I am both more mature and more childish than my friends?!?

Hi. I am 16 yrs old. I am everything, just not your average teenager. I seem to be much smarter and more mature than my friends... and then again far more childish. For example, I play a lot of video games (you could call me a gamer) and watch a lot of movies. I also read philosophical works of Kant, Nietzsche and Plato. On Saturdays, while (most of) my friends are out drinking and whatnot, I'm in at a cinema watching a movie with my best friend, after which we will maybe eat something and then just go home where I'll sit at a computer and play games until 2 am and then go to bed. I like toys and collectible figurines and Star Wars and all that kids stuff... and I also read Lacan and Jung and want to study psychology. While my friends are enjoying Avatar and Transformers, I watch One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and 2001: A Space Odyssey. I do not drink and I do not smoke. I also like to draw. I am not fat, but rather I am pretty slim and tall. Not too tall. Normal. I look normal too, I guess, nothing special. So what teh fu*k is wrong with me??

Btw, no I dont want to change, I like being who I am... I'm just asking your opinions on the matter.

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2 Responses to “I am both more mature and more childish than my friends?!?”
  1. Bhairavi says:
    July 1, 2010 at 11:08 pm

    The only thing askew with you is that you enjoy the works of a catastrophic spider, as Nietzsche says of Kant. Aside from that minor glitch, you appear to be on the right path. You have strong ambitions, goals and mature interests. You rather remind me of myself at your age; eccentric, ahead of the times and destined to succeed. I wouldn’t focus on what your fellow 16-year-olds are getting up to, especially if that includes childishly rebellious behaviour such as drinking and smoking at such a young age. Be thankful that you are among the few who are genuinely mature for their age and not merely a poseur in that regard like your contemporaries!

  2. Sauwelios says:
    July 1, 2010 at 11:08 pm

    Nothing is wrong with you. You are not childish. Keep doing what you’ve been doing. They are good ways of spending your time—much better than drinking and smoking and whatnot. You’re an intellectual. I’m twice your age and I do and don’t most of the same things you do and don’t.

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