If you could talk to yourself as a child.....

[Silentrunning]

If it were possible to go back and tell your younger self a bit of advice, what would it be?

For me it would be: "Don't be afraid to fail".

I lived my life very cautiously for fear of failure and by doing so I missed some opportunities.

 

[Tjohn]

When my parents said "don't do it" I wish I had listened!

 

[Esther Knapicius]

Don't marry the sexy French /Italian man you meet in your first job. big mistake. But do call that phone number that some guy slipped in your Bible.

 

[alp]

Don't go for expediency - It will only end in tears..

 

[alp]

If it were possible to go back and tell your younger self a bit of advice, what would it be?

For me it would be: "Don't be afraid to fail".

I lived my life very cautiously for fear of failure and by doing so I missed some opportunities.

My son is like that. Before going out, he would have all sorts of health and safety checks.. He is so scared of taking a step different that he overthinks everything, even simple task like pasting wallpaper. I grabbed the brush and showed him some broad strokes and tell him to hurry up and that there was no art in it.

 

[zigs]

Don't marry the jewish girl with the mad hair

 

[MoonShadows]

You are a good person.

 

[Daren]

Grow up......hang....on ......Don't Grow up its a trap but be a man have fun and don't take the world to seriously its never going to make any sense anyway ...Have fun & enjoy every moment

 

[Silentrunning]

Don't marry the jewish girl with the mad hair

Come on zigs. You can't leave us hanging with a post like that.

 

[alp]

Come on zigs. You can't leave us hanging with a post like that.

We need a romantic saga!

 

[Colin]

Hi,

We need a romantic saga!

Not to start dating aged 7 I should have started sooner.

Kind regards, Colin.

 

[Greenhorn]

Don't be so idealistic and gullible.

 

[alp]

Hi,



Not to start dating aged 7 I should have started sooner.

Kind regards, Colin.

We need a new phrase - dirty little boy! Haha!

 

[Colin]

Hi,

Thanks alp; I was a very clean little boy because I washed behind my ears; it's said you always remember your first love; we went to school and grew up together; aged 7 I asked her to be my girlfriend and we then spent our school days at junior and senior schools together in the same class and our free time too until aged 15 when we went our own way starting work. I'm sure this must happen a lot even now. I once got six of the best from the headmaster who caught me carving our initials on the inside of my desk top; in those days a desk top was on a wooden desk. Boys in those days carried sheath knifes and we often carved our initials on trees and knives were allowed in school because no one ever got stabbed unlike now. Happy carefree days.

You did say we need a romantic saga alp?

Kind regards, Colin.

 

[alp]

What has happened to your first love, do you know? I had a crush on this boy who came from a very middle class family - his mother was a teacher .. and they lived in a nice house. He didn't even know me. He's one year higher than me. Any way, he came to this country to study and I tried to come here because of this. He went back but I stayed. Funny how people have crazy crush on others who don't even know them.

@Colin Isn't it nice to have someone to validate you when you were so young, not that you need that validation. I myself don't need anybody to validate myself. I am totally misanthropic.