@thorninmud I would say people are adolescents longer than ever. I don’t know how long the experts are defining adolescence, but it would not surprise me if it is ages 12 to 25 considering the research coming out about the brain and it taking until about age 25 for people to really understand consequences to actions.
For me, I always was “grown up” and always wanted to be a grown up, and didn’t enjoy a lot of my high school years, so being in my 20’s didn’t feel old it felt like I finally had grown into myself. No more dealing with peers who always wanting to be drunk or take stupid risks. Or, less of it anyway. At 46 now I wish to go back in time, but it really took until my 40’s to feel that way. I wonder if how we feel in our late 20’s has a lot to do with how much we enjoyed our teen years, or how wild we were as kids and teens. Or, maybe not wild, but just really had a lot of fun when they were younger. That those people feel more of a loss needing to be responsible or making committments.