Do you hate "age based" social rules?

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I remember my parents telling me when I was ten that age limits on toys and games were just guidelines. It's to show parents if their kid will enjoy it and if it's hard or easy for them. If there is a computer game I enjoy, I can still play it even if I am not nine years old anymore. I can still play Treehouse computer game if I still enjoy it past age ten.

Age limits on boxes are not meant to be taken literal.

PS have you noticed Legos are not ranging at higher ranges now. I have seen 12+ Legos now or 16+ but that certainly doesn't mean you have to wait until you are 16 to play with that Lego set.

And I am sure you have noticed Lego conventions where adults built huge models out of Legos. That also indicates even NT adults enjoy those things too. You will normally find these so called Legos for higher age groups in Lego stores or Barnes and Noble or online.

I'm sorry, but I'm having trouble understanding the OP. Something about showing a cut to your parents while in your underwear in the bathroom is wrong for an adult women? Well I don't want to be seen in my underwear by my parents, it doesn't matter to me if they're the same people who used to see me in diapers all the time.

The age based rule I really hate is that adults aren't supposed to carry dolls or stuffed animals around with them like kids can. Toy collecting might be more acceptable for adults than it once was, but if you're hugging a teddy bear while walking down the street people want you locked up. Adults need comfort, too.

I don't why it's more acceptable for adults to be doing things in their spare time that are bad for their mind and body, but doing things that are safer and more fun is weird and they think you're a dangerous psycho. One time at the dentist I had the gall to tell the hygienist I didn't think it was fair that only kids got to pick out a toy from their big treasure box after an appointment. She just laughed and when I asked her if that was strange, she said "yes".

I have a doctor I sometimes go to have my ears checked who lets me have a candy sucker after an appointment, though. He keeps a big jar of them on his desk.

I hate age-related stereotypes with a vengeance! Such "social norms" need to be kept at a minimum.

I get mad when people criticise when I leave a mess. I'm really into writing stories, and sometimes I have sprawled out my writing books and pens all over the couch, then get distracted and get up and leave it there, and one time my dad yelled, "all your mess is everywhere! It's like having kids again!" That irked me, and I shouted at him then slammed out the room. When you have creative hobbies you do have a lot of stuff laid out sometimes, and also I do have a disorganized mind which sometimes means I will surround myself with stuff then get up and do something else, but I always clear my own mess up when I know I'm finished with it. So I always find being compared to a child insulting.

I hate the way people think that when you're an adult you're expected to remember everything and be organized. Unless you're intentionally being lazy and dirty, I don't think age should come into it. I can't help being disorganized and scatterbrained. It's just the way I am. I do tend to misplace things, forget things, leave a mess, etc, and I find it insulting when people call me a child.

A dusty mantlepiece doesn't worry me, and unless people are coughing and sneezing because of dust, I wouldn't dust the mantlepiece unless I'm in the mood to do it one day. That's just the way I am. If the bookshelf is untidy in my bedroom then it will stay untidy until I feel bored one day and decide to tidy it up.

I hate people criticizing my disorderly mind by bringing age into it. "You're an adult now, you should do this and do that..." Ugh!

I look young and act young, but I don't like it when I am called cute.