Nobody wants to get old and wrinkly. Everyone wants to stay young and innocent forever. As the years tack on, so do the responsibilities and the stress. There are so many positive aspects of childhood that you don’t appreciate until they’re gone. Here are a few of the reasons why you should never grow up.

1. Life gets more expensive as you get older a.k.a BILLS AND TAXES. You also can’t borrow money from mommy anymore.

2. Your pets get really old and die. Especially fish.
3. The people you’ve known your whole life move on and have a separate life and so do you.

4. You have to have a job and work hard just so you can continue to live.

5. Your hair gets gray or white or bald and your face gets wrinkly and you might get arm flab or a beer belly.

6. Life gets less fun. No more chillin’ on the weekends with your buddies.

7. Ocean levels rise. It’s a serious, concerning, rising issue.

8. You have to make decisions about IMPORTANT things and it’s scary.

9. You’re pushed out of your comfort zone a lot and it is not comfortable.

10. People die, people leave, people disappear, people are born, people are not who you thought they were.

Basically, growing up means that life is not simple anymore. It’s really, really sad and no one wants to be really, really sad. Not every moment is lighthearted and carefree anymore.

Just stay five or twelve or sixteen or eighteen forever.

Never grow up.