I remember being told by a middle-aged co-worker back when I was 19 or 20 that I’m just young and that’s why I have left wing views and when I’m her age, I’ll be a Republican.
I’m now around her age and still not a Republican.
I’m 35. The older I’ve got the more I’ve understood about the world and the more left wing I’ve become.
The best part is it all started because as a religious child I got into red letter stuff, and took “love thy neighbour” to heart.
My mom still hasn’t explained all those joke she was going to “tell me when I get older”. Parents lie and they don’t feel bad about it
when you realize your parents were just winging it
Well, I’m here to tell you now, each and every mother’s son
You better learn it fast, you better learn it young
'Cause someday never comes
First thing I thought of.
It’s haunting and timeless. One of their best.
Now that I’m older I understand an awful lot of what they didn’t explain and am still baffled by stuff they said I’d understand.
Just be patient, it’ll come!
Young people understand a lot more than many adults give them credit for.
Exactly!
Here’s the raw truth, as I understand it. I’m one of the people who has used this phrase. Typically I pull it out when I absolutely lack the ability to explain and verbalize something in a way that the intended audience can understand and accept. Yes, it’s a failing on my part, but also, despite what everyone wants to believe, not everything can be distilled down to a simple easily understandable explanation without losing the message. You’ll probably understand when you get older.
Realistically, it’s not so much a guarantee that you’ll understand the exact nature of what I’m saying when you’re older. It’s more that when you’re older, you’re probably going to be more willing to accept that I have my own perfectly valid reasons, even if I can’t articulate them effectively, that the world is complicated, and sometimes it’s those complicated and difficult to articulate threads that are actually the only things holding everything together. So, when I say you’ll understand when you’re older, I might not mean that in the most literal sense, it’s very likely that I’m speaking more in a metaphorical way.
I understand a lot of shit now. It didn’t make me feel better.
A lot of times the understanding is just that none of the adults actually knew what the fuck they were doing.
I am so close to mix hydrochloric acid with potassium carbonate and drink it.
