Anonymous
Post 07/14/2025 15:23     Subject: I miss being young so damn much
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:One of my favorite unknown consequences of having a baby later in life is the childlike joy and wonder returning to me as I parent my child.


Agree. I do wish I had my younger self for them. I was 42. 35 year old me was way different energetically.


It's the opposite for me. At 35 I was day drinking and sometimes hungover. At 45 I'm clear headed and strong, full of energy!
Anonymous
Post 07/14/2025 15:08     Subject: I miss being young so damn much
I miss waking up in a body that is pain free - to me the biggest downside of aging is all the aches and pains and health issues that come with an aging body, and enduring it while you watch all your older and some same age loved ones passing away from this or that.
Anonymous
Post 07/14/2025 11:35     Subject: I miss being young so damn much
Anonymous wrote:(shrug) I'm 55 and I'm having fun. It's a different kind of fun, and to be honest, probably a better kind of fun.


I feel exactly this way at 45.
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2025 22:16     Subject: I miss being young so damn much
I miss jumping in a trampoline without worrying.
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2025 19:00     Subject: I miss being young so damn much
Time for a midlife crisis
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2025 18:55     Subject: I miss being young so damn much
I feel this way and then I think my parents feel this way about the age I am and I am not sure if that makes me feel better or worse.
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2025 18:43     Subject: I miss being young so damn much
Anonymous wrote:Oh gosh, I was a bit tortured in my late teens to early twenties - I found my old journals and I was just very insecure, sad about not having a boyfriend like most of my friends, self-conscious about family asking me about “next steps” (I changed my major/career path after much existential angst). I was attracted to artsy, creative guys who were unreliable (living in NYC). I wouldn’t want relive that select if it, but yes, I was very healthy, beautiful and free.


Hi me! I was deeply unhappy and BROKE back then. I wasted time on the worst type of artsy men (I remember one who laughed in my face when i asked where we were going. In fact, none of my ex boyfriends ever married.) Never traveled because i had no money. Now I have so much more appreciation for life.
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2025 18:42     Subject: I miss being young so damn much
I miss just being able to travel with dh. I met Dh at 20 and so we spent our 20s traveling childfree. Now I have all the money to travel anywhere I want but now have 3 kids. And yes, I’ve traveled with my kids to various countries but it’s nothing like just being with my husband. We used to dance all night at clubs and come home late. Watched the sun rise.

Love my kids so much but I hope they too have an awesome time in their 20s too before having kids.
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2025 18:39     Subject: I miss being young so damn much
Anonymous wrote:One of my favorite unknown consequences of having a baby later in life is the childlike joy and wonder returning to me as I parent my child.


Agree. I do wish I had my younger self for them. I was 42. 35 year old me was way different energetically.
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2025 18:37     Subject: I miss being young so damn much
One of my favorite unknown consequences of having a baby later in life is the childlike joy and wonder returning to me as I parent my child.
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2025 15:55     Subject: I miss being young so damn much
I just don't like it was taken away.
Anonymous
Post 02/26/2024 14:29     Subject: Re:I miss being young so damn much
Anonymous wrote:I'm in my mid-30s, generally quite happy with my life and marriage, great kids, comfortable incomes, lots of help, and I sometimes miss college and my early 20s. I miss having SO much time with my girlfriends where we all lived within a few blocks of each other, getting dressed up 3-4 nights per week and feeling so effortlessly hot, having minimal responsibilities, feeling guilt free about spending money on myself. I think I need to find local mom friends who are more fun and less preoccupied with status and get out a bit more but it's just hard with young kids.


+1

I miss the exciting sex also. It was definitely more novel and better.
Anonymous
Post 02/23/2024 07:41     Subject: I miss being young so damn much
Being young is exciting. It's a brain development thing. Mature people don't get excited over nothing.