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LostFoolLostFool Posts: 90,660
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The Daily Mail has published 50 benchmarks to determine whether you are grown up or not:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2156475/How-tell-grown-up.html

I'm fast approaching 40 but I can only confess to 38 of them. That makes me 76% grown up.
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    Granny WeatherwaxGranny Weatherwax Posts: 52,923
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    The only one that I can honestly say hasn't applied to me at some stage is no 50, I mean what is that all about? :D Still wouldn't call myself a growed-up though!
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,182
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    It reads like a white middle classed guide to life and how to be a dullard.
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    twassingtontwassington Posts: 163,332
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    I've only scored 25 which is less than half my age :D
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    pickwickpickwick Posts: 25,739
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    About 20. But about half of them have applied to me since I was a kid - watching the news, having a savings account, liking garden centres.

    (Also, Radio 2 is too trendy for me. I prefer Radio 4 :D)
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    MuggsyMuggsy Posts: 19,251
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    Apparently you're less grown up if your parents are dead.:confused:
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    BreadstixBreadstix Posts: 10,387
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    Muggsy wrote: »
    Apparently you're less grown up if your parents are dead.:confused:

    How stupid, things like that make you grow up faster.
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    A321A321 Posts: 6,363
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    sootysoo wrote: »
    It reads like a white middle classed guide to life and how to be a dullard.

    Agreed. Terrible list.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,246
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    sootysoo wrote: »
    It reads like a white middle classed guide to life and how to be a dullard.

    This.:mad::D
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    NilremNilrem Posts: 6,940
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    sootysoo wrote: »
    It reads like a white middle classed guide to life and how to be a dullard.

    Very much, it looks like a very arbitrary list.

    I barely know anyone who has dinner parties - be they 18 or 80.
    It marks you down if you don't live in a house with a garden, or are unable to have children, it marks you down if you don't have a mortgage (even if you own you house/flat outright) etc etc.

    It also seems to assume that you have to be married to be an adult, which several of the questions are based around.
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    LostFoolLostFool Posts: 90,660
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    sootysoo wrote: »
    It reads like a white middle classed guide to life and how to be a dullard.

    Or a Daily Mail reader? ;)
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,103
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    I think if i ever met all of those criteria the best thing would be to die. In that sense it's quite accurate.
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    HMOHMO Posts: 42,226
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    LOL, can only confess to 4 of em (hence i'm 14).
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    epicurianepicurian Posts: 19,291
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    I got 35. Can't decide if that's a good or a bad sign.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,219
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    sootysoo wrote: »
    It reads like a white middle classed guide to life and how to be a dullard.

    Agreed.

    I got 14.
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    PretinamaPretinama Posts: 6,069
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    Well, as it's in the daily nazi I wouldn't expect to score too well. Not that I clicked the link; I wouldn't give them the traffic.
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    thefairydandythefairydandy Posts: 3,235
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    I scored 26, but that includes replacing having children with taking the responsibility not to have them. Like someone said though, I've done the majority of those since I was a kid - I'm 23. Mind you 20 years bin I told my parents I wanted to be independent, so it's not surprising really!
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 9,667
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    I'd recommend starting with changing your "news" paper!
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    Mrs de WinterMrs de Winter Posts: 2,867
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    sootysoo wrote: »
    It reads like a white middle classed guide to life and how to be a dullard.

    Agreed. I am 25 years old, middle class and a definite dullard. I scored 41!
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    Carlos_dfcCarlos_dfc Posts: 8,262
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    Haha! Four of them are to do with gardening, so it looks like I'll NEVER be fully grown-up, according to the Daily Fail.
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    modeyinkmodeyink Posts: 2,251
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    I rent out of choice, I refuse to marry the man I've lived with for 12 years, my parents are dead, I can't cook to save my life and I have an insect phobia, so I avoid the garden like the plague.

    Therefore I scored about 9. Apparently this puts me on a level with a 12-year-old...? :rolleyes:
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    grumpyscotgrumpyscot Posts: 11,354
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    I'm grown up enough at 60+ to recognise that anything the Daily Mail publishes can be taken with a pinch of salt.!

    For a start, I lose out at not having a mortgage (paid of years ago), or a Mum (died years ago), since I'm retired work doesn't keep me awake at night, i don't, and never have, held dinner parties, I never have worn a coat - even more so to a night out, I don't pay into a pension - I draw money FROM it.

    So in terms of being grown up, it makes me quite youthful!

    What a load of crap!
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    MidnightFalconMidnightFalcon Posts: 15,016
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    6: Having Children
    **** off. Some of us don't get a choice....
    15: Own a land mower
    ....and live in flats. :rolleyes:

    Dumbest list EVER.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,764
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    What's a land mower?
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    BreadstixBreadstix Posts: 10,387
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    I scored 15!

    I'm in favour of growing old disgracefully rather than growing up.

    Pass the vodka it's almost lunchtime *hic* :D
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,562
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    38 for me. Although it is a load of arse to be honest.
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