Hermionefan5 wrote:P.S. Kinda off subject, but what's "net ball?" Is it like basketball?
Yeah net ball is quite a lot like basketball only you can't move wiht the ball. I'm sure there are a lot of other differences but I distanced myself from the game a long time ago so perhaps someone else could explain.
I was considered immature by a lot of people from quite a long time. I think the main reason for this was that my friends htought I was 'hyperactive'. I would run around and do things people my own age didn't do like pretend to be a bull and charge at them...this may not seem like an appropriate thing to do for a 14 year old but I'd lost my place in the conversation, got a bit distracted and thought I'd do my usual thing of trying to make people laugh only they didn't laugh...they just gave me a lecture (talking in adult voices) about how they thought I had ADHD.
In 6th form I was labeled as immature because I didn't want to go out and get drunk. To me, their behaviour was immature and not mine. If anyone had a problem I could deal with it as I wasn't too busy 'playing adults'. I later found friends older than myself who remain the closest friends I have. I can have long conversations with them about things and they don't see me as immature at all. Perhaps this is because they see the things I do as being a part of me and not childish.
Before secondary school I spent a lot of time playing with younger children because they enjoyed doing the same things as me such as playing with dolls, playing house and baking. However it was similar interests that brought us together and not age as a lot of the things they did such as 'tell on mum' if someone wasnt playing a game properly etc did irritate me. I avoided ball games etc like the plague and played 'band manager' with the children 3 years below me!
I don't think I am or was immature. I think I was just happy to stay a child for longer instead of being caught upin what people think you should do.
I'm not entirely sure whether these things are related to dyspraxia or not!