Why did i cry over turning 17?

Question

okay so im 16, i will be 17 on friday. i had an amazing day yesterday with my girlfriend and i was driving home. its kind of a long middle of nowhere road and i looked up at the stars. i thought about how this is my last week being 16 and after friday i will never be 16 again. and the strangest thing happened, i began to cry. im not sure if i was sad but it felt like 16 to 17 was such a huge leap and i was a mixture of happy that i was getting older and going into my last year of highschool, i was kind of scared too though. because im not going to be a stupid kid soon. im going to miss 16. it was a great year. is it normal that i cried? why is 16 - 17 such a big deal?

Answer 1

you wont believe if i tell you that i cried when i turned 15 and when i turned 16, i actually remember exactly where was i when i grow one year older, and now am 17. its actually normal that you are crying, but from my point of view is that we cry because we remember the good old days when you were with your classmates, and all the nice memories you had when you were a kid. so its natural, totally OK, and happy birthday!!!

Answer 2

Maybe because you realize that you're not a kid anymore. In less than a year you'll be moving out probably to colledge. Your friends will probably move away. You'll have to make your own money. Buy your own place. Own your own car. You'll have more responsiblities and everything will change

Answer 3

h**l I would cry too.

I'm turning 16 this year.

Times are going by way too fast. ahh!

Answer 4

Your geting old!!!!  Thats why!!!!

Answer 5

My sisters turning 17 on Friday too :)

Its just because you probably realize your gettign older and yourll have more responsibilities like going to college, gettting a job, moving out all next year

Its prob also because people make a huge deal out of being 16 ,everyone always talks about their sweet 16 but then 17 is just kind of another birthday

Happy birthday ! Im sure yourll have fun its okay to cry :)

Answer 6

Aw thats something i would do. I cry on new years because i get emotionally attached to the year lol-sad but true.

Answer 7

You cried because you over thought to much about it. Its not that big of a leap. I mean i could understand if maybe you were about to turn 50 or something but you are still a kid you will have a lot more fun stuff. Just because you are a year older doesn't mean anything. Try to relax. I'm 19 by the way. You are probably a cancer like me lol we cry over a lot of things. You are just and extra emotional person. But, yea don't worry yourself over it. And Happy Early Birthday!

Answer 8

Probably because your realizing that with being older comes more responsibilty - and responsibility is scary

And by crying in no way makes you stupid. Yes, its normal to feel some kind of grief about getting older and thinking about how your life will change

Answer 9

because you can never get back those years, i know how you feel, im 16 and when i had my 16th birthday i cried

Answer 10

Whoa wait til you turn 18 your really gona cry then!!