About elves and immortality

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Re: About elves and immortality

What would you think about elves and their aging-process? I mean, a human becomes a true adult with +/- 20 years of age. In my RPG we consider that elves at least have to be 125 of age to become an adult (their 'childhood' lasts some 100 years) Not that they are physically children, but spiritually. You could also say that they are 'playfull' (much like the elves Bilbo first encountered in Mirkwood).
Main reason I have come up with, is that they live very secluded and protected from the dangers of Middle Earth. With adult elves I rule that they have seen so much of the world that they sort of 'lost their innocence' (they have seen true evil, poverty, greed etc.)

Is this at all correct?

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