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"Your 1st time"

Ok, a light hearted topic purely for fun, and be honest now or there's no point.

1)How old when you first got drunk?
2)How old when you first bought a drink?
3)How old when you went to see an 18 cert film?
4)How old when you lost your virginity? (and if you haven't, say so because there is nothing wrong with that at all)

I'll go first:

1) I was 8. I used to hassle my mum for a glass of beer when they had one. She bought me a can of Special Brew and said if I drank it all, I could drink as often as I wanted.
I did drink it, and was so ill I didn't touch drink again until I was 14.

2) 16
3) 17 - Total Recall
4) 18

Man, everyone seems to have seen an 18 movie before I did.
I thought 17 was a bit young.
How on earth did that guy get into Terminator aged 5?

1) 17
2) 17
3) 14
4) 19

My favourite age was 19, because by then I was doing all 4 activities on a regular basis.

;-)

Yes, but you still havent answered the little poll.

And I'm not arguing about the cultural standpoints of maturity, I'm talking about in the eyes of the law, those things that mark out the passage into adulthood.

So, be brave and just answer. It's no big deal FM, just for my curiosity

Goatboy wrote:
> I just wanted to know the answers to some of the things that are
> supposed to mark you out as "an adult" to see if anyone
> actually thinks it does.

However, from some of the responses, I'd
> say some of us have a way to go yet, and getting mashed and naked
> would not assist much towards that.

A man is defined by his actions, not his words. Coming of age varies from culture to culture, in some cultures you are counted as a man at the age of 12, but in those types of cultures you are expected to go hunting and bring home the bacon (or monkey, depending on locale) each day.

In other countries, you are defined as a man at 18, in still others 21, and in others 25.

In essence, age itself isn't a barrier to maturity, it's how you develop inside that counts, and how you treat your fellow human beings.

Therefore, if you act like a man, to all intents and purposes you are a man. It's what actions you imitate that define what kind of man you are.

Drinking, sex, fighting etc. aren't automatic passports to the world of manhood, but having good and valid REASONS for doing those things are.

I just wanted to know the answers to some of the things that are supposed to mark you out as "an adult" to see if anyone actually thinks it does.

However, from some of the responses, I'd say some of us have a way to go yet, and getting mashed and naked would not assist much towards that.

FantasyMeister wrote:
Try shaving your face instead. It saves you having to lean
> back all the time at an awkward angle.


Ah! Thats where I was going wrong!

Thanks FM!

:-)

I read a book and escaped.

I think the WWF Forum is missing a contributor

Your Honour wrote:
> Yes! I'm a grown up, but now shaving everyday is a pain in
> the rear, I wish I didn't have to.

Try shaving your face instead. It saves you having to lean back all the time at an awkward angle.

Goatboy wrote:
> Nor me, that's why I was curious about the things that are supposed
> to signify "passage into adulthood".

Like trading in your SNES for a PSX?
Or trading in your N64 for an X-Box?