Start your story with the words: “Grow up.”

Posted in Angst on Oct 25, 2022

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“All That Matters” by Anna Luksha

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Grow up, they said. They always told her she needed to grow up. He always told her it wasn’t her job to grow up. (Jia wasn’t the parent, Ben was. Ben had to be. He always had to be.) Ben kept her young by taking away years from his own life, raising her on his own, by making sure she never had to be the parent like he knew he had to be. When dad came home late, the smell of alcohol on his clothes, Ben was the one to stand in front. He took the heat. Dad wouldn’t touch her, wouldn’t dare speak to her if he had anything to say about it...

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“Josh Gorws Up ” by Gill James

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"Grow up!" Those were the last words she'd said to Josh. And before that she'd said. "Again? Do you never learn? Well I'm not helping you out this time. I've had enough. You can't keep making the same mistakes over and over." He didn't know what had got into her. Normally his Aunt Judy was extremely generous. She'd always supported him even when his parents hadn't. They'd never understood his art. She'd always understood his rather unconventional life style. She was rather eccentric herself. At 75 she still dyed her hair shocking pink, wore...

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“The Boy Who Never Grew Up” by Finley Dean

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‘Grow up.’ That’s all they tell me. ‘You need to grow up and get your head out of the clouds.’ They’re right of course, but I don’t want to. What fun can you have when you’re grown up? Work, taxes, taxes, work, cook, clean, work, sleep, clean, work. Sounds extremely fun. I’ve never understood adults who tell new adults to ‘grow up’. Why? Because you can't find the same happiness from the things I like? Because my way of thinking is not normal to yours? Your form of happiness comes from wearing your favourite sports team's t-sh...

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Start your story with the words: “Grow up.”

Submissions are closed

✍️ 63 stories

“All That Matters” by Anna Luksha

“Josh Gorws Up ” by Gill James

“The Boy Who Never Grew Up” by Finley Dean

🌟 Similar prompts

Write a story that involves a character donating a box of clothes which have been outgrown.

Start your story with someone having their height marked on a door frame.

Format your story in the style of diary entries.

Write about a character sowing seeds for the future (literally or figuratively).

Contest #139

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