Things you would tell little Yourself.

[Tokyo Slim]

Don't ever get old, you are twice as cool at 13 as you are going to be at 26.

Don't let teenage girls with long fingernails give you handjobs.

Watch out for that Samoan Defensive End. He's headhunting. Don't set your knees when you get low to block.

The prank may seem funny now, but being a convicted felon is not worth it.

 

[shellshock]

Originally Posted by tiecollector

I think there is too much of this going on with negative consequences. I used to have the opposite problem and I'd revise it to say: Don't be scared to look out for #1.

And add,

Not everyone is your friend even if they pretend to be. If you have 2 real friends in your entire life, you are probably pretty lucky.
^ +1

true, but only because most people are generally selfish and always looking out only for their interests. in my case, for awhile i put others before myself and got taken for granted, so i had to learn how to take care of me first.

 

[Dedalus]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

There for eg1 is a woman? Damn you and your logical snares Dedalus!

EDIT: wait a minute that's not it. Damn it, nevermind.

 

[GQgeek]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

The prank may seem funny now, but being a convicted felon is not worth it.

ouch. what was the prank?

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by GQgeek

ouch. what was the prank?
Filled a short hallway with sawdust. Inadvertently broke a few windows in the process.

 

[Gatsby]

- stop wasting time on the internet
- get a part-time job, earn money and spend money, don't just try to conserve what little your parents alloted you
- play a team sport
- things don't just come to you as you get older, you actually need to go out and make things happen
- always ask questions even if you are afraid people will think you are not as smart as you think you are
- if it is past midnight and you are alone with a girl on your bed, you MUST try to sleep with her


the worst part is that I still fall into nearly all these traps even though I know better..

 

[thinman]

Originally Posted by Dakota rube

^Yeah, but would you even know you'd ended up differently?

(Contemplate that for awhile and get back to me.)

j:
I suggest you see the thread entitled "Seriously".

Best regards,
j

 

[rdawson808]

Aside from the lottery numbers thing...

1. No, you don't need that credit card or that student loan. Live frugaly for now.

2. Sleep with more women in college and grad school.

3. Study harder in HS and college so grad school can be faster and easier (and a better one)

4. If she isn't courteous to you, shes not worth your time. Avoid that lawyer in WW like the plague. 'Cause she is.

5. S and L were probably worth the risk.


And in response to Dakota Rube, I actually fear that if I went back and told myself these things that I wouldn't be in the perfect place I'm in now. So in that realistic way, no I'd never even contemplate doing this--the regrets I have have gotten me to where I am. Like that last one.

b

 

[lawyerdad]

Originally Posted by rdawson808

4. If she isn't courteous to you, shes not worth your time.

b

Good one, bob. I'd amend it, though, to add that if she's not courteous to other people, she ultimately won't be to you, either.

 

[Quirk]

Originally Posted by Dakota rube

Would you all really change that much about your lives? Many (most?) of you are still young men and I'm surprised that there seems to be so much regret at roads un-taken. Life is what each of us makes it; what turns we take at which intersections of life. We are products of every experience we've endured to this point, not just some of them. Don't look back, in either regret or pride. Take each day as a new challenge and a new opportunity to grow and learn. In spite of all the b.s. that's happened to me in my (over) half century of life, I'd not change one thing. Seriously.
I was going to say that though I wouldn't change any of the negative, I do regret risks not taken. But on second thought, in light of what rdawson808 has posted, who knows where I'd be if I had taken those risks, so it's all good.

 

[globetrotter]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

Filled a short hallway with sawdust. Inadvertently broke a few windows in the process.

(ahem what about the truck?)

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by globetrotter

(ahem what about the truck?)

The truck was "borrowed" not "stolen".

 

[bullethead]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

Don't ever get old, you are twice as cool at 13 as you are going to be at 26.

Don't let teenage girls with long fingernails give you handjobs.

Watch out for that Samoan Defensive End. He's headhunting. Don't set your knees when you get low to block.

The prank may seem funny now, but being a convicted felon is not worth it.

i can live with the long fingernails.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by bullethead

i can live with the long fingernails.

I'll let her know, she can lacerate your organ next time instead of mine.

 

[Dakota rube]

:cringe: