Someone recently posted a pic of me when I was 18 on another forum in my birthday thread, and it made me realise how much I've changed since then. Physically a little, but more mentally.

So, it made me wonder; what one piece of advice would you give to your 18 yr old self?

Oh, and whoever contributes 'don't eat yellow snow' will be neg repped!!!!!!!

GO!

Originally Posted by ProTender

I'll tell my 18 year old self to learn how to create websites and go finda girl named Tiffany before a perv named Phil Flash

agreed pro same with cass and nikki

Originally Posted by theetoecutter

agreed pro same with cass and nikki

absolutely

but I just figured if I beat him to Tiffany then I'd get Nikki and Cass too!

I'd probably have a few sports picks for my younger self as well

I'd also say, "You don't have to get worried about getting married. Cause trust me, solider, at my age, you still ain't getting any".

Originally Posted by ProTender

I'd probably have a few sports picks for my younger self as well

I like the way you think

There are many parts of my life that I could have done better, but I'm so happy now that I wouldn't change a thing, because if I did, I wouldn't appreciate what I have so much, and maybe I wouldn't have gotten what I needed in order to be this happy. And that's one of the reasons that I truly believe that Everything Happens For A Reason!

This thread isn't necessarily about regrets, it's more a 'what do you know now, that you wish you knew then' type of thing...like what do you wish you knew that would have maybe saved a little time/effort/made life easier than working it out for yourself.

E.g. I wish I knew then that trying to make a relationship work when your heart just isn't in it and you no longer want to try means that you should end things! The sooner the better! I know that sounds obvious, but in a couple of relationships I've been too scared to finish things, or have just hoped things would get better when they haven't and won't. I wish I knew back then that life's too short to waste time being with someone you no longer want to be with...that would have saved myself a LOT of heartache!

at 18 I was heading off to college to play football at tech... I think I would have told myself to buy some acl braces for my knees. I';d be Oprah rich in the nfl now as a fat overpaid lineman who plays at 75% enough to keep a contract and a check but not enough to get hurt

"Well kid, it sure was nice to meet me. But JJ Abrams was wrong. When you meet yourself the universe gives you just long enough to explain whats about to happen before it implo-".

Don't listen to that one cute guy who told you to break up with the guy
you are in love with cuz he ends up being worse and steals all your money,
gets you into drugs,and beats you and knocks out a tooth.

(i was adumb 18yr old)

Originally Posted by Violet

Don't listen to that one cute guy who told you to break up with the guy
you are in love with cuz he ends up being worse and steals all your money,
gets you into drugs,and beats you and knocks out a tooth.

(i was adumb 18yr old)

Ouch! Poor you!

I see all of our mistakes as learning experiences... and I think no matter what I told myself, I would still end up making a similar mistake down the road, because I had not yet dealt with the consequences. The best advice I could give myself is to just get my ass in gear sooner in life. And stay away from long distance relationships ... lol.

Oh and credit cards are evil.

I'd tell my 18 year-old self to relax, things are going to be fine.

A variation of this that old farts like myself like to wonder about is what if the current you and the 18 year-old you came face to face? what would each of you think of the other?

The current me would look at the 18 year-old me and think, "cut your hair, clean yourself up a bit and get serious about things."

The 18 year-old me would look at the current me and think, "oh, fuck! married with kids? tuition payments? planning for retirement? too much responsibility. . ."

Originally Posted by Goose

A variation of this that old farts like myself like to wonder about is what if the current you and the 18 year-old you came face to face? what would each of you think of the other?

The current me would look at the 18 year-old me and think, "cut your hair, clean yourself up a bit and get serious about things."

The 18 year-old me would look at the current me and think, "oh, fuck! married with kids? tuition payments? planning for retirement? too much responsibility. . ."

Ohh I like that angle!

The current me would look at my 18 yr old self and say "You don't need so much make-up, and your tan looks great but THINK OF YOUR SKIN. Oh, and that skirt's too short and the legwarmers aren't so cute".

The 18 yr old me would think "your hair is nicer, but FUCK you're pale. And oh, your boobies got a little bigger, well done".

Originally Posted by Goose

The current me would look at the 18 year-old me and think, "cut your hair, clean yourself up a bit and get serious about things."

Not me, I never had long hair, but the rest... yeah.

I wouldn't tell the 18 year old me anything, trust me, he wouldn't listen :

I would like to trade places with him for a week though, maybe that would help.

I wouldn't tell him anything because then i wouldn't learn all the things i did between now and then. Mistakes are a learning experience. Nothing more. I'd rather learn things first hand - I tend to understand things fuller that way.

I'd tell him not to spend so much time on the internets.

Originally Posted by Gina

Oh, and that skirt's too short".

I'd argue with you about that.

Invest Heavily into myspace and facebook! =)

Don't overthink the situation. just do what feels right and don't look back. maybe i could've broken that damn habit when i was younger...or maybe not...well??? maybe...no probably not...oh shit, i'm doing it now. oh well