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me reflect on my relationship with people, but mainly my husband whom I have been with 14 years. We were married when I was 19, and he was 21, and started dating when he was 18 and I was 16. Lots of Passporters told me about how it was for them turning 30. So, I started thinking that if I could go back to any age and restart, where would I go? I think that 19-20 was wonderful. We had bookoos of money, traveled. In fact we went all the way down the California coast, visiting Disney and Universal Studios, stayed in Monterey, went tide pooling. Plus our relationship was so exciting! So here is the question - if you could restart your life at any age, where would you start and why?
Tough one!!
I dropped out of a big university to move home and go to a community college because I "missed my boyfriend" blah! I got married at 22, BUT honestly I will never regret doing that because I wouldn't have my beautiful babies.
But probably around 28-30. I noticed some odd things going on. He took all our money, kids included (scam artist) and ended up in jail after we got divorced. The girls and I ended up living with my parents for almost 4 years.
I bet the ex wishes he could change that
But I'm finally happy, and a helluva lot wiser, My girls finally have a real dad that cares for them and there are so many good times to be had. My parents started traveling the world when I moved out. You're young, don't dwell on shoulda-coulda-woulda. Since my husband's mother was killed 2 years ago, we realize you have to live every minute like it's your last.
My dd was born when I was 28 (27 when I got pregnant). It was a great time, tough being a single parent, but it made me a better person and I raised a very terrific young lady.
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My dd was born when I was 28 (27 when I got pregnant). It was a great time, tough being a single parent, but it made me a better person and I raised a very terrific young lady.
My favoritist (I know it's not a word) movie quote EVER:
"I believe we have two lives; the one we learn with, and the life we live after that."
Oh wow, good question, but tough one. I'm not sure I would go back and restart anything you know. Don't get me wrong, I've had some amazing experiences and would love to relive some of those, but to my mind, I'd only go back if there was something I wanted to change and I'm very lucky to be able to say that there isn't anything I would go back and change.
Deep answer: Wouldn't. Even though I've made some truly horrendous mistakes in my life, I tend to think everything we go through is necessary to attain enlightenment and self-awareness. For example, I have a much greater appreciation for my DH because of all the incredible losers I got involved with along the way. I probably wouldn't have given him a second look in my 20's or 30's. When I finally met him, I knew what a great guy he is (in spite of a few seriously annoying habits!). I feel that way about everything in my life. I appreciate what I have, because I know what it means to live without it.
Shallow answer: Late 20's. I was skinny and hot, had a great job, and could party all night. Told you it was a shallow answer.
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Got to agree with Pat - I would never want to go back. There's nothing I'd change, not being a single teen mom, not having DD injured (wish it didn't happen, but it did), nothing.
To quote a very, very bad 80s sitcom theme song "You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the facts of life."
I've learned a lot because of my experiences. I'm who I am because of them. I don't want to EVER relive any of it, even the happy times because then it wouldn't be quite as special if I already knew what to expect.
Kind of like I said about my age in your turning 30 post: I'm 43. I like it, because it's what I am. Every gray hair on my head was earned, and so were all the laugh lines around my eyes and mouth!!
Sorry Kelly I am not trying to hyjack your thread, but had to make some responses and I will address the question at hand at the end.
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My dd was born when I was 28 (27 when I got pregnant). It was a great time, tough being a single parent, but it made me a better person and I raised a very terrific young lady.
I think I might have posted this before but....your DD looks so much like you! Very pretty.
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Originally Posted by RunningPrincess
My favoritist (I know it's not a word) movie quote EVER:
"I believe we have two lives; the one we learn with, and the life we live after that."
I use favoritist ALL the time...it's my favoritist word. LOL You are the only other person I have met that uses it!
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Got to agree with Pat - I would never want to go back. There's nothing I'd change, not being a single teen mom, not having DD injured (wish it didn't happen, but it did), nothing.
To quote a very, very bad 80s sitcom theme song "You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the facts of life."
I've learned a lot because of my experiences. I'm who I am because of them. I don't want to EVER relive any of it, even the happy times because then it wouldn't be quite as special if I already knew what to expect.
Kind of like I said about my age in your turning 30 post: I'm 43. I like it, because it's what I am. Every gray hair on my head was earned, and so were all the laugh lines around my eyes and mouth!!
I never cared about turning 30. I actually was excited to turn 30! All my gf's thought I was a wackadoo. LOL
Anyhow, if I could go back to any age, I would say it would be when I was 13. I know what a wackadoo age to go back to. But I ended up with Chronic Lyme Disease when I was 14 and 13/14 8th grade...8th grade summer before 9th grade, was the best year/summer I ever remember. In Nov after that year I got sick. So I think it's understandable.
I was raised by my grandmother and was adopted by her (not until I was 24 though, yeah that's a whole nother story) from the age of 7, bc of home issues. So I would not pick before age 7. I think you friends get the idea of why such a hard and confusing age is right where I would go back to.
I also know that if I weren't sick, I wouldn't have met DH and there would be no DD. Yes, there might be kids, but not my DD.
So in the end I don't think I would go back. Even though the thought of seeing Gram again (I lost her in Mar of 09) is a giant...what's the word? Giant persuasion? Yeah, good enough.
Can we change this to going back and reliving something then back to present. Like "Back to the Future". LMAO
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I would not go back in time to change my life. Whatever choices I have made, good, bad or indifferent, I have learned life from those decisions.
But....
If I could go back to a specific time it would be so that I could watch all of my sons grow up all over again. I absolutely loved being a mom to my boys, and it was such a sweet time. They accepted my answers to their questions. They laughed, played, and were in wonder of the world around them. They made me smile! They made me proud! They made me realize how blessed I was and still am!
I wouldn't change anything, I would just love to do it all over again!
I'm another who wouldn't go back. I am today the sum of all the decades that have been and I really like being this me, though that me is still evolving and will be a different me before I know it.
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blah! I got married at 22, BUT honestly I will never regret doing that because I wouldn't have my beautiful babies. 
. I noticed some odd things going on. He took all our money, kids included (scam artist) and ended up in jail after we got divorced. The girls and I ended up living with my parents for almost 4 years.
My parents started traveling the world when I moved out. You're young, don't dwell on shoulda-coulda-woulda. Since my husband's mother was killed 2 years ago, we realize you have to live every minute like it's your last.
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