tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209076646899226436.post8547036162350110309..comments2024-03-16T01:11:08.070-04:00Comments on One Girl's Journey to the Altar: Growing UpKatie http://www.blogger.com/profile/05876727056566226764noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209076646899226436.post-41621293160090689642010-02-05T11:55:51.999-05:002010-02-05T11:55:51.999-05:00Gotta love LIPA! lol anyway...being a homeowner de...Gotta love LIPA! lol anyway...being a homeowner definitely makes you feel grown up! Definitely a lot more responsibility...sometimes I curse being a homeowner...especially when the airconditoiner breaks during the hottest day of the summer...or your toilet leaks to your downstairs ceiling..things like that definitly makes you feel "grown up" Good luck!!Jen @ After The Alterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08825940318681023321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209076646899226436.post-72125199721149842342010-02-02T21:43:23.277-05:002010-02-02T21:43:23.277-05:00I'm still waiting to feel "grown up"...I'm still waiting to feel "grown up". My current theory is that children will finally evoke that feeling. Most of it comes from comparing myself to where my mom was at my age (any given age). College, marriage, 6 kids, moving, going back to school, etc. I'm nowhere near my mom was at 30, so I don't feel like I.. measure up.<br /><br />Not that I'm a failure, but.. dude. My mom had 5 kids at my age and still added a 6th! I'm.. unemployed and blogging.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209076646899226436.post-30104156190397422022010-01-30T08:32:29.076-05:002010-01-30T08:32:29.076-05:00Girl I think you will be just alright - it's j...Girl I think you will be just alright - it's just a little scary because everything is changing right now. Give it some time and you'll probably see that you enjoy this lifestyle more than the last. Now you can run to your husband instead of Daddy. Which will bring you two even closer together. You still don't have to "Grow Up" completly! Make sure to enjoy life. Chris and I go to an arcade EVERYTIME we go on Vacation, just the two of us. We get $20 in quarters (sometimes more) and we start playing the games together - We've even played a round of Laser tag in the past. There's nothing wrong with acting a bit childish as long as it's the right kind of childish! :) I think you're going to do great!!!Meg @ Higgins Happeningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10995180348465865276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209076646899226436.post-4648039922026676442010-01-29T17:10:47.049-05:002010-01-29T17:10:47.049-05:00I've been married for almost 5 years and have ...I've been married for almost 5 years and have a one year old daughter, and most days I still feel somehow like I'm playing house. =) I think the whole concept of growing up is a sort of fluid concept....hard to grasp. I love the instrospection of this post, though. It reminds me a lot of the things I was thinking on the eve of my own wedding. I think we all have to reconcile how young we feel with the "grownup" responsibilities and obligations we all of a sudden take on, and it's hard to see ourselves as one of the "adults" we've looked up to for so long. <br /><br />I feel like this is a very rambly comment, but that's just how I'm feeling today. Rambly. =)<br /><br />Terrific thoughts. I look forward to reading more of your thoughts as you get closer and closer to the big day!<br /><br />And BRAVO on the no escape clause to marriage thing.......BRAVO.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12765673372975518220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209076646899226436.post-62097357402503034262010-01-29T10:14:24.062-05:002010-01-29T10:14:24.062-05:00I absolutely love this post! Love the thought and...I absolutely love this post! Love the thought and insight and the hint of emotion, too. I was over 40 before I felt grown-up. For me, it was the first time I needed to help my parents. That was it! Poof! In my 40's, four kids, three graduate degrees, one good marriage but then my parents needed me. Suddenly, I was grown up :)Caution/Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11172990197662644455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-209076646899226436.post-45062189447408262452010-01-28T23:13:29.234-05:002010-01-28T23:13:29.234-05:00yes, it is weird... the "growing up" thi...yes, it is weird... the "growing up" thing... Sometimes I think about it too... When I hear a noise in the house I wish my dad was here! Isn't that funny? I mean... Hubby is protective and everything but I still feel like we are kids (LOL!!!) I've been thinking about it more since our daughter was born... she must look at us and think we are superheroes (hopefully she feels like that for a long time!) but we are just ... you know... Paloma and Josh! BUT WE ARE THE PARENTS NOW! HOLY COW!!! What a responsibility!!! Our parents were our superheroes (and now I am sure they felt like that too and even now they probably find it hard to believe they are grandparents... when in their hearts they are still KIDS!!!) -specially my dad! You should hear him! I doubt he will ever grow up! - Do not worry too much about "growing up" ... You don't really need to... (hee hee) enjoy your new life, learn from the new experiences you are about to live and take one step at a time... and if you can... read "The Little Prince" :) <br /><br />BTW: (I am glad you liked the verse!)<br /><br />Paloma.Palomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06077261660139527681noreply@blogger.com