When Did You Begin To Become A Real Person?

Maybe my first speeding ticket? (I was 14, no driver's license, no insurance. Whoops)

Maybe my first hospital Stay that I was conscious of what I was in for and why I was there? (11)

The first time I paid taxes? (13)

The first time I signed a loan without parents involved? (18, car loan)

Signing the lease on an apartment for the first time? (Also 18)

What do all those have in common? Not touching on the whole philosophical component and only focusing on the real, I became a real person when people not my family started to pay attention to me. For most of us, that is going to be the mundane life events of driving, paying bills, signing paperwork. Some of us that will be when we meet a significant other. Or get that job where you interact with people you never met before. Or win a prize that puts you in a news article. Or pull a "hold my beer and watch this" and end up in the news.

When do you begin become a real person? For me, that answer is when your life's accomplishments start to merit attention.