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Grown Ups List Common Misconceptions Younger People Have About ‘Growing Up’ & Ageing

byLoveleen Kaur
29th May 2021
2 minute read

Remember how our parents used to tell us ‘abhi padhai karlo baad me life achi hogi?’ We all grew up listening to several other similar statements about getting older. But now, I can say that this isn’t the case and some of them are plain misconceptions.

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Recently, people on Reddit also had a discussion on these lines and listed down some common misconceptions about getting older.

What’s a common misconception about getting older? from AskReddit

From ‘you’ll have enough time’ to ‘with age comes wisdom’, people enlisted alot of statements that are nothing but misconceptions about ageing. Take a look:

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IMO, Redditors are right to some extent. We don’t become wiser or richer with age, it all comes with perseverance, dedication, and one’s own maturity. Don’t you think?

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