Things a man should stop doing after 20? After 30? After 40?

We talk a lot on the site about how men today are having a hard time moving from boyhood to manhood. Many grown men still dress and act like teenagers.

I'm sure we all have our personal list of things that we think a grown man should stop doing at a certain age-  :Putting away childish things," so to speak.

So what's on your list? What should a man stop doing after 20? After 30? After 40?

Here's a few of mine I thought of off the top of my head.

After 20

- No backwards ball caps unless you're wearing a catchers mask at a softball game
- Asking professional athletes for autographs

After 30
- Watching MTV
- Living with your parents
- Saying "dude"

After 40
- Fantasy baseball

Yeah, it's arbitrary. But it's fun. Have at it.

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cfPermalink Reply by cf on July 21, 2010 at 8:57pm
after 20: Writing break up songs.
After 30: Liking Dragons...
After 40: Dating 18 year olds
Permalink Reply by x on July 21, 2010 at 9:29pm
What about liking... 2 dragons?
Permalink Reply by Bruce Allan West on March 18, 2012 at 3:43am
After 40 no longer dating 18 y/o's!!! Haha! I would've put that on 20! 
Permalink Reply by Gerard Santiago on July 21, 2010 at 9:08pm
After 20: No more asking girls "out" (i.e. asking point blank if a girl wants to be in a relationship)
After 30: No more clever tee-shirts.
After 40: No more ultimate frisbee.

Also, I don't think anyone should play fantasy sports ever. Any true fan would have their sports morals challenged.
Permalink Reply by Brett McKay on July 21, 2010 at 9:30pm
Yeah, ironic t-shirts. No man after 30 should wear those.
Permalink Reply by Brett McKay on July 21, 2010 at 10:09pm
I've played ultimate with guys over 60 and I thought it was pretty cool actually, to keep in shape like that.
Permalink Reply by Gerard Santiago on July 21, 2010 at 11:30pm
Right, that's understandable. Honestly, I had trouble thinking of one for "After 40" (it's a long ways away for me).
How about: No more watching the X-Games?
Permalink Reply by Jamie Q on July 22, 2010 at 9:23am
"It's still funny, but in a very sad way."

Out of curiosity, why is that sad? If the shirt's funny on a 25-year-old, why not a 45-year-old? Are you supposed to lose your sense of humor as you get older?
Permalink Reply by Nick H on February 19, 2012 at 8:00am

I bought a friend a shirt at around 30 that said 'cougar in training'. I think the humour would have been lost on a younger person.

Permalink Reply by Joseph Morris on February 19, 2012 at 9:37am
No but you gain a more mature sense of humor, for example shows like family guy may be funny when you're in your teens-twenties, but you will find that you grow out of those things, a lot like when you grew out of sesame street.
Permalink Reply by Brandon Michael on February 19, 2012 at 9:39am

Looney Toons only get funnier as you mature, though.

Permalink Reply by Joseph Morris on February 19, 2012 at 9:57am
I know, I was mainly attacking shows that are not funny only inappropriate such as family guy, robot chicken, those shows. I didn't mean those I mean you never grow out of looney tunes.

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