Reminiscing - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Wreckless · 09-13-2008, 04:13 AM

A lot of times I like to sit back and think about the last 10 years- where I was from elementary- high school. Especially in a year or two I will be further on in my college years- I will meet new people, share a new environment and life will be faster. Not saying it will be dull and there is a lot of people to meet, but I miss old friends, old times and childhood. Mostly, my elementary and middle school/intermediate school, I remember how everybody knew each other, all the fun we had and being a kid, not having to worry about SOME of the people in the real world. Ever since then, I have lost track with a number of friends or when I moved away, we didn't talk as much nor hung out anymore. It also makes me realize the time of your life as a kid and being with your friends, having your jokes, just everything about being a kid- sort of like The Wonder Years, is appreciated and awesome. I was wondering if anybody else reminisces about their childhood or about moments in their life? And if you would share what you think about that you enjoyed or miss.

*ClassicPinUp* · 09-13-2008, 04:51 AM

I've been doing that a lot lately. I'm 21 now - some of my former classmates are now married, some are married with new babies, some of us are now in our last year of college etc. There's a few that are still in that 'party hard' stage but most of us don't have the time for it (never was a party girl anyway). At times it doesn't feel real to me -this being an adult- seems like just yesterday we were skipping classes, complaining about teachers, homework etc. That and coming straight home from school only to talk for hours on the phone or instant message for the rest of the night. We're lucky if we have enough time to chat for 20 minutes these days. Here we are...working, paying our own way through life, starting families. I like where my life is going though -- and even though I wouldn't want to go back...I sure do miss it sometimes.
My parents always told me; "Don't rush your life away. It goes too fast as it is." And I'd just roll my eyes...yeah, now I see what they meant lol.

Wreckless · 09-13-2008, 04:56 AM

Yeah, I agree and understand with what you're saying. For me, it's harder cause I have friends in different areas and I'll admit, I'm a depressive person at times. For example, I always feel like friends move on to different things and I am afraid I will lose them. People have told me the friends that care and that you want around will stay around, even if you still chat with them, so I can only take that for it's word. I moved around for a couple years where I knew people from 5 different cities, and a lot of people, because my parents have been divorced for 12 years, so I would stay with my Dad down his house, I would be down my Mom's. Anyways, it's nice to look back. It's almost like a home movie.

tv star collector · 09-13-2008, 08:16 AM

Thanks to the Internet, I am able to communicate with friends that I worked
with twenty years ago ... and friends I went to school with over forty years
ago!

tv star collector · 09-13-2008, 08:17 AM

Thanks to the Internet, I am able to communicate with friends that I worked
with twenty years ago ... and friends I went to school with over forty years
ago (not to mention my niece and nephew, who I've known for more than fifty years)!

The Great One · 09-13-2008, 02:22 PM

I sometimes look back on my past with a little regret that I didn't make more effort to spend time with the quality people I knew at that time. I guess it's about living and learning.

PZelda · 09-13-2008, 03:20 PM

Yeah, I'm getting to that point now. Next year will be 10 years since I was in high school, and it seriously does not feel like it was that many years ago already. I'm coming up on a few other milestones that are just a few short years away, too... It's already been 21 years since I started school and won't be much longer before I hit the 20-year mark for kindergarten (that's not until 2011 though... a good while away).

I think about things like that... and then wonder what my childhood would have been like had I not been forced to move/change schools so many times. But I try not to dwell on that part too much. What matters to me is I survived my childhood, and I'm here today. I'm all about living and learning from my mistakes... something I ignored in my teens.

Theda Bara · 09-13-2008, 04:22 PM

I am going to be 40, (in less than a year and a half from now..*GASP*) and I do not do a lot of reminiscing; and, the reason is, the older you become, I think the more you realize that you should focus on the future and not in the past.

Remember, that you cannot change the past, BUT, you can change the future

Wreckless · 09-13-2008, 04:29 PM

I have used the internet, specifically Facebook to locate ALOT of friends, so that helps.

tv star collector · 09-13-2008, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hollywood Rock Chic

I am going to be 40, (in less than a year and a half from now..*GASP*) and I do not do a lot of reminiscing; and, the reason is, the older you become, I think the more you realize that you should focus on the future and not in the past.

Remember, that you cannot change the past, BUT, you can change the future

I guess everybody is different. For me, it is the opposite. I turned 61 this
year, and the older I get the more I think about the past .. probably
because, to be honest, all my best years are behind me: my best job, the
best TV shows, the best music, my best friends, the best of .. well, nearly everything. My family is gone (except for my dog), my parttime job is in
jeopardy, my unemployment benefits stopped, and I'm not quite old enough to retire. Is it any wonder that I yearn for "the good old days"?

Schmoopie · 09-13-2008, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tv star collector

I guess everybody is different. For me, it is the opposite. I turned 61 this
year, and the older I get the more I think about the past .. probably
because, to be honest, all my best years are behind me: my best job, the
best TV shows, the best music, my best friends, the best of .. well, nearly everything. My family is gone (except for my dog), my parttime job is in
jeopardy, my unemployment benefits stopped, and I'm not quite old enough to retire. Is it any wonder that I yearn for "the good old days"?

I'm going to be 41 on Monday, and I get what you are saying. I often find myself wondering "What if"; especially when it comes to choices I made regarding college and so forth. I won't get into all that, but then I also wonder if my husband and I would have crossed paths, had my life been different. I would hate to think that we would have never met!

But then again you just never know!

Andrea

Nighthawk76 · 09-13-2008, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schmoopie

I'm going to be 41 on Monday, and I get what you are saying. I often find myself wondering "What if"; especially when it comes to choices I made regarding college and so forth. I won't get into all that, but then I also wonder if my husband and I would have crossed paths, had my life been different. I would hate to think that we would have never met!

But then again you just never know!

Andrea

41, huh? I thought that you were in your 20's.

Hollow · 09-13-2008, 07:37 PM

when i think about my life before my mom died, it seems so irrelevant to the present. it was just completely different and changed so fast. i used to be fascinated by people who were mostly interested in the dark/morbid side of life, and about a year after she died, i realized i'd naturally become one of them. it led to affect my mannerisms, the way i dress, my social life, and my attitude on just about everything. i'm sure it wasn't just because of her absence, but the effects of it, such as my dad beginning to badly abuse me immediately following her death. it's been six years and i'm still the same way and i don't think it will ever change. it's very difficult to imagine the way things would be otherwise. i didn't become the person i am now on purpose, but i honestly think i would still be the way i used to if she hadn't died. i usually don't think about the first 13 years of my life because it's so bizarre...feels like i'm thinking about someone else's life rather than my own.

Schmoopie · 09-13-2008, 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crazy for Blair

41, huh? I thought that you were in your 20's.

I feel like it! Age is just a number, anyway... right?

Andrea

treky · 09-13-2008, 09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schmoopie

I feel like it! Age is just a number, anyway... right?

Andrea

that's right; age IS just a number. I'm 51 and I feel like I'm still in my 20s.

09-13-2008, 04:13 AM	#1
Wreckless Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 04, 2007 Location: Banned Posts: 9,406	Reminiscing A lot of times I like to sit back and think about the last 10 years- where I was from elementary- high school. Especially in a year or two I will be further on in my college years- I will meet new people, share a new environment and life will be faster. Not saying it will be dull and there is a lot of people to meet, but I miss old friends, old times and childhood. Mostly, my elementary and middle school/intermediate school, I remember how everybody knew each other, all the fun we had and being a kid, not having to worry about SOME of the people in the real world. Ever since then, I have lost track with a number of friends or when I moved away, we didn't talk as much nor hung out anymore. It also makes me realize the time of your life as a kid and being with your friends, having your jokes, just everything about being a kid- sort of like The Wonder Years, is appreciated and awesome. I was wondering if anybody else reminisces about their childhood or about moments in their life? And if you would share what you think about that you enjoyed or miss.

09-13-2008, 04:51 AM	#2
ClassicPinUp ***** Senior Member** Join Date: Oct 28, 2006 Posts: 2,246	I've been doing that a lot lately. I'm 21 now - some of my former classmates are now married, some are married with new babies, some of us are now in our last year of college etc. There's a few that are still in that 'party hard' stage but most of us don't have the time for it (never was a party girl anyway). At times it doesn't feel real to me -this being an adult- seems like just yesterday we were skipping classes, complaining about teachers, homework etc. That and coming straight home from school only to talk for hours on the phone or instant message for the rest of the night. We're lucky if we have enough time to chat for 20 minutes these days. Here we are...working, paying our own way through life, starting families. I like where my life is going though -- and even though I wouldn't want to go back...I sure do miss it sometimes. My parents always told me; "Don't rush your life away. It goes too fast as it is." And I'd just roll my eyes...yeah, now I see what they meant lol.
	__________________ Imy firefighter! Last edited by ClassicPinUp; 09-13-2008 at 05:09 AM.

09-13-2008, 02:22 PM	#6
The Great One Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Aug 29, 2006 Posts: 6,378	I sometimes look back on my past with a little regret that I didn't make more effort to spend time with the quality people I knew at that time. I guess it's about living and learning.
	__________________ .

09-13-2008, 03:20 PM	#7
PZelda Two Valeries! <3 Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Location: I'm STILL missing NYC. :( Posts: 78,223	Yeah, I'm getting to that point now. Next year will be 10 years since I was in high school, and it seriously does not feel like it was that many years ago already. I'm coming up on a few other milestones that are just a few short years away, too... It's already been 21 years since I started school and won't be much longer before I hit the 20-year mark for kindergarten (that's not until 2011 though... a good while away). I think about things like that... and then wonder what my childhood would have been like had I not been forced to move/change schools so many times. But I try not to dwell on that part too much. What matters to me is I survived my childhood, and I'm here today. I'm all about living and learning from my mistakes... something I ignored in my teens.
	__________________ Cheers behind the couch!

09-13-2008, 04:56 AM	#3
Wreckless Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 04, 2007 Location: Banned Posts: 9,406	Yeah, I agree and understand with what you're saying. For me, it's harder cause I have friends in different areas and I'll admit, I'm a depressive person at times. For example, I always feel like friends move on to different things and I am afraid I will lose them. People have told me the friends that care and that you want around will stay around, even if you still chat with them, so I can only take that for it's word. I moved around for a couple years where I knew people from 5 different cities, and a lot of people, because my parents have been divorced for 12 years, so I would stay with my Dad down his house, I would be down my Mom's. Anyways, it's nice to look back. It's almost like a home movie.

09-13-2008, 08:16 AM	#4
tv star collector I Love Susie Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 18, 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 4,486	Thanks to the Internet, I am able to communicate with friends that I worked with twenty years ago ... and friends I went to school with over forty years ago!

09-13-2008, 08:17 AM	#5
tv star collector I Love Susie Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 18, 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 4,486	Thanks to the Internet, I am able to communicate with friends that I worked with twenty years ago ... and friends I went to school with over forty years ago (not to mention my niece and nephew, who I've known for more than fifty years)!

09-13-2008, 04:22 PM	#8
Theda Bara Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 27, 2006 Posts: 7,154	I am going to be 40, (in less than a year and a half from now..GASP) and I do not do a lot of reminiscing; and, the reason is, the older you become, I think the more you realize that you should focus on the future and not in the past. Remember, that you cannot change the past, BUT, you can change the future

09-13-2008, 04:29 PM	#9
Wreckless Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 04, 2007 Location: Banned Posts: 9,406	I have used the internet, specifically Facebook to locate ALOT of friends, so that helps.

09-13-2008, 07:37 PM	#13
Hollow Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 16, 2001 Posts: 30,406	when i think about my life before my mom died, it seems so irrelevant to the present. it was just completely different and changed so fast. i used to be fascinated by people who were mostly interested in the dark/morbid side of life, and about a year after she died, i realized i'd naturally become one of them. it led to affect my mannerisms, the way i dress, my social life, and my attitude on just about everything. i'm sure it wasn't just because of her absence, but the effects of it, such as my dad beginning to badly abuse me immediately following her death. it's been six years and i'm still the same way and i don't think it will ever change. it's very difficult to imagine the way things would be otherwise. i didn't become the person i am now on purpose, but i honestly think i would still be the way i used to if she hadn't died. i usually don't think about the first 13 years of my life because it's so bizarre...feels like i'm thinking about someone else's life rather than my own.