You Will Now and Forever Be a Child

So I was in at work (44 minutes late!) around 5:45am at Einstein Bros. Bagels (in Irvine) still barely awake and just running on autopilot. My mind was everywhere except at work and I came to the conclusion that if one has to say: "I am not a child!" or something of the sort, then that individual is still a child. Think about it. Remember when we were all younger and we all wanted to be treated as adults? We would say things like "I can do it myself 'cause I'm a big kid." or something like that, right? I realized that I'm still kinda doing that. My parents are constantly reminding me to do things and I am constantly reminding them that I'm no longer a child but a [man-child] adult. I'm used to hearing things like "You will always be my baby" and other cheesy phrases like that but y'know, really think about it. If you want to prove that you're no longer a child, you can't do it with words. You have to do it with actions. And if people fail to recognize those actions, you can't resort to words to prove your maturity. You can't do anything. It's complicated and kinda doesn't make much sense but keep playing out scenarios in your mind. I dunno about you guys but this really bothered me because most of my childhood was about proving myself. Proving that age doesn't matter. That I was fully capable of achieving the same things people older than me can achieve. That I was just as good even at a younger age. Even in personal relationships, I have this weird trend in which I will fall for a girl a little bit older than me (which is apparently a common characteristic in Korean guys born in the year 1989. Go figure.) Even though I am a little bit younger (ranges from a few months to a couple years), I want to show her/them(?) that I'm not very different from the guys their age. I am just as mature if not more mature and I have just as much potential as those guys that much older than me. The only difference is age (and sometimes time which is sometimes important but that's not the case here...). So coming to the conclusion that I can pretty much never escape the "I'm not a child" or "Don't treat me like a child" declarations is a little bit frustrating. What's my point? Not really sure. I just thought that this was worth mentioning because I am so important. (Sarcasm people, sarcasm).