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leftist_rebel1569 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-06-06 10:46 PM Original message |
How much did your life change between your 18th and 25th birthdays? |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-06-06 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hmmm... nothing could prepare me for the change. |
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dorktv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-06-06 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. Got engaged, got unengaged, went to college, dropped out of college |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-06-06 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. I sobered up.... |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-06-06 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. You're young and impressionable . . . you don't wanna know. |
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samplegirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-06-06 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. Marriage, house |
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GalleryGod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-06-06 11:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Hey, Betts! |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-06-06 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. well, I had finished my undergrad and MSc, and had just started my PhD |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-06-06 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. My life changed hugely, dramatically! |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-06-06 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. Marriage, children, living in a city instead of the woods, vegetarianism |
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In_The_Wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-06-06 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. I moved a thousand miles from home and started college, |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 09:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Same story here... moved 1000+ miles away from home at 18... |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-06-06 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. I fully expect to look back in a decade and see that the 18-25 years |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
12. You cannot escape walking your path while living and learning . . . |
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RumpusCat (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
13. I just turned 25 recently so I haven't got much hindsight yet |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
14. When I was ninteen, I joined the USAF. Motivated by my lottery |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 03:18 AM Response to Original message |
15. At 18 I was an optimistic young man. Things went downhill from there. |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 03:23 AM Response to Original message |
16. Apart from the fact that I had a decent job at 25 and not at 18 |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 03:50 AM Response to Original message |
17. Huge, dramatic change. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 04:52 AM Response to Original message |
18. Dreams and overall outlook changed drastically |
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miss_american_pie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
19. Completely |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
20. I had a baby at 23 |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
21. There were many changes for me in those years |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
22. There was a decent amount of change in my life. |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
23. I grew up...and it wasn't easy...but I had some fun along the way |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
24. The biggest changes ever took place during those years.. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
26. Uhm, almost everything. |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
27. At 18, I was a boy-crazy freshman! At 25, I was married with a child |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
28. Good book on this topic: Stumbling On Happiness by Daniel Gilbert |
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liontamer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
29. not much really changed |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
30. Oy. I changed a lot during those years. |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
31. Not much for me |
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Crazy Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
32. From drug user and dealer to no drugs period |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-07-06 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
33. Interesting question. 18 is still a kid, imo. |
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RFKHumphreyObama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
34. It changed quite dramatically |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
35. HUGE! |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
36. Went from being a hippie trippy chick living/traveling in a VW camper |
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LastKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
37. heck im only 20 but im gonna have to answer... so far anyway. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
38. soooooooooo much |
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khashka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-08-06 03:09 AM Response to Original message |
39. You are in a very tumultuous point in your life |
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