Jend Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 (edited) Sometimes I hear "My childhood was the happiest time in my life!". It suprises me a lot. I had everything I need, but to say it was "perfect, the best time"... no never... because it wasn't at all. The problems were even more complicated than now. I'm curious what do you think about you childhood. Edited February 10, 2004 by Jend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiner Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 I don't miss it and I don't want to go back to it. But I do miss being really innocent/naive because I was happier and less self conscious. But at the same time that naiveness is also what I hate about my childhood looking back. I definitely don't want to go back and experience all the things I experienced since then once again. I was not aware of a lot of things. A lot of the time I daydreamed about becoming an adult. The bottom line is every age has its advantages and disadvantages, every period of time has it's role, living in the past or the future is not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THOTH Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 (edited) What i miss (most?) about my childhood is my Grandparents and certain Aunts and Uncles - 2 of whom were most speical to me in my life - and my father, of course - all of whom are no longer alive... Edited February 10, 2004 by THOTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sev-mard Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 The bottom line is every age has its advantages and disadvantages, every period of time has it's role, living in the past or the future is not good. Wow, shiner I always say almost the exact same thing. I remember growing up with my two other brothers, my Mother sewing, my father and us in the yard gardening. Work parties, trips, tennis on Sunday mornings. Family reading time, basketball in driveway. I have great memories of childhood and was a very observant/consiously aware child so I was sucking it up even then. I never dream of going back to any age group, I just really try and live it when i'm in it. But childhood was cool because our family was all together and with each other. One brother is in NYC now, I see my youngest now and again. My parents are seperated, but not divorced, and things are far more different, complicated, and not as simple, warm and loving as they used to be..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gevo27 Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 well, i wouldnt wanna go back, but i do miss having less stress.. i mean.. not that i dont want the responsibilities, but sometimes they seem that they overtower me and i seem like im standgin in the shadows, instead of casting my own.... BUT.... eventually we overcome them toooooo > :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyebruin Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 aaah i miss those carefree days when i thought the church choir was made of angels singing from heaven who would come down just on sundays and that the plastic santa would come to life at night when we were not watching and buy the presents the night before christmas and put them under the tree...or that the way to be blessed with a child would be to get down on your knees with your husband and pray really hard until you got pregnant ...aaaahhh what a way huh? immaculate conception?? what i don't miss is being super duper shy around boys....yes i was extremely shy around boys !! hard to believe i know! and being terrified of death and losing my parents and becoming an orphan...if i wasn't that sensitive i'd enjoy life more back then...same might be said today?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THOTH Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 if i wasn't that sensitive i'd enjoy life more back then...same might be said today?? Yeah - something that many should consider...as life passes you by and there is much to be said about being young, carefree, having fun etc...when I look back at my youth about my only regret is that I wasnt (even) wilder then I was!!!!! But thats OK 'Bruin - your still young - you have plenty of time to make up for your earlier shyness and sensitivity, etc.....yeah - be wild! Why not... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THOTH Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 ...or that the way to be blessed with a child would be to get down on your knees with your husband and pray really hard until you got pregnant ...aaaahhh what a way huh? immaculate conception?? Well this is certainly less fun then reality - no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sev-mard Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 Well this is certainly less fun then reality - no? For sure! That's a really pure image you had back in the day Bruin-jan, but reality in this case is much more enjoyable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyebruin Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 That's a really pure image you had back in the day Bruin-jan, but reality in this case is much more enjoyable! oh praise the lord almighty!! praise the lord!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sev-mard Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 haha, for that you get a coveted limited edition http://queerhye.delri.net/amot.gif enjoy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 I don't miss it and I don't want to go back to it. But I do miss being really innocent/naive because I was happier and less self conscious. Yeah, I feel the same about my childhood. Except I don't miss anything about being innocent/naive either. I was really naive back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasun Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 I mostly liked my childhood, some things I hated, things like having to wear a pioneer's red tie, having to go to school early, etc. One thing that pissed me off much was that I was not allowed to grow my hair. The most enjoyable parts were in summer when I stayed with my grandparents. That was a blast, I had so many adventures. Parents were somehow strict and boring, my grandma was such a great grandma - no matter what I did she always forgave me, there was never a punishment of any sort, and I should add I have done many bad things like breaking windows, breaking radios and other equipment in an attempt to "fix" them, chasing cats and dogs and kicking them, coming home very late, punching tires, stealing potatos, cutting trees, once we even stole a chicken with friends - it was delicious, many other crazy and stupid things I had some very special childhood friends where my grandparents lived. But I had many problems with my classmates. In fact, there was no single boy in my class with whom I didn't have a fist-fight of some sort. By the time we grew up I was friends with everyone, after fighting they became very friendly. There were less adventures when I was 13-14 and onwards as I liked to stay home and read, but that's also very useful and I don't regret a bit for not wasting my time doing silly things... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
den_wolf Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 (edited) I miss places and people, but not my childhood per se. I miss our old house, and I miss my parents. Other than that, I had an O.K childhood, nothing too exciting. I wouldn't want to go back to it just for the sake of being a kid again, but for the sake of seeing my parents. That said, my childhood was much more "fun" than my teenage years. But I don't think that's necessarily true for everyone. Teenage years were real hard for me, I was pretty aggressive, and if there's one thing that I regret, it'd be the fact that I talked to my parents the way I did (with anger, and so on). Edited February 10, 2004 by den_wolf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sev-mard Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 Are you parents no longer with us Den? Or you just wish you could do that time over better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
den_wolf Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 Are you parents no longer with us Den? Or you just wish you could do that time over better? No, no longer with us. But when the days of golden dreams had perished, And even Despair was powerless to destroy; Then did I learn how existence could be cherished, Strengthened, and fed without the aid of joy. "Remembrance," Emily Brontë Life goes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymouse Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 My childhood was like a scene from A Clock Work Orange, and as proof I only became bug eyed afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyebruin Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 I miss places and people, but not my childhood per se. I miss our old house, and I miss my parents. Other than that, I had an O.K childhood, nothing too exciting. I wouldn't want to go back to it just for the sake of being a kid again, but for the sake of seeing my parents. That said, my childhood was much more "fun" than my teenage years. But I don't think that's necessarily true for everyone. Teenage years were real hard for me, I was pretty aggressive, and if there's one thing that I regret, it'd be the fact that I talked to my parents the way I did (with anger, and so on). i empathize with you den don't be sad or guilty... it's what in your heart that matters...when you love someone, especially parents, they know!! whether they're in physical form or in spiritual form...love transcends all physical barriers including time and space so be happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
den_wolf Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 thanks, hyebruin. Come to think about it, I do cherish my childhood, as uneventful as it might've been. I can say that I owe my current situation to my childhood experiences, and all the attention my parents gave to my "education." So those of you who have kids, do play or spend time with them, it does make a huge impression on the personality and the inclinations of a child. Speaking from personal experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anonymouse Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Anyone wanna help me build a time machine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gevo27 Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 (edited) Anyone wanna help me build a time machine? YES, i have been working on one in my head for quite some time now.. Oh i know where to start, first we have to overcome the impossibility of perpetual motion.. this i seriously have been working on.. my teacher laughed at me in 8th grade physics when i told him i was gonna use the generator to power the motor to spin the genrator.. so on... LOL.. i didnt understand why.. now i do,, but i dont think its impossible.. Either way, mouse you lead the work, i wil lhelp wait.. will this be time machine for future or past..?? Edited February 11, 2004 by gevo27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angel4hope Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 i had a weird childhood...good and bad weird well...in armenia as far as i remember it was great ...being around aunts/uncles/cousins....everyday was just a blast.... once we got to the US things changed alot 4 me...i had a hard time coping with the fact that i was almost never gonna see any of my relatives for a long time, and having to go to school here...hahahha memories..i was such a bad kid in grade school...i was a crybaby....well becasue all the kids were like frekkin rude and would make fun of me because i was the littlest one lol but family -wise i had a great childhood...but cant say i enjoyed plaaying outside alot, because the differences ehre in asmerica...more violence at the time esp with the riots in the early 90's.... i can write a whole novel on my childhood...lol one funy story...me and my childhood best friend had the same names and stuff...we were alot alike concerning other things too, so one day we hid from the teacher...we had bushes, and i believe they were oleander bushes and we didnt know they are poisonous, so we hid there in hope of sneaking to the monkey bars to play longer and not go to class...lol and when they found us..we were horribly RED and i guess they had to send us home...lol aww those were the days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armine3773 Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 I LOVED my childhood. Good times, good times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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