Poll
Question:
Would you like to be 18 again?
Option 1: Yes!
votes: 5
Option 2: No!
votes: 8
See title. Why or why not? The thought crossed my mind tonight and I'm curious how SR shakes out.
I guess I could've gone for culinary school instead of this IT thing...
But no, not really, it makes no difference and I like living in the present.
Yes! Yes! Oh ye gods above, I'd hurt someone to go back to that time knowing what I know now. So many screw ups I could fix. So much debt I'd know not to take on. So much family drama I could avoid.
I mean, sure, there'd be a whole new set of fuckups, I'm sure. But still, I've lost all three grandfathers since. Seeing them again wouldn't be terrible.
I put no. It was a hard effort to be half as foolish and ignorant. Why would I want to revert?
Echoing Panda here. So many things I could go back and try to fix if I had that chance again.
I voted no, but I'd still have to agree with Panda-bear. I wouldn't mind so much as long as I kept my knowledge and experience. I'd definitely join cross country and hit the weights big time before I went back into the Marines, at least.
And beat the living fuck out of a few people I didn't know were being complete fucking asshats to a couple of my friends..
I'd surely make all the same damn mistakes again, but not gonna refuse the extra time to do it in.
I say no; I've made precious friends after reaching the age of 18 that I don't believe I'd be in the right place to meet, had I not made the mistakes I did.
Unless, you know, it's some uber NG+ thing where I can be guaranteed the chance to not lose any friends.
Though, having to rewrite all my fics from memory would be a huge pain. ;)
I guess situationally, I'd say yes ... but I don't want to wallow in regret, so try to say I wouldn't. Boo on me? :\
I wouldn't mind a whole like repeated youth thing :)
Would hardly really want to go back a decade of years.
18 was easy. I'd rather go back to my early 20s, when I really started messing things up and could re-do it.
Nosir. I have regrets, but they only serve to make me more awesome.
I'd like to try it but I wouldn't want to stay there. Going back would be fun for a little while, but ultimately I don't want to give up what I have now. Unless it was an NG+ sort of thing, then I'd be all over that shit.
NG+? I am _all over that_.
Seconded and thirded. Can you imagine going through 18 years old with everything you have now?
Sounds like you two would much more be in the 'eternal youth would be awesome' club.
I mean, I suppose trying to get into colleges or first jobs might be really thrilling :P
Nope. Wouldn't change a damn thing, all my biggest fuckups were before I hit 17.
I would go back in time and smack myself, saying look, you idiot, don't become a college dropout and lose a full scholarship. Also, learn much more about handling money and finances and investments, and get your act together!
But then again, if I didn't make the mistakes I made, I never would have turned my life around, went dating later in life, and met and married my wife... oh chaos theory, why must you be so chaotic!