****, man, I miss the summers where I could actually do what the **** I want without a single care in the world. Now I'm an adult, I have to work and very rarely get time to just relax and unwind. When I was your age and in high school, though, I'd spend summer hanging out with my friends every single day, going out and about, getting drunk, just having a laugh. I feel old.
[QUOTE="Jaeger, post: 5574475]It actually sucks getting old, doesn't it? I miss not having a care in the world.[/QUOTE]
I'd say it's a trade off. Being young brought less cares, more energy, etc. Being old brings drinking, sex, freedom, all that good stuff. Although, when you start to really get old (i.e. 40+), then I'm sure it just sucks. Although raising kids and amassing wealth might have its pluses.
I'd say it's a trade off. Being young brought less cares, more energy, etc. Being old brings drinking, sex, freedom, all that good stuff. Although, when you start to really get old (i.e. 40+), then I'm sure it just sucks. Although raising kids and amassing wealth might have its pluses.
[QUOTE="Xelios, post: 5574569]I masturbated a lot.
You should get to it.[/QUOTE]
I'm 19 and this still takes up 70% of my day. Searching for decent porn takes up the other 30%.
At 13? I'd only just started my second year of school so learning to use computers and spell lasagne was my main goal then.
You should get to it.[/QUOTE]
I'm 19 and this still takes up 70% of my day. Searching for decent porn takes up the other 30%.
At 13? I'd only just started my second year of school so learning to use computers and spell lasagne was my main goal then.
[QUOTE="Ixion, post: 5574505]I'd say it's a trade off. Being young brought less cares, more energy, etc. Being old brings drinking, sex, freedom, all that good stuff. Although, when you start to really get old (i.e. 40+), then I'm sure it just sucks. Although raising kids and amassing wealth might have its pluses.[/QUOTE]
I'll admit that becoming a parent and bringing a child up in the world is a truly amazing experience. I'll never, ever forget the moment when my little girl was born. I have no shame in admitting I cried when I first held her. And why should I be ashamed? It was the happiest moment in my entire life so far - and probably will be the happiest moment of my life right up until I die. But that doesn't stop me missing my teenage years - I was so full of angst and rage most of the time but it was just amazing to go out with your friends, get pissed near enough every night and generally have fun. I know I can just walk into any bar and get drunk now, but the whole thrill of getting drunk back then is purely the fact it was illegal and it was for that fact alone that I got such a kick out of it.
Another negative of getting old is money worries. You never had to worry about debts and loans and when you were 13-18, but when you become an adult and you have rent and bills to pay, it soon becomes stressful. I can't even begin to remember how much money I owe various companies. I know I owe Halifax at least £1500, thanks to the letters they keep sending, threatening to send the 'heavies' round to collect my goods as a payment. Tough break for them, as I don't actually own anything. My mum bought my PS3, and my laptop and iPhone are coming out of her card, and I pay her back each month - so until I've fully paid them off, it's hers so, technically, they can't take anything. Still, it's a downer to think I'm in such a crappy financial situation. Oh, the days where the only money worries you had was whether you had enough money to give the adult to buy a bottle of cider. I want them back. Where'd I put my flux capacitor?
I'll admit that becoming a parent and bringing a child up in the world is a truly amazing experience. I'll never, ever forget the moment when my little girl was born. I have no shame in admitting I cried when I first held her. And why should I be ashamed? It was the happiest moment in my entire life so far - and probably will be the happiest moment of my life right up until I die. But that doesn't stop me missing my teenage years - I was so full of angst and rage most of the time but it was just amazing to go out with your friends, get pissed near enough every night and generally have fun. I know I can just walk into any bar and get drunk now, but the whole thrill of getting drunk back then is purely the fact it was illegal and it was for that fact alone that I got such a kick out of it.
Another negative of getting old is money worries. You never had to worry about debts and loans and when you were 13-18, but when you become an adult and you have rent and bills to pay, it soon becomes stressful. I can't even begin to remember how much money I owe various companies. I know I owe Halifax at least £1500, thanks to the letters they keep sending, threatening to send the 'heavies' round to collect my goods as a payment. Tough break for them, as I don't actually own anything. My mum bought my PS3, and my laptop and iPhone are coming out of her card, and I pay her back each month - so until I've fully paid them off, it's hers so, technically, they can't take anything. Still, it's a downer to think I'm in such a crappy financial situation. Oh, the days where the only money worries you had was whether you had enough money to give the adult to buy a bottle of cider. I want them back. Where'd I put my flux capacitor?
[QUOTE="Ixion, post: 5574505]I'd say it's a trade off. Being young brought less cares, more energy, etc. Being old brings drinking, sex, freedom, all that good stuff. Although, when you start to really get old (i.e. 40+), then I'm sure it just sucks. Although raising kids and amassing wealth might have its pluses. [/QUOTE]
*ouch*
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FWIW, when I was in high school, during summer time, I'd surf, hike, travel, workout, hook up with chicks, write, etc.
Now that I'm _my_ age, I ... well, let's see I surf, hike, travel, workout, hook up (with my only chick now), write, +plus+ race my car, play with my daughter
The pace might be a little less intense, and the board longer, but I'm having a blast, but it's coupled with enjoying it with my sexy wife, beautiful baby G and comfortable cashflow
[/QUOTE]*ouch*
:lol:
FWIW, when I was in high school, during summer time, I'd surf, hike, travel, workout, hook up with chicks, write, etc.
Now that I'm _my_ age, I ... well, let's see I surf, hike, travel, workout, hook up (with my only chick now), write, +plus+ race my car, play with my daughter
The pace might be a little less intense, and the board longer, but I'm having a blast, but it's coupled with enjoying it with my sexy wife, beautiful baby G and comfortable cashflow
Soak up all the fun and free time you can now. Once you get older you won't have anywhere near as much free time. When I was 13 I'd be hanging with friends all summer, in the pool, riding my bike. I remember one day a friend and I went to the creek and tried catching fish and crayfish with our bare hands. Fast little buggers but we got a few. Just doing stuff like that. No real purpose just dicking around.
[QUOTE="podsaurus, post: 5574706]I remember one day a friend and I went to the creek and tried catching fish and crayfish with our bare hands. Fast little buggers but we got a few. Just doing stuff like that. No real purpose just dicking around.[/QUOTE]
I remember my friend and I trying to fish at my nearby pond with nothing but a net.
Didn't catch anything. lol
I remember my friend and I trying to fish at my nearby pond with nothing but a net.
Didn't catch anything. lol
[QUOTE="wesmore24, post: 5574791]Sounds depressing.[/QUOTE]
It's not all bad. I know what I said makes it sound horrible and depressing, but I'm going by my own personal experience here. Life is what you make it. I'm stuck in a rut right now working my *** off for no apparent reason, my social life is on a huge decline and I'm heading back to a place I really don't want to go and most of it is the result of growing up and getting older. Don't make the same mistakes I did. Make friends and stick with them through thick and thin. Trust me when I say that friends are the most important thing in life.
It's not all bad. I know what I said makes it sound horrible and depressing, but I'm going by my own personal experience here. Life is what you make it. I'm stuck in a rut right now working my *** off for no apparent reason, my social life is on a huge decline and I'm heading back to a place I really don't want to go and most of it is the result of growing up and getting older. Don't make the same mistakes I did. Make friends and stick with them through thick and thin. Trust me when I say that friends are the most important thing in life.
[QUOTE="x6Teen, post: 0]
When I was your age, I started my training. My advice to you is to never be lazy and learn as much as you can in school. Not many people realise how much you learn in school even though you might say the things you learn are useless.[/QUOTE]
Im kinda lazy, i tend to like play my PS3 alot, but i do get out.
When I was your age, I started my training. My advice to you is to never be lazy and learn as much as you can in school. Not many people realise how much you learn in school even though you might say the things you learn are useless.[/QUOTE]
Im kinda lazy, i tend to like play my PS3 alot, but i do get out.