What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours

It was the usual struggle between one who loves by accepting burdens and one who loves by refusing to be one.

How will I know when I've grown up? When I started using words I didn't really know the meaning of, she said. I said I did that already, and she said  yes, but I worried about it and grown-ups didn't.

So then there's this trepidation that you are going to suddenly find yourself having a conversation that turns you into a grown-up, a conversation that stops you being able to see things and people that they are actually there.