What is a fun childish thing you still do as an adult?
What is a fun childish thing you still do as an adult?
For me, it's sticking my hand out of the window of a moving car. Whether I'm driving or not, I love having the windows down and waving my hand in the wind. I've loved it since I was a child and I'll never stop doing it!
I have summers off from work (am a teacher), which I COULD be using to get tons of errands done, renovating the house, working out, etcetc. However, I am currently spending it sleeping in, playing too many video games, staying up late, crafting, reading, etc, which is exactly what I did during summer as a kid as well. It's been nice :)
Sandwich biscuits (like Oreo and the likes, but there are plenty local brands) are extremely popular among kids where I live. I still eat them, the same way as I did as a kid: split them in halves, eat the filling-less halves, and then join the halves with filling so I get to eat biscuits with 2x more filling.
Balance on random things when I'm walking. Also imagine racing my cart sometimes when I'm at the store.
I (38 m) still have a blanky I sleep with - mostly because my cat will only sleep in my bed if it's there, she will (mostly) only sit in my lap if it's there and she pretty much just hangs out in whatever room it's in... Yeah... It's her blankly, I'm just its mode of transport to make sure she hangs out with me.
Buy stuffed animals. I sleep better when I have something soft to snuggle up against, and they work better than pillows since they're smaller, and also they're just very cute.
Splash in puddles
Holding a plate of food or a cup of coffee and pretending it is a spaceship flying through the air, dodging the chair, the table, the house plant, over the couch, down the canyon of the coffee table and chair and carefully up onto its landing pad at the end table. A few times I've had some near misses and hit a wing or the underbelly on an obstacle. Once or twice, I was witness to a terrible tragedy as I lost my ship as it spilled out onto the living room floor. Perhaps it was the lack of airplane noises that caused these terrible mishaps.
Every once in a while when I’m out grocery shopping, I’ll buy a coloring book, Silly Putty or Play-doh. They’re soothing distractions and the smell of the crayons, putty and doh really take me back.
Also, if I’m a passenger in a car and it’s raining, I still play the “rain drop race” game on the window. Good times.
Hold my breath going through tunnels. This really backfired when I was on vacation in Hong Kong and went through a hella long tunnel. Did not know what I was signing up for.
I’m a stay at home dad so I’m constantly playing house and building towers so my kid can knock them down. Good stuff.
TIL I must still be a child. I do most of the things mentioned.
I always wanted a cat, but my parents never let me. Now I have two, and getting a third.
Also, I always wanted to wear colourful, pastel jfashion or edgy goth clothes, but I had neither the money or the style and now I wear both daily (sometimes at the same time, I guess)
Also dessert as dinner, video games whenever and playing Simba with the cats.
The swings.
Some of my fondest memories are of swings. Not just from childhood either. I vividly remember an intense session in university, and another from only a few years back was special for a variety of reasons. And now, my daughter is just old enough to really start appreciating them. I don't think I'll stop swinging until I'm incapable.
I like to crawl up stairs on all 4s when no-one is home.
Listening to bedtime stories, well now its audiobooks but its just the best way to fall asleep
a bit weird, as a kid I developed a habit of making "tape swords" by taking a long piece of clear tape and rolling it into a thin tube. I still do if if I find myself with a roll of tape, it's a good fidgeting tool.
I go into puddles on purpose
During spring time when snow is melting I like to dig small ditches to drain puddles and watch the water flow. Some of my mountain bike trips take twice as long because I can't help but stop for every nice puddle
EDIT: Also run! From my house to car or shed to house etc. I could walk but running is faster and more fun. I don't get why adults only run to excersice.
I like jumping in water puddles, been doing it for decades but I recently moved to a winter rainfall area so haven't had the balls
I don't think I ever really stopped being a child, cuz I still do pretty much everything I did when I was 10. lol
I watch cartoons, I play with toys (mostly Lego) and video games, I blow dandelions, I do the hand out the window thing in a car, I'll dress up like a ninja and prowl around in the dark, etc.
Edit: Reading this a second time, makes it sound like I am Charlie from It's Always Sunny...
Jump in puddles. I'll never stop.
Sprinting down hotel hallways in my socks
Singing made-up songs.
Blowing soap bubbles and accidently spilling half of the fluid.
Handstands in the pool, 37 here
Snowmen. Still build one whenever there is snow.
As spring come, breaking down the ice crust that forms near the sidewalk.
Leave the marshmallows to the end when I eat Lucky Charms... And still eating kid's cereal for breakfast.
I play pretend, two hand touch football, Frisbee, study ant hills, build snow forts, sandcastles, etc. Who said being an adult meant no fun would be had?
A few months ago, I was outside blowing bubbles with my 4 year old. She moved on to something else, but I kept it up for a while. I forgot how fun it is to watch them fly off and see how far they go!
One thing I do that I have since I can remember is triple cut the slices on a frozen pizza so that each slice is a single bite. Makes the pizza extra good!
I’ve ice cream for dinner!
Edit: not straight cream. Do even kids do that??
ITT: people climbing their stairs like a 4 legged animal
I jump up and touch the top of the doorframe when I'm passing through a door. Not every time. But probably more than half the time.
Skip like a kid with a chocolate icecream. Sometimes I would jump and clap my feet together on the side. Makes my wife smile.
One hundred percent do this as well
Sitting on the couch upsidedown
Playing make believe (via table top roleplaying games)
Trying to see if I gained superpowers like trying to shoot webs to see if I became spiderman.
Play with swords.
I do historical reenactment in the SCA and the fencers use actual metal blades to fight. It's HEMA but with fun clothes and a ton of other optional activities like brewing and making our own coins (those are my chosen activities, but a lot of people do costuming, calligraphy, music, apothecary... the list goes on).
It makes my inner child so happy 😊
Techdecks
I am still regularly traveling on all fours, especially up stairs
Your mom
I like to go around on my rollerskates, idgaf how goofy it looks now it's fun to me.
Skipping. It's a lot of fun.
I can't think of anything :(
A lot.
Play mario kart with a 9 year old
its fun
Kicking, stabbing, and otherwise destroying ant mounds! It's especially satisfying when you expose the eggs and get to watch the ants scramble to get them to safety!
Speaking through a ventilator to sound like a robot.
Not that kind of stuff....
so edgy!!!
Politically radicalize yourself. Right or left, it doesn't matter. It will give you a purpose, and even if it's lame, you will feel the adrenaline when you contradict with people you don't know on the internet.
Or make children, and you can have fun times with them, playing childhood games. Honestly, its hard with children, but it's also fun and wholesome. It was a life changer for me and my dull life.