Youth is a time of fun and love, young men and women entering adult life are full of strength, health and bright hopes. They are young and sometimes want to get everything at once, make their mistakes, learn to live. "You have to settle down!" they hear from older people. But, you think, “settle down” - what is it? Where does it come from? What is the reason for this behavior? So, in our publication we will tell you what this means.
Stages of growing up
The youth in their entire mass are funny reckless guys who love music, fashion, and are in love with each other. In fact, this period of life is very significant, it is then that young people decide on the choice of their future profession and begin to look for their life partner, in other words, they begin to settle down. Note that the word “settle down” came from the outdated Russian word “sedate”, which meant more calm, restrained, unhurried. Every young man comes to this idea sooner or later. Many of them sometimes experience a sense of rebellion, an unwillingness to part with their freedom. But, as often happens, a person is still settling down, this can basically mean one thing: he has met his love and is ready to start a family. The appearance in the life of a person with whom you want to share life and raise your own children is the determining factor when you understand what it means to settle down.
Inevitable pattern
In the good old Soviet film Pokrovsky Gates, a young man named Kostik reproaches the girl for her boyhood, and the hero replies: “Wait, in just a few years you will be surprised how powerful and reasonable I will become!” Surprising and at the same time makes the answer reflect: “It cannot be! He scares us! ”
Let us cite another example from the novel “War and Peace” by L. N. Tolstoy, where a few years after the main events in the novel, the author describes the happy family life of Natasha Rostova and Pierre Bezukhov, who are visited by an officer who was once in love with Natasha. He was struck to the core by the changes in Rostov, which from a restless amorous girl with burning eyes turned into a sedate lady, busy with the house, children and husband. This is the most striking example, explaining that it is to settle down. Such dramatic changes plunged the hero into gloom, but the truth of life is not in the eternal search, but in building, or rather, creating a family where children are born, where it is warm and quiet. And only in such conditions it is possible to raise healthy and happy children.
Conclusion
In conclusion, summing up the above, it can be noted that the word “settle down” is a kind of concept of growing up, but there are no rules without exceptions, in our case we can say the following: this word is also used when an adult, and sometimes a mature person depending on many factors in life can behave frivolously, stupidly, thoughtlessly. It would be really nice if there would be someone who would say, “Maybe the time has come to settle down, it doesn’t look like you!”