[Misc] What were YOU like at 18?

[Petunia]

 

[B-right-on]

A right little shit. If being over 6' tall can be called little. So probably a big shit is more accurate.

Fortunately matured. I'd be very aggrieved if my youngest daughter (16) went down my path. Fortunately she's a lot more mature and sensible than me (takes after the Mrs thank god). Eldest daughter had a couple of hairy moments but turned out really well.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Lovely….littles changed

 

[Hamilton]

Bit gangly, thought I was well dressed, awful glasses, somehow managed to hold a conversation with the opposite sex but hardly God's gift to women, desperately insecure, desperate to get away from my parents, constantly distracted and frustrated, waiting for life to take off.

Today, I wear contact lenses and have a lovely wife.

 

[Happy Exile]

Had just left home and moved to Brighton from Surrey and didn't know anyone. Very naïve, gangly, awkward, and far too trusting and eager to please, and far too self-critical with it. Didn't know what I wanted to do when I grew up but had a few things I knew I wanted to achieve, some of which was in the misguided belief it'd impress girls if I did.

30 years later I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up, and while I've been lucky to achieve a few of the things I wanted to I still have a huge sense of lack of fulfilment. Now heading into a full mid-life crisis fuelled by loss of purpose and a deep sense that I'm wasting what limited time I have. Obviously it's time to get a motorbike, have an affair, and try and recapture my youth in an utterly embarrassing and non-self aware way.

 

[METALMICKY]

Had just left home and moved to Brighton from Surrey and didn't know anyone. Very naïve, gangly, awkward, and far too trusting and eager to please, and far too self-critical with it. Didn't know what I wanted to do when I grew up but had a few things I knew I wanted to achieve, some of which was in the misguided belief it'd impress girls if I did.

30 years later I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up, and while I've been lucky to achieve a few of the things I wanted to I still have a huge sense of lack of fulfilment. Now heading into a full mid-life crisis fuelled by loss of purpose and a deep sense that I'm wasting what limited time I have. Obviously it's time to get a motorbike, have an affair, and try and recapture my youth in an utterly embarrassing and non-self aware way.

You've missed some things off. A pony tail and a ridiculous tattoo where the taut muscle used to be.

 

[cheshunt seagull]

No self-confidence and a very pessimistic outlook on life for which I compensated by drinking too much. I made some lifelong friends at the time but I don’t know what they saw in me. Saved by ‘punk rock and Peter Ward’ to quote Attila.