Stollen From MM - What Would...

[partiallysunny]

... Your 16 year old self think about the current you?

[partiallysunny]

My 16 year old self would be amazed by my current self.

Not only am I alive, but I'm married? With a kid? I own a home? I have a career? Holy crap!

No teenage pregnancy or alcoholism? I broke the cycle!

Though, 16 year old me would be disappointed I didn't finish college and didn't have a bachelors.

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I think my 16 year old self would be disappointed that I didn't already have my kids. Back then I thought the 30s were SOOoooo old and I figured I would be done with having my kids by then. Haha the joke is on me.

I think she would be proud that I made it through my schooling and ended up in a job where I protect the environment and still advocating for what is important to me.

[partiallysunny]

doglove 30 is the new 25!

I never thought I'd have kids. When I was really young, I was all "I'm having 8 kids!" By the time I was 16 I thought I was too selfish and had r many goals to have kids. I also didn't want to end up like my mother.

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Oct 30, 2013 8:21:35 GMT -5 partiallysunny said:

doglove 30 is the new 25!

I never thought I'd have kids. When I was really young, I was all "I'm having 8 kids!" By the time I was 16 I thought I was too selfish and had r many goals to have kids. I also didn't want to end up like my mother.

I was the opposite. I always said I would have a bazillion kids. Even with my first bf who was a total screw up. Now? Maybe we'll have one. In a few years. Haha. 

[partiallysunny]

doglove You're going to make me wait a few years for a little puppylove!

[margarita]

I think she'd find me kind of boring. lol
I used to go out every night to see a friend or my boyfriend, even if it just meant going out for a coffee. Now? Forget it. I've become such a homebody.

I also think she'd find it odd that I don't have any kids yet. For some insane reason, I always had it set in my mind back then that if I had children, I wanted to be done having them before I was 30. Because when you're in your thirties, you're waaaaay too old, doncha know? Yeah right, Kid!

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I knoowwwww. I kind of want one now, but alas we are working towards paying down debt and saving for a new car and being able to take some trips before we get to that point. As a side note, We just paid a huge chunk of debt off yesterday.

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Oct 30, 2013 8:36:21 GMT -5 margarita said:

 

I also think she'd find it odd that I don't have any kids yet. For some insane reason, I always had it set in my mind back then that if I had children, I wanted to be done having them before I was 30. Because when you're in your thirties, you're waaaaay too old, doncha know? Yeah right, Kid!

That's exactly the way I thought about it back then. Ohh how naive I was at 16 years old.

[margarita]

I know, doglove. It's silly.

[partiallysunny]

Way to go doglove!

[starrieskies]

My 16 year old self had some very lofty goals that I never came close to completing. I think she'd be disappointed.

[partiallysunny]

starrieskies I think your 16 year old self would be impressed that you are an independent woman who was able to grow and learn from a bad marriage.

[tiramisu]

I think my 16 year-old self would ve disappointed that I didn't pursue a doctoral degree, but stopped at a masters instead. I also think she (I?) would be surprised I don't have a child or own a house yet. She'd be very glad I left my HS bf in the past. And probably pleased that I still have my car from HS. Even though I thought at the time that I would keep it for 10 years and so got a sedan for future baby-hauling. lol

I do think she'd be happy to see me working in a job that makes a difference in people's lives.

doglove congrats on paying down debt!

[starrieskies]

Oct 30, 2013 9:04:52 GMT -5 partiallysunny said:

starrieskies I think your 16 year old self would be impressed that you are an independent woman who was able to grow and learn from a bad marriage.

My 16 year old self was kind of a bitch... she's probably be pissed at me for being in that marriage in the first place...

But thank you. This honestly made me tear up a bit.

[neonpink]

My 16 year old self would be pretty stoked. I wanted to do a creative job, at the time I thought it was Graphic Design. Instead I'm an interior designer and I dabble in graphics. I've gotten to travel to a lot of foreign places. That was really important to me to see the world.

I think the surprising things would be that I am still in the South. I wanted to move to NYC or Chicago. Also that I am married. For some reason as a teen I thought I wouldn't get married, I'd live with someone but not get married.

[motzie]

"We live where?"

We married who?" and "Why did it take so long?"

I think 16 year old me would be pretty proud of me for the most part. But H and I should have more kids at this point, and they'd be turning 12 by now, instead of 1. If only I could have skipped all that crap in the middle. Really though, I know that all of that is what got us here, so I wouldn't change anything.

[motzie]

OH, and we got boobs. 16 year old me would be pretty pumped about that.

[partiallysunny]

Lol motzie!

I was so unaware of my body as a teenager. I can't figure out if that's a good thing or not.

[neonpink]

Oct 30, 2013 9:54:45 GMT -5 motzie said:

OH, and we got boobs. 16 year old me would be pretty pumped about that.

I forgot that! My 16 year old self would be so happy. Also that I turned out to not be so awkward looking.

My BFF at the time was the girl all the guys loved, she got boobs way early. I always felt like a wall flower.

[cuddlyevil]

My 16 year-old self would be disappointed in me--I don't have a PhD or any other advanced degree. Plus, I'm living in Ohio. LOL.

[partiallysunny]

Oct 30, 2013 10:35:40 GMT -5 cuddlyevil said:

My 16 year-old self would be disappointed in me--I don't have a PhD or any other advanced degree. Plus, I'm living in Ohio. LOL.

how did I not realize you live in Ohio!

[starrieskies]

Oct 30, 2013 10:35:40 GMT -5 cuddlyevil said:

My 16 year-old self would be disappointed in me--I don't have a PhD or any other advanced degree. Plus, I'm living in Ohio. LOL.

My 16 year old self woud be livid that I am still living in the town I grew up in. LOL!  When I was 16, I couldn't wait to be free of this place.

[wrathofkuus]

I think 16 year old me would be pleased overall, but mildly surprised that I never did get any taller.

[partiallysunny]

Lol.wrathofkuus I can't believe you still had hope at 16. I gave up that dream long before I was 16.

[cuddlyevil]

Oct 30, 2013 10:39:38 GMT -5 partiallysunny said:

Oct 30, 2013 10:35:40 GMT -5 cuddlyevil said:

My 16 year-old self would be disappointed in me--I don't have a PhD or any other advanced degree. Plus, I'm living in Ohio. LOL.

how did I not realize you live in Ohio!

I don't know. I don't hide it really, LOL--at least not anymore.

[partiallysunny]

Oct 30, 2013 11:47:19 GMT -5 cuddlyevil said:

Oct 30, 2013 10:39:38 GMT -5 partiallysunny said:

how did I not realize you live in Ohio!

I don't know. I don't hide it really, LOL--at least not anymore.

Now I want to know where! Could there be a Columbus Zoo trip in our future?

[cuddlyevil]

I live in Cincinnati. There could be, Columbus isn't that far from our house and my sister lives there

[Chirp]

Oct 30, 2013 8:15:39 GMT -5 partiallysunny said:

My 16 year old self would be amazed by my current self.

Not only am I alive, but I'm married? With a kid? I own a home? I have a career? Holy crap!

No teenage pregnancy or alcoholism? I broke the cycle!

Though, 16 year old me would be disappointed I didn't finish college and didn't have a bachelors.

Ditto every word of this.

My 16 year old self would think my current self is pretty badass.

[partiallysunny]

Oct 30, 2013 11:51:27 GMT -5 cuddlyevil said:

I live in Cincinnati. There could be, Columbus isn't that far from our house and my sister lives there

I honeymooned in Hocking Hills and visited the zoo. I love the Columbus Zoo!