The moment where you became a man(in your opinion)

Mvpbrodie93

Discuss.......

m. trinidad

The moment where I thought about my girl more than myself. I was like 22 at the time. I was at work...heard that Outkast would be signing cd's at this hood record shop.
I was supposed to stay at work til like 5:30-6:00pm but I made up a lie and dipped out, called my homie and was like yo...lets dip. I gotta get my girl this signed cd...my dude was down to roll with me so I picked him up at his job and we waited outside the store like 3-4 hrs and were still like 15-20th in line but I got the cds and posters for my girl. I honestly never thought about doing that for a chick nor did i ever really think about anyone else before myself like that.

damnkp

when i had my first son...i was 21 and realized that someone else would actually have to depend on me

BootyButterPi

when i registered for selected service at 18. i was going to the USAF anyway, but just by doing that,... shit felt real, real.

pi

shadb33

m. trinidad wrote: »

The moment where I thought about my girl more than myself. I was like 22 at the time. I was at work...heard that Outkast would be signing cd's at this hood record shop.
I was supposed to stay at work til like 5:30-6:00pm but I made up a lie and dipped out, called my homie and was like yo...lets dip. I gotta get my girl this signed cd...my dude was down to roll with me so I picked him up at his job and we waited outside the store like 3-4 hrs and were still like 15-20th in line but I got the cds and posters for my girl. I honestly never thought about doing that for a chick nor did i ever really think about anyone else before myself like that.

really bruh? u became a man because of this?

anduin

shadb33 wrote: »

really bruh? u became a man because of this?

rofl, I thought I was the only one that was think wtf.

Jsince90s

Im makin that transition now I don't know what the future hold but my minds changin im wisin up and gettin more mature, the real maturity not that " your so mature for your age " shit. Im 17.

adagreat

the moment my goatee and chin strapp connected! smh!

A1 Famega

whn i started planning and thinking ahead without reacting off emotion

robdaze151

when I was 14 and moms shoved me out the front door saying" go mo a lawn, wash some cars. Anything to help me w/ these bills."

daboyskill

when i turned 18 n my parents divorced...thats when i realized what life is all about and i had to get my shit together

pralims

i always thought i was a man...until i had my first child then i wanted to stop being an dickhead and hanging out, all i wanted to do was take care of my child and he became my priority....i began to want more in life and began to realize that i cant bang every woman alive and that i needed to prepare for not just my future an retirement but to prepare for my kids future.

TheCATthatdidntDIE

When I realized my parents weren't that bad, but not good either. When i first saw my dad as a person.

R.D.

When i started valuing my own opinion over anybody else and realized i had to live my life so was going do it my way

Calii Comfort

when i grew pubic hair

Zeeofafb

When I realized everything I'd been taught was someone else's opinion

philippkorikong

when i had my first baby...tht's the time i become a man...i'm now responsible with my actions...so checked this out....http://iwishamuthawould.info/,http://youreagrenade.com/,http://daaamn.info/,http://yourmyboyblue.info/,http://youarethefather.info/,http://barcabarcabarca.info/,http://www.whoopthattrick.info/,

luke1733

Zeeofafb makes agood point. I remember that part of my life when I had to throw away what others were telling me. As far as becoming a man....I been working since I was 5 for 8 hours a day. Seriously, during my summers. At 15 I was buying my own groceries and cooking. At 16 I was in college so, I don't know man.

luke1733

Becoming a "man" is kinda a weird way to think. Sometime I still feel like a kid trying to be a man, until I see some other men that really act like kids

luke1733

yup

luke1733

There are some changes you recognize. One was when I started really thinking about if what people were saying and what I was reading how I felt or was I convinced. Another moment was when I realized I would never ask anyone, not even my parents for money. Another

luke1733

Another was when I realized I couldn't get any company or actors to invest in my ideas or productions if I wasn't willing to use my own savings and money and invest in my own equipment and productions--which means paying people. Another was when I realized I wasn't always right. Another was when I had to be honest about my personality traits that were just normal for me versus my personality traits I could use to get a job or be friendly and around people and knowing the difference between the two. I can go all day with changes I realized. The biggest was when I was actually 10 in 6th grade and realized I was alone in this world and nobody is coming to your defense and good things do happen to bad people. It was a wake up call to realize there wasn't any purpose for my life and that things just happen; you can either do something or not

ParallelRhymes

When I moved out at 18 is when it started...when I got laid off at 19 from my job is when I became a man. I knew what it was in the world then.

"No one is safe" - Socrates

wittin

Zeeofafb wrote: »

When I realized everything I'd been taught was someone else's opinion

Partly this, I feel like it was after this realization and the subsequent development of critical and rational thought to form my own opinions based on the facts, and to know that I couldn't have had access to ALL the relevant facts on any given subject, so it is important to hold that certain degree of open mindedness and always remember that I could be wrong and thus should never discount new information that could change my opinion on something. The world became a very different place after this.