How To Tell If You're A Grown-Up

December, 1989

hint: looking in the mirror won't helpI was born in 1947. I have a wife, a child, a mortgage, two dogs and gum disease. People who are years younger than I am routinely get elected lieutenant governor. So you would probably describe me as a grownup. Which just goes to show how much you know.Several years back, I began to suspect that, despite my age, I wasn't a grownup at all, and neither was my wife. What tipped me off was furniture. I noticed that over the years, all our friends had gradually,...