Coming Of Age

I've asked this question a few times... and I've never gotten an answer that really satisfied me -- I've never really gotten a real answer, come to think of it.
People brush this off as a question that doesn't deserve attention but I think it's something that's very important!!

Question: Why does our age affect the way we think and behave... and what link is there to our need to 'settle down'?


I don't want to seem hung up on the subject of love... but I have been lately and I also know I'm not the only one. Everywhere you look [or listen] - tv shows, music videos, the internet.... Facebook - the story is the same... people want to find their 'soul mate' and settle down, or have found someone they believe they could spend the rest of their lives with.And still there are others who try to fool the world into thinking they're happy being alone by throwing themselves into the 'single life' and dragging the closest person along for the ride.

And while I could go on and on about that... that's only half my point. It's not just anyone who is acting this way. The majority of these love-crazed individuals just happen to be teenagers or young adults [20+]...
So, my question again --(scroll up, I'm too lazy to type it over, lol).

I've always heard that after a certain age people tend to want to settle down and start a family; that people get their priorities straight and decide that they no longer want 'flings' and passing fancies... they want the real thing.
I've never believed it.

Well.... I didn't.


Until recently....
Hence this blog entry.

Science would suggest that the boost of the hormonal levels in the teenage body could account for the 'new' emotions and change in mindset. But science is wrong about a lot of other things so forgive me if I don't trust that reasoning.

Honestly though; it would make sense if age factored in to the mental shift from fun to fate... it wouldn't make the shift any less surprising or make the emotions seem any less fake and forced from the outside...
But it would be somewhere to put the blame.... and who doesn't like that?