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Mind Freak · 29th Nov 2009, 04:02 PM

I know this probably sounds ridiculous. But when I look at my age or think about it and it just seems sooo weird! I'm so young and inexperienced! Like fresh out of the womb (ok maybe not that young but you get what I mean) and yet I feel like I've been around for eons you know? Lol.

Is it like that for you too? How do you feel about your age?

Phantasma · 29th Nov 2009, 04:39 PM

I can't believe I turn seventeen in a little more than a month. It doesn't feel right. When did I get so old? It feels like everything is moving too fast, because I don't feel (almost)17..

Just Adam · 29th Nov 2009, 04:54 PM

i understand feeling old...

it confuses me how people dont see teh world i do its liek i look at things simple things and they seem so familiar yet distanced like i havent seen tehm in a long time everything seems old and complex and people jsut dont feel and notice...

im a very confused beeing .

Ander Blue · 29th Nov 2009, 04:59 PM

I'm turning 20 in January and right now I'm freaked out about it! That represents a good fifth of my life! (maybe, could be a whole fourth!) I'll be a Junior in college soon and I still feel like I would get crushed by the real world if I were to try and survive in it. AGH!!!

29th Nov 2009, 05:04 PM

Its scary that I'm soon to turn 18. Where did my carefree childhood go?

**Maddy** · 29th Nov 2009, 05:06 PM

I've had the occasional "holy shit, next year I'll be 20" moment - it seems so much older than 19.

29th Nov 2009, 05:11 PM

I know that 21 isn't very old, but...
I can't help but feel like I've wasted a few years, in one way or another.

jazzrawr · 29th Nov 2009, 05:16 PM

I get that alll the time.
Every once in a while I think "Holy shit - next year I'll be 18."
I'm almost a legal adult, for god's sake. D:
Next year I'm going to university too, which is frightening. I don't feel almost 18.

frootl00p · 29th Nov 2009, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Etorem

I know that 21 isn't very old, but...
I can't help but feel like I've wasted a few years, in one way or another.

i know how that feels. being 21 sux sometimes.

littledinosaurs · 29th Nov 2009, 05:20 PM

it certainly feels like i've lived less than 18 years.
I can't remember so many of them.

Totoro · 29th Nov 2009, 05:32 PM

I hate being 17 x_x I feel like i'm going to die soon, 17!! maybe that's why i decided to take up piano I feel unaccomplished and yet i'm so young, but i feel so old.

haelmarie · 29th Nov 2009, 06:17 PM

Sometimes I feel like I'm a thirty year old man trapped in a teenagers body, but sometimes I still feel like a little kid.

Katherine · 29th Nov 2009, 06:44 PM

Ugh, my age scares the hell out of me. I keep realizing that I'm turning 17 next month and I'll be living on my own in less than two years. Time just keeps getting faster, you know?

Schu · 29th Nov 2009, 08:46 PM

I always felt when I was a teenager that I was way too young, and I always caught myself saying things like "bloody teenagers!". Now I feel that still but less so.

Pseudojim · 29th Nov 2009, 08:52 PM

I pay little attention to my own age. I have literally forgotten my own age, many times. When i was getting my university ID card at the beginning of this year i had to get my licence out to remember how old i was.

but yeah, it's strange now that the majority of first grade footballers i see on TV are younger than me. That's about the weirdest thing.

Nodnarb · 29th Nov 2009, 08:54 PM

It's happened to me a lot lately. I just can't believe that I'm already 18 and in college. I went home over break, and the high school kids were still in school until Wednesday. I just felt weird to know that I wasn't with them. And my sister turned 16 last month...that terrifies me.

I also noticed that at my grandparents' house on Thanksgiving I was hanging out more with my "older" college-age cousins more, rather than the ones still in HS/MS like normal. I guess I'm one of the old cousins now

starfish · 29th Nov 2009, 10:20 PM

I'll be 29 in January and I have just one question. What the hell happened to the last 10 years?

RaeofLite · 29th Nov 2009, 10:23 PM

I'm 20 years old-21 as of Dec24th. ...I have no idea where the last four years have gone. Just bam, bam, bam. It's a bit scary really. Haha.

I try to not think about it. I have an old soul though so I can relate to people several years older than me or even people my parents age, even though I sometimes look like I should be in my senior year of highschool. lol

Idunnohereitis · 29th Nov 2009, 10:33 PM

my 16ish 17ish self knows that ive barely gotten started on life and i got a lot to go if i chose to keep going and i have been like whoa you are 17 or 16 at certain ppl and i guess its the mental level thing again, i think its all about the mentality of the individual... idk hm, well i tend to go for somebdy my age or a year or two older goign lower is just, doesnt work.. too iffy and for the most part i never feel like im on the same level of thought as somebody lower in age but sometimes i met a couple who were actually beyond the 15 years they had. i d k this is a difficult question not really sure how to answer it hmm......idk duude idk

Phoenix · 29th Nov 2009, 10:38 PM

I'm not taken aback yet, but I think I will be when I turn 20 this coming year. I feel like it's gonna come and I'm gonna be like, "Wow the first chapter of my life went by so quickly."

29th Nov 2009, 04:02 PM	#1
Mind Freak Hey y'all (It's a southern thang);D Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Uh? Bi! Out Status: HOLY COW [at least 10] WHOLE PEOPLE! ;) Age: 19 Posts: 755 Join Date: Jul 2008	Have you ever been taken aback by your own age? I know this probably sounds ridiculous. But when I look at my age or think about it and it just seems sooo weird! I'm so young and inexperienced! Like fresh out of the womb (ok maybe not that young but you get what I mean) and yet I feel like I've been around for eons you know? Lol. Is it like that for you too? How do you feel about your age? __________________

29th Nov 2009, 04:39 PM	#2
Phantasma EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: two people! Location: Winnipeg Age: 19 Posts: 983 Join Date: Jan 2008	Re: Have you ever been taken aback by your own age? I can't believe I turn seventeen in a little more than a month. It doesn't feel right. When did I get so old? It feels like everything is moving too fast, because I don't feel (almost)17.. __________________

29th Nov 2009, 04:54 PM	#3
Just Adam Just passing through Full Member Gender: Something Orientation: Dunno Out Status: If they ask i will tell them Location: Wherever Age: 23 Posts: 6,002 Join Date: Mar 2009	Re: Have you ever been taken aback by your own age? i understand feeling old... it confuses me how people dont see teh world i do its liek i look at things simple things and they seem so familiar yet distanced like i havent seen tehm in a long time everything seems old and complex and people jsut dont feel and notice... im a very confused beeing . __________________ There Used To Be A Point Of Things.

29th Nov 2009, 04:59 PM	#4
Ander Blue feeling comfy Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Copenhagen, Denmark (normally Troy, New York) Age: 22 Posts: 428 Join Date: Nov 2009	Re: Have you ever been taken aback by your own age? I'm turning 20 in January and right now I'm freaked out about it! That represents a good fifth of my life! (maybe, could be a whole fourth!) I'll be a Junior in college soon and I still feel like I would get crushed by the real world if I were to try and survive in it. AGH!!!

29th Nov 2009, 05:04 PM	#5
Jiggles Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Have you ever been taken aback by your own age? Its scary that I'm soon to turn 18. Where did my carefree childhood go?

29th Nov 2009, 05:06 PM	#6
Maddy Free Hugs EC Admin Gender: - Orientation: Into girls Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 21 Posts: 7,704 Join Date: Mar 2008	Re: Have you ever been taken aback by your own age? I've had the occasional "holy shit, next year I'll be 20" moment - it seems so much older than 19. __________________ how strange it is to be anything at all [Victor] 2:09 pm: and then halloween happened and I was outside in a skirt.

29th Nov 2009, 05:11 PM	#7
Etorem Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Have you ever been taken aback by your own age? I know that 21 isn't very old, but... I can't help but feel like I've wasted a few years, in one way or another.

29th Nov 2009, 05:16 PM	#8
jazzrawr Lover of Loony Lovegood Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Lesimbean Out Status: I scream it from rooftops Location: Ontario, Canada. Age: 19 Posts: 3,391 Join Date: Feb 2008	Re: Have you ever been taken aback by your own age? I get that alll the time. Every once in a while I think "Holy shit - next year I'll be 18." I'm almost a legal adult, for god's sake. D: Next year I'm going to university too, which is frightening. I don't feel almost 18. __________________ <3 You can love people so much... But you can never love someone as much as you can miss them. (...and the lesbians.)

29th Nov 2009, 05:20 PM	#10
littledinosaurs J'essaie de Parler Français! :] Full Member Gender: Garçon Orientation: Bisexuel Location: Nouvelle-Angleterre. Age: 21 Posts: 2,351 Join Date: Sep 2008	Re: Have you ever been taken aback by your own age? it certainly feels like i've lived less than 18 years. I can't remember so many of them. __________________ Âllo Là

29th Nov 2009, 05:32 PM	#11
Totoro EC's Lurker Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay. Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Canada - Ontario Age: 19 Posts: 487 Join Date: Apr 2009	Re: Have you ever been taken aback by your own age? I hate being 17 x_x I feel like i'm going to die soon, 17!! maybe that's why i decided to take up piano I feel unaccomplished and yet i'm so young, but i feel so old. __________________

29th Nov 2009, 06:17 PM	#12
haelmarie it's ok to be afraid Full Member Gender: No. Orientation: No. Age: 18 Posts: 767 Join Date: Oct 2009	Re: Have you ever been taken aback by your own age? Sometimes I feel like I'm a thirty year old man trapped in a teenagers body, but sometimes I still feel like a little kid.

29th Nov 2009, 06:44 PM	#13
Katherine Professional Cuddler Full Member Gender: 75% female Orientation: 110% gay Out Status: 98% out Location: The land of rednecks and pine trees (Georgia) Age: 19 Posts: 1,745 Join Date: Mar 2009	Re: Have you ever been taken aback by your own age? Ugh, my age scares the hell out of me. I keep realizing that I'm turning 17 next month and I'll be living on my own in less than two years. Time just keeps getting faster, you know? __________________ Overly emotional five-foot-tall vegetarian gamer girl who procrastinates way too much. Loves food, art, cats, and making people smile.

29th Nov 2009, 08:46 PM	#14
Schu Well Known Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: Out to whoever I can be bothered telling Location: Adelaide, Australia Age: 26 Posts: 105 Join Date: Nov 2009	Re: Have you ever been taken aback by your own age? I always felt when I was a teenager that I was way too young, and I always caught myself saying things like "bloody teenagers!". Now I feel that still but less so.

29th Nov 2009, 08:52 PM	#15
Pseudojim Part robot Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Bi - Kinsey 2ish Out Status: All but family Location: Australia Age: 27 Posts: 2,154 Join Date: Sep 2009	Re: Have you ever been taken aback by your own age? I pay little attention to my own age. I have literally forgotten my own age, many times. When i was getting my university ID card at the beginning of this year i had to get my licence out to remember how old i was. but yeah, it's strange now that the majority of first grade footballers i see on TV are younger than me. That's about the weirdest thing.

29th Nov 2009, 08:54 PM	#16
Nodnarb Notoriously Homosexual Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Most people Location: Ames, Iowa Age: 20 Posts: 3,875 Join Date: Oct 2007	Re: Have you ever been taken aback by your own age? It's happened to me a lot lately. I just can't believe that I'm already 18 and in college. I went home over break, and the high school kids were still in school until Wednesday. I just felt weird to know that I wasn't with them. And my sister turned 16 last month...that terrifies me. I also noticed that at my grandparents' house on Thanksgiving I was hanging out more with my "older" college-age cousins more, rather than the ones still in HS/MS like normal. I guess I'm one of the old cousins now __________________ Better to be hated for who you are, than be loved for who you're not.

29th Nov 2009, 10:20 PM	#17
starfish This space for lease. Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: I like guys Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Hippie Town, Alberta of the US Age: 31 Posts: 2,108 Join Date: Nov 2008	Re: Have you ever been taken aback by your own age? I'll be 29 in January and I have just one question. What the hell happened to the last 10 years? __________________ All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work. --Thomas J. Watson

29th Nov 2009, 10:23 PM	#18
RaeofLite I've got the moves like Jagger Full Member Gender: ♀ Orientation: Sapphicly inclined Out Status: My closet is for clothes! Location: BC, Canada Age: 23 Posts: 3,111 Join Date: Apr 2009	Re: Have you ever been taken aback by your own age? I'm 20 years old-21 as of Dec24th. ...I have no idea where the last four years have gone. Just bam, bam, bam. It's a bit scary really. Haha. I try to not think about it. I have an old soul though so I can relate to people several years older than me or even people my parents age, even though I sometimes look like I should be in my senior year of highschool. lol __________________ People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." -Bonnie Jean Wasmund (and the lesbians)

29th Nov 2009, 10:33 PM	#19
Idunnohereitis Thankyoumayihaveanother!g ah Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Not into guys, dont hate, cant help it :] Out Status: some people. and im workin with it Location: Great Lakes region Age: 19 Posts: 295 Join Date: Oct 2009	Re: Have you ever been taken aback by your own age? my 16ish 17ish self knows that ive barely gotten started on life and i got a lot to go if i chose to keep going and i have been like whoa you are 17 or 16 at certain ppl and i guess its the mental level thing again, i think its all about the mentality of the individual... idk hm, well i tend to go for somebdy my age or a year or two older goign lower is just, doesnt work.. too iffy and for the most part i never feel like im on the same level of thought as somebody lower in age but sometimes i met a couple who were actually beyond the 15 years they had. i d k this is a difficult question not really sure how to answer it hmm......idk duude idk __________________ "life is what happens when you are busy making other plans"

29th Nov 2009, 10:38 PM	#20
Phoenix EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Somewhere between gay and bisexual Out Status: Very Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 755 Join Date: Sep 2009	Re: Have you ever been taken aback by your own age? I'm not taken aback yet, but I think I will be when I turn 20 this coming year. I feel like it's gonna come and I'm gonna be like, "Wow the first chapter of my life went by so quickly."