Have You Lived? A Trip Down Memory Lane...

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 7:40 pm

Originally posted by Witch King
Yes, sorry.

Remember the rule, : No apologizing.

Vinin · Post by **Vinin** » Tue Apr 23, 2002 7:58 pm

Why is it that I feel so old again at 15?!?

fable · Post by **fable** » Wed Apr 24, 2002 6:29 am

Originally posted by Vinin
Why is it that I feel so old again at 15?!?

Because you are.

I'll never forget once saying at about the age of 13, "When I was young," in front of my mother and a group of her friends, who laughed wildly and heckled me for it.

Of course, embarassment was small change for her, but the important thing is that feelings are real, no matter the age or experience of the person. And there is a very looong distance between childhood and into the teens, a biological hurdle that's just as heavy as setting off for a new profession in an unexplored country.

I hear you, and I empathize.

C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Wed Apr 24, 2002 3:54 pm

ROLF

@Fable, Frogus, WK, T'

Originally posted by Vinin
Why is it that I feel so old again at 15?!?

I have to agree with Fable here, I have never felt so old as when I was 15, and I'm more than double that age now. I believe the transition from childhood to adulthood makes the teen years feel limited in a certain way that makes it feel like you have "done it all". At least it was that way for me, like a vacuum between no longer appreciating life as it was when you were a kid, but not yet able to image what adult life would hold.