Categories: just-life
Date: 10 May 2008 01:29:51
Just to be difficult I'm trying to remember a conversation that I had recently... problem is, I can't remember with whom I was having this conversation.
For those who might be interested (I suppose there might be some) we were talking about at what point in your life you switch from being a boy/girl into a man/woman?? Is there a point??
I know that there are some terms such as boy/girlfriend that you would always say, opposed to wo/manfriend, but at the same time once you hit pensioner years you are very rarely refered to in terms that remind people of little ones in long socks and shorts!!
Maybe there is a certain event after which one should be refered to in more mature terms... being married, kids, own house maybe?? Most "boys" aren't aged thirty-five and own their own house after all!!
I like to think that it's more a state of mind, you are as young as you feel that is. There will always be a part of me that is only aged eleven, that loves kicking piles of leaves, eating jelly and building sandcastles. Where a good day is one that involves icecream (make mine a '99) and maybe even a hotdog!!
Mmmmmm, hotdogs.....
Miss Tickle - for a real person it takes about eighteen months to do an MPhil, so graduating in two years, though in my case there were special circumstances including submitting OVER TWO YEARS ago. However, as anyone who has ever read Piled High and Deeper will know, graduating is not the goal of doing any sort of postgraduate work (Ohhh, now I tell you).