you have sex that's it. That's the rite of passage >b-b-but i know a virgin who had a job and a car and a house and h- just a manchild in disguise, but he'll be found out soon enough No one with a girl or two on their arm has ever been called a manchild however

You don't! Masculinity is something that is passed down, and its chain of transmission was long broken. So there is nothing to it. Manchild and other appeals to masculinity are just ways to shame you into slaving for something.

I expect having a kid must work for me, but idk, men might be eternal manchildren

Let me know once you figure it out, because despite having a job, outside hobbies and sex I'm still mentally stuck in my early 20s. t. 35

ur competition with 30, 50s yo dude find ur groupst

"Manchild" is a bullshit term, means nothing Lots of men are still momma's boys even in their 30s and 40s, many criminals love getting a Mom <3 tattoo, manbaby behavior from supposed tough guys

> What changes in "adult" minds? Being an adult is understanding of consequences of your actions and make corresponding decisions. Its hard thing to do.

Being a manchild is being free. Prove me wrong.

Nothing changes. Most people are mentally in the same place they were when they turned 18.

>What changes in "adult" minds? Nothing. They are stupid enough to let soyciety suppress their nature.

Self-respect. If you start respecting yourself, you soon start acting in a respectful way, which is appropriate to your age and sex - as it comes from your mind. Also, better marry. A boy without responsibilities towards his home, his family, his children, can never truly become a man.

>>25498090 >Also, better marry. Great advice

>>25497880 >>25498090 Good points. So for a man, mental maturity occurs when he has respect for himself and others, and when he has responsibilities to himself and to others, a wife and children in particular. That's sensible. However, I disagree with the notion that a life-long bachelor can never become a real man, assuming he has some form of major responsibility or life work he does in the arts, sciences, trades, etc. that provides a benefit to society.

>>25498240 >that provides a benefit to society Is it essential?

Start seeing value in and desre becoming an adult. If you can't do it then don't do it and remain bernd. The worst thing you can do is to give up to outside pressure. Once you become old and be living your last days, all those people who tell you how to live won't be around to comfort and assure you and the only person who'll judge your whole life(was worth it or bad) won't be them but you. Literally just bee yourself. >>25498090 >Also, better marry. A boy without responsibilities towards his home, his family, his children, can never truly become a man. If he doesn't wish to become a man then why should he? Even if he accomplishes everything you say, OP ends up resenting such existence because he'll be living somebody elses definition of happiness and fullfillment. Offspring gives purposeless men purpose, it's true. But children eventually grow up and start living their own life usually somewhere far away, they're only a temporary solution to the problem.

>>25498314 No it's >>25497067