Do you have a Peter Pan Syndrome?

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Peter Pan Syndrome
  • a condition characterized by immature or childish behavior, refusal to grow up.
  • Term coined by pop psychology author Dan Kiley in his book "Peter Pan syndrome: Men Who Have Never Grown Up." Peter Pan is in reference to J. M. Barrie's classic 1904 play in which a boy who refuses to grow up teaches Wendy and her younger brothers how to fly and then it's off to magical Neverneverland for adventures with mermaids, Indians, and wicked Captain Hook and his pirate crew. The play's full title was "Peter Pan, or, The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up."
I heard from the News before that the King of Pop - Michael Jackson also suffered from this syndrome.

Hmmmmm.... How about you? Are you also the type of person whose afraid of getting old??
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  • Profile picture of the author Dave Patterson
    Originally Posted by netalab View Post

    Peter Pan Syndrome


    Hmmmmm.... How about you? Are you also the type of person whose afraid of getting old??

    I think you're confusing two different animals...

    Growing OLD is inevitable..

    Growing UP is optional.
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  • Profile picture of the author KimW

    Im my case I think the generations have it backwards, My wife calls me an old fuddy duddy and my kids are the ones that keep telling me I need to grow up.
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  • Profile picture of the author Patrician
    You are 'only as old as you feel'

    Age 'is just a number'

    Age is 'only important if you are cheese'.

    LOL Dave - refusing to grow up is a good way to not have to realize you have grown old.

    Yes I have it - and the older I get the worse it gets.
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    • Profile picture of the author Lawrh
      "I often feel like a 20 year old, but there is seldom one around" - Groucho Marx
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    I'm almost 40 years old.

    I own a skateboard.

    Do the math.
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    • Profile picture of the author Killer Joe
      What was the question again? :confused:

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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Uh....Syndrome? Um...you mean I paid all that money for this stuff and it
    isn't REALLY working?
    *grimaces with indignation and throws bottle in trash can*
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