Imzadi
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William: (For me only,) When I hear a man say how he wants to stay a child forever, I run for the hills now.
In my experience, that's code for a ManChild. Someone who basically doesn't want to grow up in some ways, be a man where & when it really counts, and to show up and make the tough strong choices an ADULT man has to make.
I think there is a real difference in an adult who can still have fun, have an sense of adventure, excitement, play and maintain a zest for life and have a sense of humor. I've found that the sense of time on the planet and one's perspective of Life's situations, are quite different when one views things through being a child versus being an adult.
When a man deliberately has to use the word child - out of ALL the descriptions available, in relation to himself - (not about having one,) warning bells go off in my head. They usually aren't the ones who want to stay the long haul, or for the tough times. The ADULT times. They'd really rather go play somewhere else, when life gets sticky. The thing is, when they leave, they end up saying, "Well I told you so at the beginning what I was like."
Yes, they told us at the beginning, "Don't expect much or too deep." 
No more Peter Pans or men with terminal Inner Child syndrome for me. The Inner Child movement was actually about growing up and parenting one's Inner Child, not staying as one.
Those are just the few
thoughts I have about this issue. Otherwise, it doesn't bother me much. 
I think there is a real difference in an adult who can still have fun, have an sense of adventure, excitement, play and maintain a zest for life and have a sense of humor. I've found that the sense of time on the planet and one's perspective of Life's situations, are quite different when one views things through being a child versus being an adult.
When a man deliberately has to use the word child - out of ALL the descriptions available, in relation to himself - (not about having one,) warning bells go off in my head. They usually aren't the ones who want to stay the long haul, or for the tough times. The ADULT times. They'd really rather go play somewhere else, when life gets sticky. The thing is, when they leave, they end up saying, "Well I told you so at the beginning what I was like."
Yes, they told us at the beginning, "Don't expect much or too deep." No more Peter Pans or men with terminal Inner Child syndrome for me. The Inner Child movement was actually about growing up and parenting one's Inner Child, not staying as one.
Those are just the few
thoughts I have about this issue. Otherwise, it doesn't bother me much. 
I love summer tv.
I like JP too tho.
