

 

[TheVioletBandit]

I am my inner child I don't think there is anything else.

 

[flyhawk]

Stomped on, bruised, and just plain abused

every time I fight he comes out and every little bout

and every rhyme he shouts and just takes it out

then recedes after fulfilling his needs

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oh and when buying new games and pizza....

 

[JochemDude]

I cut off the immature parts and took the happy and positive thinking with me.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

I'm currently wearing a Monster High t-shirt and underwear with Disney Princesses on them. You tell me where she went.

With fear of sounding like a complete pervert I'd like to say interesting mental image you gave me there.

Interesting? Interesting in what way? Feel free to IM me, if you're worried about being too much of a pervert.

The dude's imagining a hot nerdy girl in nothing but panties and a T-shirt. With what you gave him to work with in that post, I can't exactly blame him.

 

[bluepilot]

My inner child broke out of the cage and locked my self-respect and dignity up a long time ago.

Yay, ponies, rainbows....I am in my twenties and have a Rainbow Brite poster on my wall.

I figure that you only have so much young and then a lot of old, so you should hold onto the young as much as possible.

 

[Biosophilogical]

I refuse to take most anything seriously. Pretty sure my inner child is running rampant.

Or as I like to put it: What's this 'inner' nonsense you keep rambling on about?