Growing Up

[JadenxAtemYAOI]

I've posted something similar to this before but I feel like this has more meaning now. Throughout the years of the internet there are numerous communities. Some are more active than others and many are a good place to make friends. Whether or not we meet these friends relies on our decisions and overall ability. Some of us move onto college and have too much time. Some of us get married, have kids, and lose track of time as it goes by. Some of us grow disinterested in it all and just leave but in the end, we all grow up This website has been around for almost a decade. A decade of memories and history that a lot of us might not ever forget. I know a few people here in real life and some of you I have met at the YCS in battles. I did grow up but I still visit every once in a blue moon Mostly with my sons and husband. As you have noticed as the years go by so do the mods that make this website worth visiting. The community changes ever so slowly but sometimes the older members just pop up and it brings us back to the older days. Eventually we all grow up and a new generation of members take our place. Wouldn't be surprised if even I
got replaced.

In the end, you're going to grow up and move on and I want to know how you all feel about this. What do you think of growing up?

[Toffee.]

sometimes the older members just pop up and it brings us back to the older days-

And sometimes... Said older members just consider this place home.

[Thar]

I think of "growing up" as just getting taller, looking older, and taking responsibility for yourself. Getting over your interests and the like is a subjective matter and it usually just means you don't have the time to invest into it. One thing to be sure you do as an adult is find something that you love doing while giving yourself plenty of free-time to keep up with your favorable hobbies. That way "growing up" won't feel like you're just abandoning what you used to like as a youngster.

[evilfusion]

The only problem is that you're implying that internet communities are childish in the sense that people "grow up" and leave it behind. No longer having the time to be an active member isn't the same as leaving the community because they "grew up", it just means they have other priorities.

 

Personally, though, I don't like the idea of losing touch with friends or people with common interests. With luck, I don't think much of it, even if they no longer keep in contact or visit the site(s) we used to frequent together. But when it does surface in my mind, it's vaguely depressing. I used to be terrified of the notion, so I've still improved from my original state of mind.

 

I'm not worried about me "growing up" and leaving the community behind, though. If it happens, and I assume it will happen eventually, it will hopefully be a positive experience, and I can dwell on it in the sense of how it improved me as a person overall.

[goddamnit names are a pain]

Growing up is growing a pair and realizing you have to make the most out of this sucky life.

 

Version 2:
Growing up is kinda...realizing how life works. How to work the system, maturity, knowledge, and a lot of other things.
I'm fond of it. I can't stand ignorance or stupidity (like legit stupidity) and thus love growing up which typically involves getting smarter in some way. 
To make it short: actually knowing things is nice.