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Has adulthood met your expectations you had of it when you were a child?
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan! on 1/29/15 at 11:51 pm00
When you were a child/young, and thought about what it would be like when you were an adult, have those imaginations of life become reality for you, or has the real thing been completely different than what you expected? Has actual adulthood surpassed or fallen short of your expectations you had of it when you were a young one imagining it?
For me, sadly, it has been a disappointment, and to be honest, I have no idea why.
I bring this thread up because of an interesting passage I just read from a book:
For me, sadly, it has been a disappointment, and to be honest, I have no idea why.
I bring this thread up because of an interesting passage I just read from a book:
quote:
When people look back at their childhood or youth, their wistfulness comes from the memory, not of what their lives had been in those years, but of what life had then promised to be. The expectation of some undefinable splendor, of the unusual, the exciting, the great, is an attribute of youth—and the process of aging is the process of that expectation's gradual extinction.
One does not have to let it happen. But that fire dies for lack of fuel, under the gray weight of disappointments
re: Has adulthood met your expectations you had of it when you were a child?Posted by HempHead on 1/29/15 at 11:53 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I used to want to be an investment banker or career military officer. This shite is thoroughly better.
re: Has adulthood met your expectations you had of it when you were a child?Posted by TigerFanInSouthland on 1/29/15 at 11:55 pm to HempHead
quote:
I used to want to be an investment banker or career military officer. This shite is thoroughly better. ?
What? Tokin up with your bros? Smoking spliffs and shite?
re: Has adulthood met your expectations you had of it when you were a child?Posted by soccerfüt on 1/29/15 at 11:56 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
When you were young and your heart was an open book,
You used to say, "Live and let live."
(You know you did, you know you did, you know you did)
But if this ever-changing world that we live in makes you give in and cry....
Say "Live and let die".
You used to say, "Live and let live."
(You know you did, you know you did, you know you did)
But if this ever-changing world that we live in makes you give in and cry....
Say "Live and let die".
re: Has adulthood met your expectations you had of it when you were a child?Posted by HailHailtoMichigan! on 1/29/15 at 11:56 pm to HempHead
quote:You're a farmer, right? The great thing about farming and being in the outdoors as your occupation is that you get to experience some of the same things you were experiencing as a young one. You don't get caught up in the hurry and the hassle that pollutes most adult lives, and is almost non-existent in the lives of children catching fireflies and running in the hills.
HempHead
re: Has adulthood met your expectations you had of it when you were a child?Posted by BRgetthenet on 1/29/15 at 11:56 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I can stay up as late as I want and spoil my appetite. So, I'd say things are goin pretty well.
This post was edited on 1/29 at 11:57 pm
re: Has adulthood met your expectations you had of it when you were a child?Posted by HoustonChick86 on 1/29/15 at 11:58 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I am in the middle. Life has blessed me with an amazing husband and career. But sucked beyond belief with loss.
re: Has adulthood met your expectations you had of it when you were a child?Posted by DrunkerThanThou on 1/30/15 at 12:02 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Not gonna lie, thought I'd be taller. Adulthood has fallen short in that regard
re: Has adulthood met your expectations you had of it when you were a child?Posted by sassyLSU on 1/30/15 at 12:06 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
I never thought about it for one second.
I think its cool that you actually pondered life as an adult when you were a child.
I think its cool that you actually pondered life as an adult when you were a child.
re: Has adulthood met your expectations you had of it when you were a child?Posted by HempHead on 1/30/15 at 12:08 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:
You're a farmer, right? The great thing about farming and being in the outdoors as your occupation is that you get to experience some of the same things you were experiencing as a young one. You don't get caught up in the hurry and the hassle that pollutes most adult lives, and is almost non-existent in the lives of children catching fireflies and running in the hills.
Exactly the reason I chose it.
I was studying Econ and Finance at Alabama, when one rather strong mushroom trip in William Bankhead forest revealed to me that this particular path was not for me. I spent a year being a hobo, travelling mostly along the West Coast. Travelling like that gives you a lot of time to think. After working on a farm on Orcas Island, WA, it occurred to me that living off the land would be immensely satisfying. In order to appease my family, and get the capital to actually buy some land, I was required to finish a B(ull)S(hit) degree that taught me far, far less than practical experience. But I did it, because it's what I wanted to do.
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re: Has adulthood met your expectations you had of it when you were a child?Posted by dewster on 1/30/15 at 12:08 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
I never imagined for one second that my career path would lead this way. I think it's a little better than I imagined it.
re: Has adulthood met your expectations you had of it when you were a child?Posted by sassyLSU on 1/30/15 at 12:10 am to HoustonChick86
quote:
Life has blessed me with an amazing husband and career. But sucked beyond belief with loss.
that's exactly everyone's experience.
everything ends. everyone dies.
its all God's, all on loan from God. If you get that, its less sorrowful, but there are some things that are so horrific, that you cannot get over them, ever. Losing a child, for instance. nothing can touch that heart wound. the rest of it is pretty much the same for everyone. the dog is run over. grandma dies. crops fail.
and that's on a good day. Tornados are my least favorite example.
I watched TV hypnotized when they had the aftermath of an earthquake on tv, dogs finding people, CNN reporting the death count. I was messed up for a couple of months after that stupidity on my part, to watch it.
This post was edited on 1/30 at 12:13 am
re: Has adulthood met your expectations you had of it when you were a child?Posted by Walt OReilly on 1/30/15 at 12:11 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
I've been very blessed but I still feel a void in my life
re: Has adulthood met your expectations you had of it when you were a child?Posted by The People on 1/30/15 at 12:12 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
If you are reasonable and always seek to put life's many peaks and valleys into a bigger perspective, I have found you will usually find it to be satisfying.
I will admit, I wasn't able to do this until around 28 or so. But once I did, everything felt like it became easier.
I will admit, I wasn't able to do this until around 28 or so. But once I did, everything felt like it became easier.
re: Has adulthood met your expectations you had of it when you were a child?Posted by Tiguar on 1/30/15 at 12:13 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
I can get drunk and fuk vvbitches
yea
yea
re: Has adulthood met your expectations you had of it when you were a child?Posted by sassyLSU on 1/30/15 at 12:14 am to Walt OReilly
quote:
I've been very blessed but I still feel a void in my life
if I could have one thing, it would be to remember to love God, from my heart, all the time. I am nowhere near that. But I suspect that if a person did. there would be no void in their life.
I remember to do it a few seconds a day.
re: Has adulthood met your expectations you had of it when you were a child?Posted by GreatLakesTiger24 on 1/30/15 at 12:16 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
I don't consider myself an adult. In a little over a year I'll be able to respond.
re: Has adulthood met your expectations you had of it when you were a child?Posted by Legendary0903 on 1/30/15 at 12:18 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
I thought, "I'm going to get married, so I can have sex with my wife every day." Little did I know that I'd have more sex before I got married than after. So no, it has not.
re: Has adulthood met your expectations you had of it when you were a child?Posted by TigerFanInSouthland on 1/30/15 at 12:21 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
I'm only 21 right now. I don't consider myself an adult yet. Prolly won't until I have my own house and a steady income. But I've had more good times than bad do I consider myself blessed in that regard. Haven't had to deal with much loss. Member of the greatest fighting force the world has ever seen (oorah) and a family that loves me and is still together.
re: Has adulthood met your expectations you had of it when you were a child?Posted by rickyh on 1/30/15 at 12:25 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Exceeded. Married a lovely lady and had 4 great kids. Lost one at 17 and he was a son that would have made any father proud. The other 3 have done well and now I have 3 and soon 4 grandchildren. What else could any person ask for? God has been good to me. Put Him first and trust Him and everything else will be all right.
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