Do you think Irish people mature too late in life?

The Raging Bile Duct

mariaalice wrote: »

It very easy to attain the hallmarks of adulthood in Irish society while at the same time being very cosseted and have the parents as a fallback position, of course that produced a certain type of adult, being tested is part of the maturing processes

Its very different making choices with no fallback position and produces a different type of adult too.

Is that not one of the benefits of living in a first world country? Younger people, in a lot of cases, are able to take more risks in terms of what they want to do because they know they have a fallback position if things go really tits up. Obviously, there's children that take the piss in relation to that and parents who over-indulge their children to point that they are incapable of doing anything for themselves but I would say that's the minority of cases.

Most people I know though would sort their own shít out but it's good to have decent parents for emotional support and advice if you're going through a tough time.

mariaalice

The Raging Bile Duct wrote: »

Is that not one of the benefits of living in a first world country? Younger people, in a lot of cases, are able to take more risks in terms of what they want to do because they know they have a fallback position if things go really tits up. Obviously, there's children that take the piss in relation to that and parents who over-indulge their children to point that they are incapable of doing anything for themselves but I would say that's the minority of cases.

Most people I know though would sort their own shít out but it's good to have decent parents for emotional support and advice if you're going through a tough time.

It might be a good thing, but the OP was pondering how in the US were quicker to mature and ( how do you define that? ) and more street smart and able to hustle which may be a reflect of the culture of leaving home young, lack of welfare and so on.

Wanderer78

mariaalice wrote: »

It might be a good thing, but the OP was pondering how in the US were quicker to mature and ( how do you define that? ) and more street smart and able to hustle which may be a reflect of the culture of leaving home young, lack of welfare and so on.

is the us stabilizing or destabilizing as a whole?

Keyzer

No idea what the OP is on about.

Church on Tuesday

facehugger99 wrote: »

Make a video of you and your team pouring pints of Guinness over each other - that'll show them.

That would be an obscene waste of Guinness.

Notions.

The Tetrarch

king_of_mayo wrote: »

The yanks had emailed everyone a video of them spraying champagne on each other, like in F1. All the big wigs were loving it and the email chain went on but Paddy was left out. They effectively got all the glory and we never saw it coming.

Learn the following phrases:
"Good jawb" / "Way to go" / "That's what I'm talkin' about" / "High five"

or you could go with "Shure it was no problem."

chrissb8

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

That would be an obscene waste of Guinness.

Notions.

Indeed. Like when you see Americans "downing" their 330ml cans of beer and acting like their booze hounds, even though half said beer has sprayed all over the ground.

They seem to love wasting alcohol.

Church on Tuesday

chrissb8 wrote: »

Indeed. Like when you see Americans "downing" their 330ml cans of beer and acting like their booze hounds, even though half said beer has sprayed all over the ground.

They seem to love wasting alcohol.

Or in film when they order "a beer" take a few sips then leave because the plot needs them to move along sharpish.