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Posted: 1/23/2021 2:03:16 AM EDT

[#1]

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Probably not.

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Posted: 1/23/2021 2:08:31 AM EDT

[#2]

Younger self was jumping from job to job chasing the dollars. Also, younger self didn't want a family just partying and smoking weed.

Now, older self has a stable job with retirement in the near future, a family, and no smoking weed or partying. It's all good until I retire then I'll start burning the monkey shit again. Oh yeah!

Posted: 1/23/2021 2:20:20 AM EDT

[#3]

Immeasurably so!

Posted: 1/23/2021 2:28:22 AM EDT

[#4]

Probably not but he'd understand.

Posted: 1/23/2021 3:00:15 AM EDT

[#5]

He wouldn’t be ashamed.

Posted: 1/23/2021 3:08:41 AM EDT

[#6]

you should of added a i don’t know

Posted: 1/23/2021 3:41:38 AM EDT

[#7]

No.

I am 29. My 18 year old self would beat my ass for the me of today. It's why I'm doing so much to try and change things in my life - today.

I would hate myself for "selling out", being in a boring marriage that is my fault, getting fat, waiting too long to motorcycle, not taking care of relationships like I should have, compromising on my values, not getting more involved, not seeing more, and not exploring more, I stopped being spontaneous and started making everything a risk assessment. For two kids that I don't spend enough time with and for the handyman skills I should have learned from my father. He would mock me as a sham of a man and a weak willed quitter.

I, slowly but surely, got old and became the things I hated.

Does that answer the question?

Posted: 1/23/2021 3:42:55 AM EDT

[#8]

lol

Posted: 1/23/2021 3:46:28 AM EDT

[#9]

for sure

Posted: 1/23/2021 4:53:36 AM EDT

[#10]

Conversely, current me is just as un-proud of past me for failing to take action on what should have been my romantic life.

Posted: 1/23/2021 4:59:35 AM EDT

[#11]

Younger me: "Woah cool, I have a beard, a Mustang, and an AK-47!?"

Me: "Yeah but that's about all you got."

Posted: 1/23/2021 5:20:05 AM EDT

[#12]

I don't know if my younger self would be proud, but he'd definitely be surprised. I never had any aspirations or drive to achieve anything as a young man, and that didn't change much throughout my life. In my 40's I decided to start a business. I didn't work hard at it or put much time into it but it was still successful, and my wife and I saved enough money over the last 25 years to not need or want more than we have.

Posted: 1/23/2021 5:30:01 AM EDT

[#13]

My younger self would be shocked and excited at where I ended up vs. 15 years ago.

Posted: 1/23/2021 5:40:49 AM EDT

[#14]

I don't know if proud is the right word, but I would have been impressed. I never thought about making it to this age when I was young- It's not that I expected to die early, just that being older wasn't on my mind. I've done OK for someone with no planning for this.

Posted: 1/23/2021 5:50:27 AM EDT

[#15]

Job/Career wise yet. The way I'm ending up medically nope not really.

Posted: 1/23/2021 6:19:56 AM EDT

[#16]

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No.

I am 29. My 18 year old self would beat my ass for the me of today. It's why I'm doing so much to try and change things in my life - today.

I would hate myself for "selling out", being in a boring marriage that is my fault, getting fat, waiting too long to motorcycle, not taking care of relationships like I should have, compromising on my values, not getting more involved, not seeing more, and not exploring more, I stopped being spontaneous and started making everything a risk assessment. For two kids that I don't spend enough time with and for the handyman skills I should have learned from my father. He would mock me as a sham of a man and a weak willed quitter.

I, slowly but surely, got old and became the things I hated.

Does that answer the question?

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Hell 29, you're still young, plenty of time to get to where you want to be.

Posted: 1/23/2021 6:24:25 AM EDT

[#17]

My younger self seeing 2021 me without context might be a little disappointed, but 1980s/90s me didn't know 9/11. A 30 minute explanation and I think old me would love the new me.

Posted: 1/23/2021 6:26:02 AM EDT

[#18]

Fuck yeah! I'm doing what I wanted as a kid and I've got a pretty wife who is a perfect match for me. Lots of kinky sexy time. I'm living the dream.

. I can't stop smiling.

Posted: 1/23/2021 6:47:17 AM EDT

[#19]

Lol,no.

Posted: 1/23/2021 6:50:50 AM EDT

[#20]

Ri

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Are you shittin me? Younger me would fucking worship me

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Right on. Should have been a poll option.

Posted: 1/23/2021 6:58:44 AM EDT

[#21]

Yes.
I stuck to his plan and it worked out perfectly.

Posted: 1/23/2021 7:04:04 AM EDT

[#22]

Hell no. Not even my current self is proud of me today. My younger self would be horrified.

But, while I may not have accomplished the things that I wanted to do, I DID do what I promised other people I would do. I suppose that's something.

Posted: 1/23/2021 7:34:09 AM EDT

[#23]

Younger self would kick me in the balls

Posted: 1/23/2021 7:52:41 AM EDT

[#24]

My younger self never expected to make it past maybe 35.

Posted: 1/23/2021 7:53:36 AM EDT

[#25]

My younger self was an idiot.

Posted: 1/23/2021 8:05:08 AM EDT

[#26]

Absolutely!

Posted: 1/23/2021 8:12:15 AM EDT

[#27]

I'd have to say yes. I'm not sure if I could handle being any better.

Posted: 1/23/2021 8:13:52 AM EDT

[#28]

My younger self was a smart idiot. He wouldn’t understand what I do or why. The whole wife/kids/dog/house thing would make no sense to him, but he’d love the boat, and would agree that I need a new truck. He would be disgusted at how out of shape I am.

Posted: 1/23/2021 8:41:05 AM EDT

[#29]

My older self would look down an younger self and say you are A dumb ass

Posted: 1/23/2021 9:49:50 AM EDT

[#30]

About 10 years out of HS I was in another country and ran into a former high school coach (wrestling) and his wife (school librarian).
We had drinks, they both expressed surprise in how well I was doing but first and foremost was just I was still alive, I agreed.
Younger me would be ~~proud~~ surprised many times over.

Posted: 1/23/2021 9:53:32 AM EDT

[#31]

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Hell no. Not even my current self is proud of me today. My younger self would be horrified.

But, while I may not have accomplished the things that I wanted to do, I DID do what I promised other people I would do. I suppose that's something.

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That's being a man, not living a 15 year old's fantasies.

Posted: 1/23/2021 10:36:39 AM EDT

[#32]

My younger self would be surprised I am still alive, just like I am now.

Posted: 1/23/2021 10:40:46 AM EDT

[#33]

I've done well for myself.

Posted: 1/23/2021 10:56:46 AM EDT

[#34]

Yes!

I'm still 6 feet above and not below

Posted: 1/23/2021 10:58:19 AM EDT

[#35]

Younger self would be surprised that I’ve made it almost to fifty.

Posted: 1/23/2021 11:07:59 AM EDT

[#36]

My teenaged punk self would approve of:
I have nearly every gun I've realistically wanted.
I spent/wasted a decade playing in punk/hardcore/oi bands.

Disapprove of:
I now live in suburbia.
I'm now a family man with a simple domestic life that revolves around working.

Posted: 1/23/2021 11:09:18 AM EDT

[#37]

I think my younger self would say, "I knew we had bad taste in women, but, damn."

Posted: 1/23/2021 11:14:00 AM EDT

[#38]

I wish my younger self would come along an put a bullet in my head. There is absolutely nothing in my life that has gone according to my plan. But I’m where I’m at and all I can do is know it’s part of Gods plan for me, no matter how much it hurts. I’m very happy for those who are where they want to be. Don’t take it for granted.

Posted: 1/23/2021 11:15:28 AM EDT

[#39]

Yeah...I guess so.

Good thread OP!

Speed

Posted: 1/23/2021 11:15:55 AM EDT

[#40]

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My teenaged punk self would approve of:
I have nearly every gun I've realistically wanted.
I spent/wasted a decade playing in punk/hardcore/oi bands.

Disapprove of:
I now live in suburbia.
I'm now a family man with a simple domestic life that revolves around working.

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This is pretty much me. The punk life was awesome at the time and loved living in the city, sleeping with three different girls over the course of the week....

But now I’ve got a job I love, I’m firmly attached to THE one, I’ve got more guns than I could’ve dreamed of, and I’m living in a quiet, older neighborhood in Florida.

I think deep down, this is kind of always what I really wanted. And I still have a pair of Doc Martens....

Posted: 1/23/2021 1:38:58 PM EDT

[#41]

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Ri
Right on. Should have been a poll option.

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Doesn't the "Yes" option cover it?

Posted: 1/23/2021 2:10:03 PM EDT

[#42]

I have become the person that my younger self looked up to the most. My Grandfather. So yes, younger me would be very proud.

Posted: 1/23/2021 2:11:33 PM EDT

[#43]

Unlikely.

Posted: 1/23/2021 2:17:01 PM EDT

[#44]

Probably not. However my younger self was a moron.

Posted: 1/23/2021 2:18:25 PM EDT

[#45]

Never thought I would be able to comfortably retire at 55 or be with the same gal for 50 years.

Thank you Lord.

Posted: 1/24/2021 6:38:39 PM EDT

[#46]

My younger self would probably like my 16 year old son.

Posted: 1/24/2021 7:43:08 PM EDT

[#47]

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Posted: 1/25/2021 12:58:25 AM EDT

[#48]

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Quoted:
No.

I am 29. My 18 year old self would beat my ass for the me of today. It's why I'm doing so much to try and change things in my life - today.

I would hate myself for "selling out", being in a boring marriage that is my fault, getting fat, waiting too long to motorcycle, not taking care of relationships like I should have, compromising on my values, not getting more involved, not seeing more, and not exploring more, I stopped being spontaneous and started making everything a risk assessment. For two kids that I don't spend enough time with and for the handyman skills I should have learned from my father. He would mock me as a sham of a man and a weak willed quitter.

I, slowly but surely, got old and became the things I hated.

Does that answer the question?

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Oh, my sweet summer child.

Read David Goggins book Can't Hurt Me.

Then carry the log.

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