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Signs of emotional immaturity
1) You don’t take responsibility for your mistakes and always find someone else to blame.
2)You are insecure, often defensive and have low self esteem. You are desperate for people to comment on anythread you start.
3) When something great happens to someone you know instead of being thrilled for them, you often feel jealous.
4)You are stuck in childhood accrued patterns of thinking and behaving.
5) you struggle to cope with an increasinly adult world as you get older

I’d love to hear any stories or examples you have experienced of emotional immaturity in yourself or others and how you overcame and dealt with it. Also what points would you add to the list of signs of emotional immaturity above?

No to all of them :-)

I actually thought this was a joke, but it seems not... :-(

I saw an act of emotional immaturity on here yesterday when somebody kept posting the same question on a thread over and over again :-|

I would have taken this seriously and suggested Aspergers syndrome but for "You are desperate for people to comment on anythread you start." and a glance at the posting time.

Get some sleep John. Go out and smell some fresh air. You are not doing yourself - or members who come to 'chat' for company and enjoyment - any favours.

Well, I could say that grammatically the first item on that list says more about the author (could be from any site on the internet).


"You don’t take responsibility for your mistakes and always find someone else to blame"

Is immediately blaming someone else!!!

(I would have put 'one doesn't')
;-)

Thankyou very much for your posts. Was not expecting so much interest in the subject.

In some ways, I would like to think I am still growing in maturity. I do not personally identify with the list because
1. I know when I have upset someone and apologise immediately. Tend to blame myself always.
2.When another member of Genes experiences something rreally good and really happy in their lives, I congratulate them. Perhaps not always on a thread (old age does make one forgetful) but always in my heart. Never ever felt any feelings of jealousy as an adult since somebody got promoted over me in 1990.

I would add two other traits of immaturity for over 40's. To find smutty comments and smutty thoughts appealing. And to be overly stubborn and ridiculously resilient when others who disagree with you appear to be immature.

Oh for goodness sake! Give it a rest!

And who was it that made the connection between rabbits and Ann Summers?

Allan. Think it was all of us (Edit - except AnnC and Kay????????). Immediately that thread was posted. :-D :-D

I think "amusing" threads late at night are often not quite so funny if one has not downed a goodly quantity of something stimulating ;-) Like Pinot :-D

not me - I had no idea what the thread was supposed to be about - still don't

:-D :-D I just love you for your innocence. AnnC :-D And best sense of humour on Genes - along with Allan in Esperance and Mr Magoo.

Others very funny indeed on occasions, but you three always hit my C spot ;-)

John you are like a pesky horsefly.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, give up for gawd sake,,,,,,


I never for one second gave Ann Summers a thought,,,,so dont speak for me ,,ta muchly........I just thought duracell batteries and heres a joke.

Perhaps you could make op part of your sermon at some point,it may be fitting to some in the congregation,,,, :-D :-D :-D

Apparently it was a thread about Ann Summers rabbits Ann. What I didn't understand was the subsequent song and dance about it.
Maybe it was, as has often been stated, it was the OP not the content? What do I know eh?

:-S

Sounds like you are having difficulty coping with retirement Mr Preacher Man.
Read this matey... It should keep you occupied for a minute or two. :-D :-D

http://www.howtokeepher.com/emotional-immaturity.html

Everyone has problems with their immaturity some just choose not to admit it :-D :-D ;-) ;-)

Problems with retirement, BR? You could well be right. At 66, I was undoubtedly the most popular and funniest poster on Genes. I was working in all departments and firing on all cylinders. Felt I had long left my immature days behind.

Now, just two short years later, I am retired in all departments (retarded possibly), unfunny, marginalised and ignored. :-( :-( :-( Age takes no prisoners.

At the risk of being labelled (as if I care anyways) cliquey :-D :-D :-D

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Waves ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ to... Mersey, Island, Ann, xxx <3 <3 <3 ;-)

Article supplied by BR. Have not read it all, but some very useful tips I noticed.

"The one thing that men get relatively little information about as we grow up is how emotional maturity can help a man succeed when it comes to creating intimacy in a relationship".

Thanks for posting, BR :-D ;-) Might be helpful for me and others.

Immaturity when you are over 40 is being clicky but pretending you are cliquey :-D ;-)

Err, John. I don't live in Esperance, I live in Australind as you should know from earlier threads.

I visited Esperance earlier this year, when OH was singing with the choir there.

Perhaps that has caused the confusion :-S