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Being hit with a lot of nostalgia this week
Posted on 9/19/24 at 8:12 am
Posted on 9/19/24 at 8:12 am
Dear Facebook,
I turn 31 this week and have really been hit hard with wanting to be 19-21ish again, I suppose this is somewhat normal around a birthday. Music, seeing old girlfriends, all of it is sending me back there.
I'm not sure what I miss about it so much. On paper, everything is MUCH better in my life now, financially, emotionally, relationships, etc. It makes no sense.
My coping mechanism is to remember that when I'm 41, I'll be wishing for 31 again. A lot of weird feelings that I'm experiencing for the first times in my life, I suppose this is the beginning of getting old.
I turn 31 this week and have really been hit hard with wanting to be 19-21ish again, I suppose this is somewhat normal around a birthday. Music, seeing old girlfriends, all of it is sending me back there.
I'm not sure what I miss about it so much. On paper, everything is MUCH better in my life now, financially, emotionally, relationships, etc. It makes no sense.
My coping mechanism is to remember that when I'm 41, I'll be wishing for 31 again. A lot of weird feelings that I'm experiencing for the first times in my life, I suppose this is the beginning of getting old.
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Posted on 9/19/24 at 8:13 am to SidewalkTiger
It's normal to look back at various eras of your life fondly. It's an indication you're living a good life and a way to signify growth.
Posted on 9/19/24 at 8:14 am to MrSavage
"I still remember, when 30 was old"
I love that line
I love that line
Posted on 9/19/24 at 8:16 am to SidewalkTiger
quote:
My coping mechanism is to remember that when I'm 41, I'll be wishing for 31 again.
Nah, you'll still be wishing for 21.
I turn 40 next month and it really hit me like a ton of bricks out of nowhere the other night. I kept thinking that if I live to be my grandfather's age (81), my life is halfway over. And that's like best case scenario. I've been dwelling on that for the past couple days and I'm really having a tough time right now wrapping my head around the end.
Posted on 9/19/24 at 8:16 am to SidewalkTiger
Posted on 9/19/24 at 8:17 am to SidewalkTiger
Look forward, not backwards. Don’t like how the future looks? Change it.
Posted on 9/19/24 at 8:23 am to SidewalkTiger
Those hangovers only get worse. That's all I got for you
Posted on 9/19/24 at 8:24 am to IAmNERD
For sixty year olds, it's basically undeniable there are far more days in the rear view mirror than the windshield.
Gentlemen should stay squared away at all times just in case.
Gentlemen should stay squared away at all times just in case.
Posted on 9/19/24 at 8:25 am to SidewalkTiger
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A lot of weird feelings that I'm experiencing for the first times in my life, I suppose this is the beginning of getting old.
Wait until you get older and the loved ones start falling. It gets worse.
Posted on 9/19/24 at 8:25 am to LasVegasTiger
quote:
Those hangovers only get worse.
This doesn’t seem like much advice, but it is. Heed the warning.
Posted on 9/19/24 at 8:25 am to SidewalkTiger
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I turn 31 this week and have really been hit hard with wanting to be 19-21ish again
Just wait til you turn 51 if you think 31 is tough.
Posted on 9/19/24 at 8:25 am to danilo
quote:
Look forward, not backwards. Don’t like how the future looks? Change it.
That's the dumb thing, my life is great right now, I couldn't really ask for anything else. I'm very thankful for that, I suppose it's just some innate longing for youth.
Posted on 9/19/24 at 8:26 am to SidewalkTiger
I’m 44 and would love to be 31 again. But for me, I have nostalgia about my kids when they were little. That has replaced any nostalgia for my own past.
Posted on 9/19/24 at 8:27 am to IAmNERD
quote:
I turn 40 next month and it really hit me like a ton of bricks out of nowhere the other night. I kept thinking that if I live to be my grandfather's age (81), my life is halfway over. And that's like best case scenario. I've been dwelling on that for the past couple days and I'm really having a tough time right now wrapping my head around the end.
you could be hit by a bus tomorrow walking into work.
then your life is 99.9% over.
50% left to go aint so bad
Posted on 9/19/24 at 8:27 am to SidewalkTiger
quote:You have a long way to go. Trust me.
I suppose this is the beginning of getting old.
Posted on 9/19/24 at 8:29 am to Spaceman Spiff
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Wait until you get older and the loved ones start falling. It gets worse.
I've already lost a parent and two grandparents.
It's always struck me as rather depressing that if you live long enough, everyone you've known that was older than you will be dead.
Posted on 9/19/24 at 8:30 am to SidewalkTiger
Imagine how my 92 year old Aunt feels. I talked to her the other day and she commented that she has to renew her drivers license her next birthday early next year and how it will be her last time to renew.
Posted on 9/19/24 at 8:30 am to SidewalkTiger
quote:
I turn 31 this week and have really been hit hard with wanting to be 19-21ish again,
Not to salt a wound, but you’re at the age where it feels like someone hits the fast forward button on your life. You’ll wake up tomorrow being 41 and be like WTF?
Posted on 9/19/24 at 8:32 am to SidewalkTiger
quote:
I turn 31 this week and have really been hit hard with wanting to be 19-21ish again
I just turned 50 this year. Physically, mentally, and sexually, I still get around great.
Looking back, I would've taken many more career risks in my 20's and 30's before having kids.
Posted on 9/19/24 at 8:36 am to biglego
quote:57 and I'm right there with you, even though my first grandchild is on the way.
I’m 44 and would love to be 31 again. But for me, I have nostalgia about my kids when they were little. That has replaced any nostalgia for my own past.
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