SL sucks when it comes to a ton of stuff, but especially when it comes to time. Especially time. And I know for a fact there will never be an agreement on this.
The approach to many things on SL is "I'm doing me right now". So, if you want to do something, you just RP it and boom it happens to your character. It's very self-run. Which is the appeal of SL.
But, when it comes to time, being independent can't be a thing. According to the real world and the cannon world, time affects everything. No one is spared by it. I want to age my character. But it's going to be weird because there are people who have been the same age for past 8 years. If there's anything that I want the most, it's mandated age increments. 10 years have passed. Too bad, you can't be 18 for 5 years. That's right. But that will never happen.
So far, I've been adding a year to Genesis around my birthday. (He's 23 and I'm 22)
But I'm doing this retirement angle and having a 23 year old retire doesn't seem right. So, I want to increase his age to 35. While 35 isn't old at all, atleast it's more "mature". But I hesitate to do this because it would be weird. Like, everyone I know would be the same age but I just became older out of no where. It makes sense for me because of the story I want to tell for my character, but it doesn't make sense with everyone I RP with because they aren't held to the same time standard that I am.
I'm probably going to do the time skip, but this is just something I've been thinking about and I just wanted to let it all out somewhere, so I let out here. If you agree with me, disagree, think I'm an idiot, etc., let me know! I want to read your folks thoughts on this.