gothicmarshmallon - Adult Child

Adult Child

Sometimes people just fail to develop into social or intellectual maturity. Maybe its due to a very loving but confining mother or father. Or maybe they just didn't want to leave the nest. Maybe they've been intentionally secluded from learning about the world. Maybe it's the result of brain damage or something more sinister. Perhaps they just never had a life-changing moment involving a shotgun and a beloved pet. Who can say?

Although the causes might not be clear, the effects are. The Adult Child is usually an adult who possesses a very childlike or childish demeanor. The adult child's interests are usually what most people consider to be immature or childish, even in comparison to actual children.

Their main distinguishing feature is interacting with, and behaving almost identically to, characters who are people younger. This is usually because their maturity level is about the same or can quickly regress to that level in the right situation.

They can lead normal livess, and are not reatarded, just...childish.

They probably care little for fashion od music, or like stuff intended for children.

A subtype is boarding school chic or pollyanna.

Info mainly from TV Tropes, last three paragraph-things by me. Image from deviantart.