Would childhood you approve of adult you and his future?
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I don't know what made me think of this, but I was musing recently about whether the 10-15 year old schoolboy me would approve of the adult me? Whether I've turned into the sort of chap that I hoped to be, and lived the life I'd hoped for as a child in other words.
I'm not rich (or powerfully built) but I've got a fairly nice car (always important to childhood me) travelled a bit (something childhood me would never have considered being in his future only because we didn't back then, but I think he'd find that pretty cool).
I think childhood me would be pleased with the job I've (eventually) got lined up for his future too and would like my son (now older than childhood me).
His future love life is going to be a bit up and down but no nasty divorces await him (largely by dint of never getting married - not something childhood me held in any kind of priority).
So all in all, I think I could go back nearly 40 (gulp!) years and tell him what's coming without him feeling like I'd sold out or cocked it up too much for him. And I think he'd have liked me as a person.
You?
I'm not rich (or powerfully built) but I've got a fairly nice car (always important to childhood me) travelled a bit (something childhood me would never have considered being in his future only because we didn't back then, but I think he'd find that pretty cool).
I think childhood me would be pleased with the job I've (eventually) got lined up for his future too and would like my son (now older than childhood me).
His future love life is going to be a bit up and down but no nasty divorces await him (largely by dint of never getting married - not something childhood me held in any kind of priority).
So all in all, I think I could go back nearly 40 (gulp!) years and tell him what's coming without him feeling like I'd sold out or cocked it up too much for him. And I think he'd have liked me as a person.
You?
k no !
15 year old me would be impressed with 32 year old me.
I am married to a wonderful woman, I have a "techie IT" job with an ok salary, I have an ok house, I got out of that NIMBY small town we grew up in, I have a race car, I have a beard, I have an excellent Tee Shirt collection, I have a pretty decent Lego collection, a good size workshop, I have traveled (although not as much as i had hoped to), I ran a pub for a while and I run a popular one make racing championship. In fact I think the only thing 15 year old me would be disappointed about is a lack of pilots licence, something I plan to remedy over the next couple of years.
In summary, 15 year old me would offer 32 year old me a crisp high five!
I am married to a wonderful woman, I have a "techie IT" job with an ok salary, I have an ok house, I got out of that NIMBY small town we grew up in, I have a race car, I have a beard, I have an excellent Tee Shirt collection, I have a pretty decent Lego collection, a good size workshop, I have traveled (although not as much as i had hoped to), I ran a pub for a while and I run a popular one make racing championship. In fact I think the only thing 15 year old me would be disappointed about is a lack of pilots licence, something I plan to remedy over the next couple of years.
In summary, 15 year old me would offer 32 year old me a crisp high five!
Broadly, yes I think so.
I grew up with f**k all, single parent - my mother, who was supporting 2 kids on a minimum wage salary, no holidays abroad etc.
I've done alright I think, mid 30s salary, few nice holidays a year, and a car just like the sporty ones i used to scribble as a ten year old. No house, but frankly thats me and 70% of everyone else my age.
Although i think childhood me would have expected 32 year old me to be married and have kids by now...it's funny how that changes as you get older and reality sets in.
I grew up with f**k all, single parent - my mother, who was supporting 2 kids on a minimum wage salary, no holidays abroad etc.
I've done alright I think, mid 30s salary, few nice holidays a year, and a car just like the sporty ones i used to scribble as a ten year old. No house, but frankly thats me and 70% of everyone else my age.
Although i think childhood me would have expected 32 year old me to be married and have kids by now...it's funny how that changes as you get older and reality sets in.
PurpleMoonlight said:
Can someone explain the thread title for me please?
If you met 10 year old you, would they look at you with a sense of barely concealed awe at the magnificent human being you have become, or would they stare aghast at the fat, feckless, failure that reality has produced?10 year old me would be impressed that I got a PhD and became a scientist but bitterly disappointed that I left the lab and sold my soul to a large blue chip, before collecting at least one Nobel Prize......
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