Discussions
What do you miss from your childhood?
Posted by angelshair • 15 days ago • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: childhood
I miss my granma and grandad. Especially the story they told me before sleeping.
And you, what do you miss?
User Comments
-
The simplicity. -
I miss my parents, a kinder, simpler way of life, and six cent cokes in a glass bottle! -
Yes I understand that, I don't know if things were more simple, or if we saw them as more simple because we were kids.
-
Sitting in front of the TV, eating my mother's powdered daiquiri mix.
Ah - the simple life indeed.-
Oh dear, you must have been very hungry indeed.
-
-
Like what most of the others said. The simplicity and care-freeness. Now I'm just an angry, bitter bitch.-
oh you seen so sweet! ;D you're not a bitch, I'm sure of that! xD -
Ha ha! Meet me in real life, and I'll trample all over you. I hate human beings!
-
-
My innocence. Now, I even scare myself at times.-
Ah yes, that too. The innocence. And the spontaneous laughter.
-
I still have the spontaneous laughter, but it usually happens when I think of or do something really mean.
-
-
Don't stone me! But simplicity and innocence are not irrecoverable. The lessons one learns from experience aren't necessarily the true ones.-
@Suzie
Spontaneous laughter doesn't come to me as often as it did when I was a child.
@profound
One lesson I've learned in life is that I'm always learning, and will never quite graduate. Give me another few years and I might get back my innocence and simplicity. Right now - no. -
That's profound NP :)! Indeed, this is my favorite exercise!!
-
Whatta u mean by that
@np...
-
-
-
@Holly: Since our personal experience is limited any conclusions based on it are equally limited. There's a tendency to generalize about the world based on some painful experiences or disappointments one might have had and to develop a bitter and pessimistic attitude toward life.
-
-
Hmmm,well it can just as easily go the other way. I have learned lots of "true" life lessons through experience...
-
Right. You should learn from your experience, but if it's made you bitter and unhappy it deserves a second look.
-
Well if people would take it as a learning experience,and proud of the person they have become,then what's the point of what if's?
That's my philosophy...no regrets,lessons learned -
Who said anything about what ifs? It's not your past that counts, but what you make of it, what you make of your life.
-
-
Free time. I did not appreciate free time enough. The time to do silly things, like play computer games, ride my bike up and down the street a zillion times, whatever. -
Nothing. It sucked.-
I am surprised, because even when an era sucks, there's always a small light that keep you going. Didn't you have a little light?
-
Awwweee,I gotta shoulder
-
To be honest, all this 'positive thinking' and 'law of attraction' stuff has become yet another 'religious' movement of our era. I don't buy into it, sorry. But hey, I'm just a bitter bitch, so just tell me to stay positive.
-
And I am a pest :-), and proud to be!. Is there something wrong to say that there's always light in the dark? The contrary is also true!
-
Aspot: Being bitter is not an ineradicable condition, not your destiny or fate. It's okay to be that way, but it's not something you have to be.
-
@angel
Yes, you're a pest. Because I am a bitter bitch and that's how I perceive you through my vitriol veil.
There is always light in the dark yes, but the way the followers of the 'positive thinking' movement are carrying on, it's almost like there is shame in feeling depressed or down. I for one, don't think there is any shame in feeling sadness or listlessness or whatever other 'negative' emotion from time to time. It's all a part of the whole spectrum of human emotion, and it's something that cannot be denied.
@profound
Therefore I will continue to strive towards being a more contented and happy individual and not resign myself to thinking that my state of mind is permanent.
I want to be happy. -
OK, let me stop you here!
It is your perfect right to feel depressed or whatever! I would even say that if you didn't experience depression you couldn't enjoy the moments when you are not.
Now if you want to stay depressed and qualify yourself of a bitchy bitch, it is your choice, and I respect it. This is just what NP was saying. We are not, we choose to be. And also be aware that I do not see you as a bitchy bitch :-). -
Yea, the small light was that I knew that I was aging with each new moment, I was growing up, I wouldn't be a child forever. I knew that someday I would have the power to get myself out of that suck ass child "hood."
-
Indeed, this is a light!
-
-
The carefree and simplicity of it all.-
@angel
I don't like feeling depressed and I certainly didn't choose to feel depressed. -
@aspoto: Nobody choose to be, nobody likes it, but some people are better armed against it. That's it. I really wish for you that you will find your way out, not because of a "positive thinking mouvement", but because I know how hard it is. Once you find the essence of yourself, even if you sometimes are depressed, it will never be for long.
-
'Some people are better armed against it'. Which in essence makes me supposedly weak, which makes me feel ashamed about it, which makes me feel worse.
Don't take this as a personal attack, I just had to express my opinion. And I'm not really an angry, bitter bitch all of the time. Just some of the time. Like today. Wish I could be high on life most of the time, but I guess it's just not the way I roll. -
@ a spot...this is what I do when I'm depressed....
Its only 15 minutes away,but I go to st.jude, I bring Diva(my dog) jayleigh,and Kendall...we go we play and I talk to the parents and offer them whatever they need,and I have they got it! Now,I know that seems kinda selfish,but it puts your life in perspective,makes u drop to your knees and thank GoD 4 the probs u do have,and it makes you feel a little bit better about yourself -
I can see that:)! Being better armed is not in our essence it is something we learn.
-
-
the taste of the food back then. it was more fresh and locally grown. Not that many additives and better for you.-
For me too! Especially for the chicken!
-
wp
-
-
I miss being care free,and safe... those were such good feelings
-
I miss my relaltionship with my mother. I'm thankful my parents are no longer living so they don't have to live in this world we now live in. Innocence? absolutely. I could be gone all day and my parents didn't worry. Now we can't let our kids out of our sight. Certainly they can't go out and play alone. This world is no longer safe. Yes, I'm over 60. I graduated in 1959. It was an innocent time. No doubt about it. -
Well I live in an awesome neighborhood... my girls go outside and play with the kids next door. As a matter of fact I put a block party together last year,and my whole street showed up. We ended up making it a once a month thing in the summertime.
My whole street gets together we all combine our grills,everybody brings beer,and we do a "red neck"slip-n-slide for the kids(huge tarp w/baby oil and water)
And we sit in our lawn chairs all weekend long havin fun,eatin,and music -
I miss the old school Saturday morning cartoons. Waking up at 6:30, grabbing a bowl/box of cereal and sitting there until my eyes went dry. The Original: Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. Don't get me started. lol -
Well I miss LOONEY TUNES!!!
-
Getting trashed on one shot of Nyquil -
Well...
-
The chains and limitations set on my free thinking -
The Herculoids.-
It's still on. Boomerang I think. -
no..it isn't anymore. I look for it all the time, and it isn't being released on DVd either.
-
What? I remember watching it at like 4 am
-
-
Diapers
-
Ewwww
-
I don’t miss liver. My parents would force me to eat liver as a child. I hated liver, it was horrible..blah! Now as an adult, I have don’t have to eat that organ meat. Some things from childhood suck...liver. ;P-
Yea!!!! That would SIZNUCK
-
-
Sadly, not much. -
I miss memories...I'm sure I had them...a good bottle-a-day drinking habit will do that for you.-
So will some bad childhood incidents. I have the memories my siblings have helped me reclaim, but there is little there until high school as memories go for the younger years.
-
-
The innocent expectation that my family would surround me forever, not begin to pass away where I could no longer touch them and be comforted and praised by them. I had a simple, exciting and beautiful childhood and I think about those good times every day. I pick certain events and remember them as if they had just happened. Record the good times in your head and keep them safe. Like pennies for a rainy day.
-
I was very upset when I realized I am now "my parents" and my parents were no longer there for me. Now it's my turn. I still think, "Oh, I gotta call Mom and tell her . . . no, she's gone." It's been 20 years and I still miss calling her and telling her my news.
-
-
lynncole, that is something we all have to deal with and there is just nothing like having your mom...
I think I miss that feeling of security and safety I had as a child. -
Since I'm now an actual Teenager! I miss my toddlerhood, the understanding and simpler pleasure without unneeded stress. -
I miss having almost no responsibilities. Sometimes I wonder how that feel again. Although, my current responsibilities, mainly raising my children are one's I'd never give up.
-
The ability to play out in the snow without freezing to death! -
My grandparents...my childhood ended with their death...Now I call it the Lost Paradise -
walking around naked! -
some mouthwatering things sold by a vendor outside my school -
Being carefree...oh and No Bills -
The Desperate Believing, Almost Instantly, Any Grandma Tales Starting With "Once Upon A Time...
...And They Lived Happily, Ever After..."
Add Your Comment
Login to leave a message.
