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					Originally Posted by maleficent
					
				  My nieces are girls -- they're aged 12 and 7, I'd have a hard time referring to myself as a girl because I'm surely not that young. | 
	
  Perhaps I should have asked then what the difference between an adult woman and a child is other than their ages. In my opinion the question is not about the number of years one has lived but one's maturity level. I know several ladies older than I am who I consider girls still because they think or act like young girls. 
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					Originally Posted by bad jane
					
				  i remember that i couldn't even refer to myself as a woman at that point! | 
	
  *grins* Yeah, part of it is to start thinking of yourself as a woman instead of a girl.