I have said it many times before, and I will keep saying it.
The only requirement to be an adult, is to understand when it is appropriate to be childish.
this post was submitted on 23 Sep 2025
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Where I live, it’s the beginning of autumn. My partner and I are collecting pretty leaves for Christmas cards. Every day we get one or two good ones, the composition is staggering for _the _ best leaf. We started the tradition during the pandemic, we will never let it go. (Some years we skipped the Christmas cards, still got the leaves)
That's a lovely tradition 😊
I'm sorry to make this a gendered thing, but I think way more men need to hear this message from society in general.
At least in my part of the world, most of these things would not even raise an eye brow if a grown adult woman was doing it.
However, after a certain age, men partaking in these things outside of the context of doing them with their children/grandchildren is very strongly looked down upon. Men are allowed to be overgrown children if it's in the context of "expensive toys for adults" like a hobby car or hunting equipment. Even playing video games is considered questionable in some crowds. Glitter pens and plush animals? For men, that's just way too far outside of what's considered normal and acceptable. But I agree, it shouldn't be. If it brings you joy and it's not hurting anybody else, why the need to be shamed by society for it?
There's a real nice steak shop in town. They have Mac and cheese and chicken tenders on the kids menu. When the pandemic hit we tried door dashing from there for the first time ever, My wife and I order a nice steak, a mixed drink, chicken tenders and Mac and cheese, the latter two from the kids menu. I'm not sure if I would order that in person, I doubt I'd go to this steak shop in person, but whenever we order we make like we have 2 kids, because we're 2 grown children who love their Mac and cheese and chicken tenders. (That and it's so much cheaper, and the quality is incredible)
I turned 45 a couple of weeks ago. With a little bit of the birthday money I had, I treated myself to a small radio controlled car. I'm talking £8 from the supermarket (without batteries, so not that cheap).
I can drive a full sized car, but who doesn't love the fun of a little RC car?
Also, I have rainbow laces in my work boots, and a rainbow lanyard for my office ID. Partly it's in support of Pride, but also because bright colours are nice. But everyone at work thinks I'm gay (which I only partly am...).
The older I get, the more I lean into just doing fun things, because yeah, the rest of life is a fucking grind right now.
When I got married 25 years ago, I had black army boots with red laces. (Not for the wedding, everyday wear). My ex mother in law found the red laces unsuitable and bought me black ones to be prim and proper. I was still young and malleable enough to cave. My blue mohawk last year would have made her nope out
In my experience, as a gift, cute animal plushies make people way happier then a fancy flower bouquet.
And you can keep them! Get a small one and then it can go on shelves if that’s more the person’s vibe.
I watch cartoons daily. Sometimes even nightly
Autistic people either know this, or are in therapy for ptsd. No inbetween.
Half of this mix up keep on enjoying small joyce and consumerism.
54 here and never felt the need to be serious about these sorts of things. Sometimes I still sleep with the blanket my great grandmother knitted me when I was an infant.