Do you find yourself longing for your youth?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Missing one's youth is a foreign idea to me. These responses are interesting. It makes me wonder if I missed out on some spectacular aspect of being young.

Just compare a Saturday when you were unmarried and childless to a Saturday now, and you'll see the difference. Then - up at 10 to a leisurely breakfast. 3 hour bike ride. Nap and shower. Go out with friends to dinner, then drink more at someone's place. Totally carefree and selfish. Didn't you have Saturdays like that when you were young?

Oh my god...those were the days. I don't think I've slept until 10 and awoken to a leisurely breakfast in 6 years.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Just so I can go back and fix all my mistakes.

[Anonymous]

I miss the sexy body I had in my 20s. But I never appreciated it then. I'm still pretty sexy, just a little fat.

I miss the freedom I had up until 2 years ago when I had a child but I was lonely and adrift without an anchor.

I miss the people I fell in love with then, I wish I could see them again.

[Anonymous]

I'd take the youth but only with the wisdom/confidence that being 42 has brought me. In my youth I was so unsure, so insecure, cared so much what everyone else thought about what I should/shouldnt do. I'm happier/more confident now with my gray hair and not so fit body than I ever was in my 20s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Missing one's youth is a foreign idea to me. These responses are interesting. It makes me wonder if I missed out on some spectacular aspect of being young.

Just compare a Saturday when you were unmarried and childless to a Saturday now, and you'll see the difference. Then - up at 10 to a leisurely breakfast. 3 hour bike ride. Nap and shower. Go out with friends to dinner, then drink more at someone's place. Totally carefree and selfish. Didn't you have Saturdays like that when you were young?

Not really. I get up early and have my leisurely coffee everyday. It's what I've always done. When my child was younger, I got up before her so I could have that time. If I want selfish time, I schedule it.

I don't remember my youth as carefree. Maybe that's why these responses seem so odd.

[Anonymous]

Two of my much younger cousins got married recently. And they are posting on facebook all their random adventures. Like going away for the weekend on a moments notice and just lots of fun stuff. I don't think we have done anything spontaneous in 8 years. It is just too hard with all the kids, the jobs and the pets.