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See you keep equating being a man with those trains of thoughts. I feel I am a man, I just walk to a different beat honestly. I wouldn't say it is a maturity thing. Like the example you used with pictures, I feel that way. I was there, I don't need a damn picture to validate/remember it. Granted I might lose my mind one day but I was never one that needed material validation for things. That doesn't make me any less of a man. It just means I don't value those things as much as other humans. But for some reason, you keep trying to find a way to correlate maturity level with the want/need/desire for social validation. It isn't there at all man.Originally Posted by TruthGetsBusy
Why hang a degree on your wall? You still have the knowledge right? Your employer still wants your transcript right? Why take pictures? You were there right? Thats exactly how you sound,. I sounded like that when I was 12. I'm a man now and I understand the significance of memories, parties, and human interaction. While I don't live for others and make my own decisions I also do things that I'm not super excited about to make my life go smoother. If you make all decisions based on personal gratification then you are causing alot of unnecessary problems.
And because of this ONE situation, you can't label us as living our life only for personal gratification. There are many other situations in life other than getting married where we would allow other's feeling to be taken into consideration FIRST.
So you can't judge our whole life decisions on just this ONE discussion.