Going Back In Time
shailynn
They never tell you what you need to know.
If you could go back and relive a specific time in your life - what age would you be and why?
I like the idea of going back jr high with all the knowledge I have now. Kidding I would not want to relive an average drama filled day of any teenager.
I’d have to go with 30. I was established in my career, making enough money that I didn’t have to worry about money, my wife always got asked if she was in college, I could still party like I did in college and not have the after effects the next morning, I was still young enough that strippers thought I was hot, I could actually get out of bed the next morning from playing basketball all night and I actually got excited about vacations and trips.
Today over a decade later, none of the statements I made above are true now.
I like the idea of going back jr high with all the knowledge I have now. Kidding I would not want to relive an average drama filled day of any teenager.
I’d have to go with 30. I was established in my career, making enough money that I didn’t have to worry about money, my wife always got asked if she was in college, I could still party like I did in college and not have the after effects the next morning, I was still young enough that strippers thought I was hot, I could actually get out of bed the next morning from playing basketball all night and I actually got excited about vacations and trips.
Today over a decade later, none of the statements I made above are true now.
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I was 28 when I started, surrounded by smart, motivated, magnetic, and yes, good-looking people.
Unlike most classmates, I had enough money to burn for tuition payments and still travel the world in style.
I would down 10 vodka sodas in a night, and bench press 315 for reps the next morning. What was this "hang-ohh-vurr" that everyone else got?
I had been a late bloomer with women so I made up for lost time. Older, younger, black, white, Asian, Indian, Latina, you name it.
And of course, I strip clubbed my ass off.
That said, I love my life now. Less partying and booze, but more meaning and more money.
When I was 39, just a couple of months shy of my 40th birthday, a very chatty barber told me that I was not yet getting old and that, some day, I would look back on my 40s as my “golden era.”
His logic was this: During their 40s most men hit their sweet spot: they have experience, sophistication, money and, although they may not be quite the hunk they were in their 20s, if they’ve taken good care of themselves, they still haven’t started to fall apart.
I was skeptical. I really thought he was just blowing sunshine up my ass.
But he was right as rain.
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@Warrior, it's bad usage to say you "scored" a prostitute. Instead, you're paying to compensate for the 40-year age difference. Lol, only on TUSCL...
*facepalm*
Anyway, I still don't think I'd go back and relive any time in my life, but there are some past decisions where I'd love to stage a quick intervention with myself. Something along the lines of "Hey, man. Don't date that girl. She's got nice tits, but she's also crazy like a bicycle made out of baby parts."
Though the chances of me listening to myself are an optimistic 40%, if I'm being honest.
I think this is called reminiscing. Tough call.
In our late 40s, 50s, Wife and I had this thing about hiking to some remote stream or mountain lake, fondle, foreplay or fornicate, and then diving into the cool/cold water. That was fun.
So was the mountain biking in the decade before that.
Age 25,26 was awesome. Getting laid (more or less) daily - for the 1st time in my life - with someone I was liking more and more, while white water rafting dozens of great rivers in OR and Cal. That was great.
But I'd be tempted to say age 20, and to bring some more skill/knowledge to the losing my virginity event. Though I thanked her and later told her it was my 1st time (securing her a place in permanent memory), I wish I'd brought more than just drunken willingness.
If I could go back to my late 30s and not be married I would choose that. I was as physically fit as I've ever been and the most intellectually and socially vibrant.
I'm fairly pleased with my current situation in my early 60s, but I'm not liking the physical deterioration.
Honestly I would love to physically be 25 in today's hook up culture. Today's girls really are so slutty compared to even 20 years ago.