Have you changed in 8 years?

shannon_tek

or... are you still the same or worse. I fear it gets worse. but hoping it gets better!

TeddyTedson

I've changed during 25.
What are you getting at?

EdenHazard

8 years bit random but i was like 12 and damn they were some good fun times which im really only getting over now(i kinda stayed the same person) but now i like where i am now, and anything is possible you just gotta believe and never say never

Kojak

I'm 8 years older.....

SomeFool

I have a few more grey hairs, probably still a bit of a fool though.

Noreen1

I'm eight years older, hopefully wiser - and definitely poorer.......

Otherwise, I'm pretty much the same person.:p

Irish Steve

Clothes? Lots of times,

Attitudes? Some, that's life

Appearance? Yes, unfortunately

Partner? No, and no way I want to, and we've been together a long time now.

Car? Yes, they don't last like they used to

Political opinions? Too darn right, hopefully we all have

Computers? No choice, built in obsolecence that starts before you collect it from the showroom. They get to be obsolete 4 times faster than the previous model.

Phones? Yes, it's cheaper than buying a new battery

House? No, and the way things are now, not going to any time soon.

John Doe1

8 years ago i was 5 ft, 13, catholic, virgin, football fan, supporter of irish republicanism so yeah ive changed a bit:D

TeddyTedson

John Doe1 wrote: »

8 years ago i was 5 ft, 13, catholic, virgin, football fan, supporter of irish republicanism so yeah ive changed a bit:D

Do you ever think you'll change back again?

stupidusername

in ways, yeah. lots of things hav changed. but at the same time im not sure if much about me had. 8 years ago i was twith my frist boyfriend. who waws a dick. i had no idea about ****. i didn['t know what sex was like. i didn['t know at the time that he was a dick. i didn't knw that i could have friends. i think i've gotten more into myhself. thought thats not a good thing.

IM0

8 years since?

IM0

stupidusername wrote: »

in ways, yeah. lots of things hav changed. but at the same time im not sure if much about me had. 8 years ago i was twith my frist boyfriend. who waws a dick. i had no idea about ****. i didni didn't knw that i could have friends[/B]. i think i've gotten more into myhself. thought thats not a good thing.

needs explanation

stupidusername

IM0 wrote: »

needs explanation

am... i never had friends, and thought ther was something wrong with me

im invisible

I went through a bit of depression around 8 years ago, kinda came out of it 7 years ago, but not fully, havn't seen much improvement in the last 7 years...

AlmightyCushion

Nope, I should get another year or two out of these boxers.

Lanaier

Yes, last time I lived in Ireland was just over 8 years ago.

TeddyTedson

Lanaier wrote: »

Yes, last time I lived in Ireland was just over 8 years ago.

sorry we're just interested in the last 8:(

Snowie

yeah a lot :cool:

theteal

Ha ha, I had the thickest paddy fro in the land 8 years ago. If someone said it would be like it is now, I would have laughed at the absurdity of it

GLaDOS

Well 8 years ago I was 13, so yes, quite substantially

Azureus

8 years ago I was an angsty teenager with a very open mind...now I've lightened up and formed some more informed opinions on various things. Gotten much more confident, grown up and happy in myself and hopefully it keeps going that way over the next 8

Aoifey!

Since I was 11 I'd say I've changed a fair bit alright.

arybvtcw0eolkf

shannon_tek wrote: »

or... are you still the same or worse. I fear it gets worse. but hoping it gets better!

Eight years ago I was in my mid 30's and having an absolute ball, best years of my life in fact.

Then one of two personal crisis put me through the grinder and I started to drink, and its developed into a habit I'm finding hard to break.

I've found once I got into my 40's people tried their best to knock me, reminding me that I'm getting older, telling me I shouldn't train so hard or fight/compete in Judo - so I dig in deeper, and I prove them wrong.

I'm still taken in by pricks & selfish bastards, and sometimes drop my guard - so I haven't learned so much there!.. But I deal with it better now and rarely make the same stupid mistakes a second time.

Finally, I have more grey than red hair now. My waist line has expanded, but thats just from gargling as I train pretty good and I'm strong as an ox.

Oh, I drive much slower now and don't feel the urge to wheelie my bike off from every traffic light.. And I enjoy a stroll.

Napper Hawkins

Eight years ago I was 20.

Hair's thinner, more comfortable in my own skin, far better musician now than I was, learned to stop caring about the opinions of others, travelled, acheived a couple of things I set out to do years ago and quite pleased at that. Have started to notice myself become a tad more conservative maybe and less tolerant of twats as I get older. Have severed ties with certain individuals as a result which has only made my life that bit easier.

All in all, feelin pretty good, could be way worse.:)

niamhx

God yes ! I spent my twenty's being fat, miserable, shy and in a job I hated. My relationship with my partner was pretty **** too tbh. I'd no social life, friends were limited. It's no wonder I was miserable !

Roll on 8 yrs, I'm 33, slim, happy, confident, my relationship is great (same guy) I'm in the same job, different company. Loads of new friends ( not so new now). Only bad thing is,I don't want my 30s to end.

Jumpy

Everyone changes. Way more than you think.

Heres something appropriate to the thread.

No offense to Bob, but you cant find a decent version of this with his name on it. So I had to use the Watchmen intro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v34hQQz7GvY

Jumpy

Fernando Numerous Curl wrote: »

Finally, I have more grey than red hair now.

Man dont worry about that ****. It just means you are growing a soul.

Dravokivich

Hmmm, I'd be inclined to say I haven't really done much of anything in the last 8 years thats changed me. Changes are generally something other people would notice more so. Appearently I've come "Out of my shell..." so to speak, but I still consider myself to still be fairly reserved and to some degree rather reclusive.

charlietheminxx

Yes, definitely! I was an angsty little 16 year old rebel virgin, waiting to get my braces taken off this month! I had no confidence and a very narrow world view....

cena

I would say so.I don't go out like I use to.

what a day

Yeah i dont like going out like i used to and when i do i have two pints and im tired and want to go home to chill out.
Starting to grow out ways now instead of upwards

Abi

Definitely, and for the better. Ended a long term relationship since, and it's the best thing I've ever done for myself. The damage he's done (and still doing) is a problem, but I'm happy over all with the rest of my life

seamus

Actually 8 years is a good figure. It doesn't sound like much, but when I think about where I was in January 2004, it actually blows my mind just how much you go through in what appears like a short amount of time.

I was 21.
In that time I've had 4 jobs, though the current one I've been in for five years.
I've practically lost all of my self-consciousness.
I do a lot less procrastinating (though still a good bit of it)
I know about fifty times as much about my line of work now than I did then.
I've lost nearly five stone, and cycled about 20,000km (most of that in the last 2 years)
My girlfriend finished her degree, moved to London and did another one, she came back, we bought a house, got married and that was still two years ago.
I've been a groomsman once and a best man once.
I've become an uncle, 3 times.
I've owned two motorbikes, two cars and 4 bicycles.
I've had five stitches in my face, bruised my ribs once, cracked them another time, and had countless amounts of road rash and other cuts.
I've spent more than €2,000 on coffee.
I've spent about €20,000 on alcohol

candy-gal1

8 years ago i was 17, in 5th year in school, virgin, still living in my hometown which i took for granted i can see now.
yep ive changed a lot since then, hell ive changed a lot since 2/3 years ago.

Eve_Dublin

I'm 31 now. I left Ireland 8 years ago and a hell of a lot has happened to me since (mainly relationships, job changes and moving country to country....nothing majorly tragic has happened in those 8 years thanks god bar a broken heart but I kind of find that funny now in hindsight...all that heartache for what...) but have I essentially changed? Not a huge amount to be honest. I still feel basically the same. I feel maturer though but that happened more in the last few years. Strange feeling. I just feel more settled in myself and have less of a need to impress as I used to. I like myself more and I'm more accepting of others but personality-wise, I'm pretty much the same. Still a bit of a clown.

The 30s are The Business though. The 20s, I suppose, were more craic in the sense that I partied more, but mentally, the 30s win hands down and I can enjoy myself doing stuff I would've been too hungover to do in the past. I'm seizing the daytime more. It's nice to have all that head-wreak of the early 20s done with.

ejmaztec

John Doe1 wrote: »

8 years ago i was 5 ft, 13, catholic, virgin, football fan, supporter of irish republicanism so yeah ive changed a bit:D

The only change being that you're now 21?








:pac:

Duggy747

In 8 years hair has appeared where there wasn't hair before.





My chin

Sleepy

In the last 8 years I've:

• changed jobs twice going from the recent graduate to a key player in a small company.
• spent a small fortune on alcohol
• moved into new house-shares with strangers twice
• learned how to ski
• got my driving license and bought my first, second, third and fourth cars.
• taken up numerous new hobbies (photography, fishkeeping, weight-lifting)
• been site-banned
• moving in with my girlfriend and moving house as a family twice more.
• lived in an estate where I'm pretty certain I was the only non-multi-millionaire resident but still had a panoramic ocean view and a private beach.
• been made redundant.
• become utterly blasé about flying anywhere
• gotten into, and back out of, good shape.
• become a father.
• ...and consequently started to notice a few grey hairs
• through necessity, learned not to waste so much money.
• taken up a part-time job in a bar again
• gotten engaged

So yeah, Sleepy at 31 is a lot different than he was at 23, this account 's also far less of an alter-ego for me than it was when I initially started posting here a little over 8 years ago... Actually I'd be fascinated to see a trend graph of my posts on boards since I've joined, sub-analysed by forum. If any of you admins could run the SQL to return Date or Year and Month, Forum and Count of my Posts (assuming that wouldn't kill the DB), I'd love to stick it in some of our software and analyse it! If one of you will send me the dataset, I promise to post up the graph!

Biggins

Gotten more greyer, learned another language and more determined.

Sunnyisland

8 years ago I lived in portugal,Drinking day & night and going through a messy divorce and all that goes with it,been home since 06, stopped drinking and smoking and have gotten my life way back on track in every way and feel great.It sure has gone fast.

bronte

I was a real people pleaser back then.
It was probably insecurity.
I've learned to be me and if people don't like it, tough!
That was important to learn.
I've ditched things that were holding me back and learned not to take the world too seriously.

Lawrence1895

8 years ago, I was living in Germany, now I'm living in Dublin

But I also heard, a person is changing every 7 years

I feel very very far from the person I was 8 years ago. It was around then I started to actually get involved in life and jobs started to get worth having following my first years out of college.

And around 8 years ago is when I first met the girls that I am now in a truple relationship with, bought a house with and have the first of a planned four children with. I have learned in that time to cook very well, grow my own food and herbs, build a house, stone BBQ and Jacuzzi single handedly for the fun of it, started a new language, acquired an actual wolf, become relatively very very fit through running, cycling and capoeira, studied and practised meditation to calm my emotions and train and improve my attention, become involved in several political issues mostly around alternative lifestyles like gay marriage due to my own relationship being slightly out of the ordinary, and made a massively new but exciting circle of friends.

I can barely remember - let alone recognise - the person I was 9 years ago. The last 8 years have been a trip.

Sleepy

An interesting adendum would be: do you think you'd like the person you were 8 years ago if you met them in the street (obviously assuming you were magically unable to recognise your younger self)?

Viral Vector

I've changed a good bit - 24 years old.

Got the Leaving Cert (had to do it twice it was that much fun!), Undergrad and Masters.
Lived in Galway for 6 years and London for 1 year
Had braces
Now drink
Had a gf for a good bit
Use internet now more than ever!

IvyTheTerrible

I think i have changed more in the last 3 years than I did in the previous 8.

Lanaier

TeddyTedson wrote: »

sorry we're just interested in the last 8:(

Okidokie then.

Hmm, lets see...in the 8 years since I was 23 I've:

• Gotten married.
• Learned Chinese.
• Had 4 jobs.
• Been in three (minor) car crashes (I wasn't driving).
• Owned a motorbike.
• Had three bicycles stolen.
• Been to Ireland only twice.
• Been in two life threatening situations.
• Been deported.
• Become tattooed.
• Quit cigarettes (after 12 years 2-3 packs a day)
• I believe I may have broken my nose.
• Become an uncle twice.
• Had my ugly mug printed on buses and bus stops in an advert.
• Been fired and then re-hired and promoted all by the same company on the same day (in that order).
• Been stalked by both a man and a woman (separately).
• Sampled just about every cuisine under the sun, from brains to balls. None of that Balut sh1t3 though, must have lost my adventurous palate by the time I discovered that.
• Grown to realize that Ireland is pretty small in the scheme of things, and actually it aint such a bad place.
• Hopefully become slightly less of a dick

I can think of more but that will do for now.
What an interesting segment of life to ponder, thanks OP!

Max Power1

Attitudes? Yup

Appearance? Yes, grown my hair (& occasional goatee/beard) long

Partner? Yes, multiple times, but not going to change again. Theres something different in a relationship when you feel confident enough to get matching tatoos of each other's names together :P

Car? Yes, I'm a car-aholic

Political opinions? Somewhat - mellowed with age

Computers? Yup

Phones? Yes,
House? A few (I moved out of the 'rents gaff and into a few different rented houses in the past 8 years)

Ive grown a lot, from 17 to 25 in the past 8 years.

Lanaier

^ Ah yes, thanks for reminding me Max.

I've had several beards, every man should!

The missus isn't a fan though - clean shaven these days

Bullchomper

8 years ago I was a feckless hedonistic wanderer with nothing to lose...
Now I am a repressed feckless hedonistic wanderer with a career to lose..
Now I am nervous.... very nervous.

Sindri

stupidusername wrote: »

am... i never had friends, and thought ther was something wrong with me

That's really sad. I'll be your friend.:)