At what age/stage in your life you consider yourself matured enough?

Hi, jaiho2009. I was matured at the age of of 23 to 24 years old when it came to me being able to do things on my own. This is when I was very mature then. I moved into my first apartment and I learned how to do for myself without asking anyone else to help me out. I have been mature mentally ever since I was 16. I still have my child like ways but only when I am trying to make others smile.

I think I will never be matured enough, even when I reach 50 years old. I am still a kid at heart. However, I think I'm a very responsible kid, as I have been able to make a living by myself and I have been taking my own decisions since I was little. However, I still like to play

I consider someone mature enough when they take into account everything that needs o be done when living alone and can actually prove to others they can do this etc. Plus also the person should be moving out on mutual terms compared to screaming and shouting at their parents, then telling them they're moving out because they hate them etc.. as i find thats extremely immature.

Hello my dear jai, I was very independent even at the age of 14. I used to go anywhere I liked, meet my friends freely with out any restrictions from my parents. I became financially independent from the age 24. Yes I think I am very well matured enough to face this tricky world. But there is no limit for learning. I may be more matured than you , but still a 20 year girl may be more matured than me, it all depends on individuals too.

in the age of 21 when i began to know things well and started to earn

In my opinion, maturity does not come with age. You can be old in terms of years but still young in terms of wisdom. Me living independently, not yet... But in making decisions and handling problems I believe I'm a notch higher than most people my age. Well, I think we all need someone who we can depend on. It doesn't matter who you are, what you've accomplished or how mature we are. There will come a time when we'll need somebody's help. Thanks,

I say once I have moved away from my parents and proved that I can stand on my own two feet, that is when I have proven that I am mature enough to do things on my own.

when I was in college , age 19-20, I considered my self mature enough to do anything. About living independently, I started earning at a very small age, i think i was 19 yrs and 1st yr of my college when I started earning to continue my further studies, and its still continued...my work as well as my studies.

I think I became mature quite late, really. I was very playful when young and kept thinking about playing with friends and all that. I was also very much notorious when young and had an active imagination, LOL. Nowadays, I tend to focus on more work things and to get more greater perspectives out of life.

Good topic my bonita..for me, I considered myself started fully matured when I graduated my high school studies, left my parents in the province and proceeded my studies at the city..I feel like a bird escaped from the cage...from that time on, I started to have my own decisions and do whatever I felt like doing and everything but very cautious on things i thought involved illegal activities... From that time on, I depended no one but myself because I am already living in the city which two hours away form my hometown...I started to be matured then in my thinkings and decisions until now...what I am afraid right now is the time when I would be too old already that I would be starting to act like a child again.. Stop Laughing I am not"Joke" ....

I finally really felt completely mature in my late 30's. I was doing "mature" things before that. I worked and had my own apartment. I considered myself a responsible person. But in my thirties I went through some emotional changes that made me a better person. I understood myself and the world in more depth. This helped me to mature. Of course like everything being mature is a lifetime process. I still work on learning and behaving like a mature adult. I think we see so many people who have never grown up in this society. In fact the culture sometimes rewards people who indulge in this behavior. Just look at television and some of our so called "stars". So we have to always be on the alert and conscious that we can backtrack in any kind of behavior. We must practice mature behavior continually.

I have been living on my own for many years. I have been away from my family home since I was about 16 and from then on I felt mature enough to handle life. That is not to say I do not depend on the relationships I have formed. I like to receive feedback and advice from my friends and family and think part of my maturity is knowing when to ask for help. I cannot imagine that a person could do everything on their own. I have two small children and a wonderful husband. We depend on others to help us with childcare and other things. We look to our friends on many occassions to give us a hand in raising our children. We speak to both our parents regularly about decisions we need to make and about life choices. We often look for advice and encouragement as well as validation from those we surround ourselves with. I truely feel this is an important peice of being mature. I feel like I have an old soul and that from a young age I was able to "take care of myself". However, that was not me facing the world alone like I had something to prove. That was me looking for input and advice from those I have come to trust. I feel that if you are not able to know when you need others you are just as bad off as a person who spends their life mooching off others.

I consider myself matured - I think it came at a point after my early twenties, I'm 27 now where I had done all my wild partying and acting out and realised everything you do has consequences. I've always been able to take care of myself but I think my maturity came when I started actually thinking things through properly instead of looking for instant gratification.

Hi there, even kids are mature sometimes, and even adults aren't mature enough to handle things. There are so many things to consider to say that we are already a mature individual. I guess maturity is one of the hardest thing to achieve. Not only because we are already independent, we can say that we are mature enough. Sometimes those independent people moved because of immaturity. There are so many reasons and we do not know all of it. Maturity is very deep, we cannot just explain it and we cannot just define it by just child like behavior or being independent. It can be both, it can be either one of them or it can be other. I am already a professional, I am now a psychologist and i am continuing my education at next level, i am now taking my Master's degree, but it seems that sometimes i feel that i am not mature enough. Sometimes i am mature but sometimes i am not, we really cannot tell when we will be the mature person and the child like like person. Especially when we have our problems, get irritated and/or agitated of something that we want. So i guess my answer will be sometimes yes and sometimes not, cause sometimes, we do things that is out of our consciousness and for other people, it is immaturity. Maturity really depends on the person who will perceive it, it is like the word right or wrong, there is no such things as right nor wrong in this world depending on the people who will perceive that word. For me the most important this is that, mature or not mature enough, we have no right to judge other people by it, because sometimes ourselves are also one of those. Thank you so much for this very wonderful discussion. Have a great day!

Hi Jai! It is a difficult question to answer. You see when one enters into his teens he starts thinking that he has become mature and can handle the world. Once I crossed the age of 18 years and became adult, I would take my own decisions, of course in consultation with my parents. I took the decision about my marriage on my own and never repented my decision (I may add here mine was purely an 'arranged marriage' and we did not know each other before our marriage). I think getting married and becoming a father of kids brought maturity and responsibility in me and after many years of marriage, I am sure I can handle any odd situation alone. Also, it is said that - "Maturity is proportionate to the embarassement one can tolerate". So I can say that I am very tolerable person..............lol! Good Post! Deepak

Hello,jaiho,When I was 16 I went to high school 30 miles away from my home and I lived in the campus,I think from that on I was matured because I had to,after high school,I went to university alone 3000 miles away from my home,that doesn't mean I don't depent on the relations I formed,actually,I have many good friends,I got many feedback from them and had many advices from them,I think I just grew with them together,To make me more matured,I read a lot of books,and watched many movies,I think that helped me a lot

I guess you want to know whether you have reached that state or not. I know physicaly you may e matured but it all depends on when you mentaly mature. physical maturity happens very early but it takes time for getting matured mentally. Iam 19 and I guess Iam mature both ways if a little less on the mental part but physically I dont think so. Happy hoildays to you too

Hello jaiho2009. I am an independent person in terms of making decision for myself. I am also earning money on my own. I don't live with my father anymore so I used to do all the things I want to do with my life. But, even if that's the case, I think I still cannot consider myself as a matured individual. I am 21 years old now and I think there are still many things that I need to learn about life that only a mature person can know. It's really very difficult to explain those things I am talking about but I am pretty sure that one day I will be able to find out and I will be able to grow as a mature person.

I think i still depends on my parents because i am in 19.

I think it is happen when I have a sweat dream. And of course I get and feel mature when I can solve my own problem. Not depends on my parents anymore.