Anyone wish they were 'young'(er) again?

EdenHazard

I'm in college and its terrible. I miss the day to day life of being in school. College is so bland in comparison, sure the holidays are great and its easier than having moron teachers in your year but life was much funner back when I was 15/16. Watching Secret Life of the American Teenager it makes me wish I was back in those 15 year old days for some reason.

Cavehill Red

Give over. You're still a child ffs. Get back to us when you're bald in a bath chair staring out the staring window hoping the grandkids might come and visit to argue over your will again.

Eathrin

Nah I didn't enjoy my teenage years like I do now in college.
Although I'm pretty upset that I'll probably lose my hair in the next 5 years.
I do wish I had a second chance at some things though.

jefreywithonef

As you get older everything always seems much blander in comparison to what came before, that's the way it goes. As a graduate you yearn to be back dossing in college. As a college student you yearn for the relatively carefree days of secondary school. As a secondary school student you yearn for the ridiculously carefree days of primary school. As a primary school kid you yearn for the fun-filled days of play school. As a child in pre-/play-school you yearn for the pre-pre-/play-school days of contentedly crapping your nappy without shame. As a nappy-crapping nipper you are probably incapable of yearning for anything as you are an infantile incontinent idiot.

Vito Corleone

I have a lot of regrets about stuff I didn't do when I was younger. I wish I had made more of an effort to be social instead of just playing video games all of the time. When I was in national school I was always really happy and everything seemed great, things haven't been as good since. That said I don't wish I was any younger, I just wish I had taken my opportunities when they had came.

obplayer

EdenHazard wrote: »

I'm in college and its terrible. I miss the day to day life of being in school. College is so bland in comparison, sure the holidays are great and its easier than having moron teachers in your year but life was much funner back when I was 15/16. Watching Secret Life of the American Teenager it makes me wish I was back in those 15 year old days for some reason.

Enjoy your youth and use it. You have years of youth to go yet;use them.

3rdDegree

obplayer wrote: »

Enjoy your youth and use it. You have years of youth to go yet;use them.

Agreed. I threw mine away on parties, babes and good times. I was such a fool.

obplayer

3rdDegree wrote: »

Agreed. I threw mine away on parties, babes and good times. I was such a fool.

LOL:D

Vito Corleone

3rdDegree wrote: »

Agreed. I threw mine away on parties, babes and good times. I was such a fool.

Cavehill Red

3rdDegree wrote: »

Agreed. I threw mine away on parties, babes and good times. I was such a fool.

George Best called from the Eighties and wants his gag back.

jefreywithonef

George Best is a time-travelling zombie now? He must have really loved the partying.

Ricky91t

Nope, I didn't enjoy secondary school, It was OK but as a whole it was meh. The first few years of college to me seemed bland but that was because I wasn't making the most of it, This year and last year have been brilliant and I'm genuinely excited for the next few years, earning a nice salary for one is going to make a nice change from being a broke student

wnolan1992

I dunno... I was genuinely miserable in Secondary School. I mean, I vaguely remember being content up until JC, but after that it just went on a rapid decline into utter monotony and drudgery.

I suppose I would like to be back in primary school again, those were legitimately fun days, not starting school until 10:30am because the teachers were having a long chat outside, ridiculous innocence and imagination...

But really, as much as I'm wasting college atm (not socialising, studying and isolating myself) I wouldn't change it for a second. At least now I get to choose what I want to do. No working to someone else's schedule (which has both negatives and positives :pac:).


I'd also follow up on jefrey's point by saying, not only do we yearn back, we long to grow up. In primary school, you long to be treated more like an adult, in Secondary School you long to be out drinking and partying in college, in college you (well, at least I do) yearn to be out in the "real" world earning a wage and having disposable income to do whatever crazy things you feel like doing.

We're an odd race really. :P

iamanengine

I hated primary school and hated secondary school even more up until Junior Cert. I eventually came out of my shell during the Junior Cert and lifes been pretty solid ever since! Admittedly I did find the first month or so of college very tough, having to try make friends all over again and that, but I managed it!

Also that thing about yearning to go back yet also in the most contradicting way possible yearn to get on to the next stage of our lives is so strangely true.

anirishlad

Primary school was a horrible experience for me so im pretty happy with what age I am right now :P

Lawliet

It's easy to romanticize the past. It's easy to remember how simple secondary school was in comparison to college, and I often miss stuff like set lunch breaks, early finishes and seeing my friends all the time. But the truth is I hated secondary school, I was often bullied, miserable and made to feel like an outsider and the work wasn't that straight forward when I was actually doing it.
College isn't prefect, it's tough and stressful, I don't get to see friends as often as I'd like, and I still feel like an outsider in my class. But in a few years I won't remember that stuff as much as I'll remember the quirky lecturers, the laughs we had in labs, and the many, many hours spent doing nothing when we should have gone to the library.
It's nice to look back on things with fond memories, but there's no point wishing you were still sixteen. As Dumbledore once said 'it does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.'

EdenHazard

Only thing I prefer is that when I was younger I was an ugly duckling so never really got with girls or anything. From that point of view my teenage years sucked. Now I'd consider myself pretty good looking but I wish I could have had what I have now back then. It would have helped me do a lot more things because I was intimidated going to gaffs/Wezz and stuff and hanging out with girls due to my looks. Then when I hit 18 its like something changed over night but I'm still that awkward boy on the inside

iamanengine

EdenHazard wrote: »

Only thing I prefer is that when I was younger I was an ugly duckling so never really got with girls or anything. From that point of view my teenage years sucked. Now I'd consider myself pretty good looking but I wish I could have had what I have now back then. It would have helped me do a lot more things because I was intimidated going to gaffs/Wezz and stuff and hanging out with girls due to my looks. Then when I hit 18 its like something changed over night but I'm still that awkward boy on the inside

Thinly veiled "Hey look how attractive I am" post...

I kid! :pac:

EdenHazard

from where i came from, ye :P

Davidius

If I could I'd keep going back every 20 or so years so I could live forever and accumulate more knowledge and skill than anybody in human history. So that's a bit like what you're saying I suppose.

Cakes.

I don't particularly wish I was younger. Like, I'm pretty happy right now, I wish i was a bit older but in my current situation like? If ya know what I mean? :pac:

But I'm looking forward to college and the things to come but know I'll miss school and stuff too!

I don't make a lot of sense but right now I'm happy, I was happy in the past too and hopefully I'll be happy in the future. Taking life one day at a time and doing my best with it?

/cheese

CiDeRmAn

Hmm, tons of fun to be had at any age, and only ones stopping you are... Well... You!
I didn't enjoy my teens at all but it was all about confidence.
Once I gained a bit of that, the rest was easy.
Responsibilities does not equal misery, not unless you let it.
I used to miss school, the lack of worries, but I could appreciate the new control I had over my life.
Employment only increased that feeling, with a whole new social scene opening up.
And life has only gotten more interesting, with new things to learn.
Great stuff!