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Originally Posted by bankyanks
But in America is turning 18 no different to turing 17 or 19?
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It's not usually any different in the sense that, I don't think normally anyone would do anything too different, no big parties or anything, but it does have a lot of "importance" in the sense that you are now legally an adult, you will be tried as one in a court of law and thus do "adult time," you can vote (that's always a plus), in some states around this age is when you can drive completely on your own at any time of the day, you can buy/smoke cigs (gross), and sometimes you might get a car, like if your parents got the though.
I think what's more common is "Sweet 16" in America, and that's pretty much just for girls. 16 is usually around the time you get your drivers license, so this too is a common birthday to get your first car, if your parents can afford it. Um...but 16 doesn't mean shit in most legal/rights ways, so meh it's just some number I don't know why it's pointed out more than other ages.
Hispanics do "Quinceañera" which is basically like Sweet 16, but it's at 15 and they throw like basically mini-balls (as in the dance thing, lolz) for their daughters. Hispanics do this in America almost as commonly as in actual Hispanic countries...
But yeah what am I talking about?
I'll just leave now.