What's some advice you would tell your 16 year old self ?
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Dear me,
don't let him talk down to you, you are worth more than that!! God is real, and works miracles if you just listen to him. Enjoy your life now, and be happy. You've met your sweetheart, just be patient!!0 -
Dear 16 year old self
You are not as fat as you think but if you don't mend your ways, your knees will be shot before you're 40. Exercise won't kill you but eating crap just might. Don't buy into the grunge trend in a couple of years, that type of clothing doesn't suit you.
Why not save some of that cash you're wasting and buy a house or shares in Apple? You don't really need to go out partying five nights a week.
Enclosed is a (long) list of men you shouldn't sleep with in the future. Oh, and your boyfriend is gay. No straight man likes Dirty Dancing THAT much!
Much love
Your 37 year old self xx0 -
Dear 16 year old self
You are thin, you are pretty. Anorexia is not cool. You need more than a rye chip and an apple to live. When you get out of your teen years this horrible idea you have will **** us both over for about ten years and then come back in mental to BS to haunt us. APPLY yourself. Apply to colleges. DON'T dump Chris for Daryl. Daryl is a dumb name and gets you addicted to diet fuel and gives you awful self esteem. Do dump Chris because as we get older we learn he is a douche bag. Tell your friends to piss off and go for your best guy friend. You will thank me for this and because they are true friends they will forgive you and in 15 years you will all still be friends. BUT the one you want will be with someone else and have a family and will be the only one of your best friends who doesn't talk to you. You want to be a veterinary technician not a movie star. Go to school to be a veterinary technician. Again you are not fat.0 -
Dear 16 year old me,
PLEASE buy a flat-iron, DO NOT cut a fringe or dye your hair in anyway.
Start running. Don't think that sports "isn't for you" just because you were never any good at them.
Do your homework, even more than you already are. High school is easy and you're more than capable.
Other than that, please carry on as you are.
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Dear Sandy,
You're going to have a magical life, but really . . . that's enough with the perms. Just stop that.
Hahahaha, I'd like to tell my 13 year old self this, I had perms for NINE YEARS!0 -
Dear 16 year old me,
It's okay to fail as long as you try.0 -
Dear 16 year old me,
Be nice to your brother and listen to his advice. He's one of the best friends you'll ever have and you'll miss him dearly someday. Make sure he knows you love him. Also, be nice to your stepdad. He's not so bad. Don't date the loser your brother warned you about, but treat the guy after that great. You'll marry him someday.
Pay attention in Dr Yasicks classes. She'll make you fall in love with science and no, it's not a fluke.0 -
dear 16 year old self
lay off the chocolate
eat 3 meals a day instead of just one HUGE meal
exercise more
quit smoking
dont move in with the man who makes you pregnant he will beat you and destroy all self confidence you are strong enough to do it by yourself!!!
oh and dont listen to the small minded careers guidance woman who says you will never make it as a teacher because you live in the wrong area of town you get the grades to do it but never do and you will wonder for the rest of your life what if0 -
Dear 16 year old self,
Don't settle because you are comfortable. It is a HUGE world out there and you are so much smarter than you think. Go away to school and start taking better care of yourself NOW!
Love and Kiss,
Morgan
PS: MOVE AWAY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
I could not have written one any better!!0 -
Dear 16-year-old Me,
Shoulder pads are NOT cool. Be nicer to Dad; Mom was not the good cop. Be comfortable with who you are because that's all you have. Sure, he's quite a few years older than you but he knows how to take care of your heart; ignore the naysayers and ride it out with him. You don't have to wear lipstick everywhere you go, and that includes the store.0 -
Hey,
Stop listening to yourself. Those kids you think are "perfect".... guess what? They're f*ked up in the head just like you. Trust me we all hide dirty little secrets. Also whatever you do *dont* date Jessica. She's a lying slut who will ruin your life. Also this is really really hard to say but DON'T go out with Lee. He is controlling & abusive and even though he would give you two great wonderful little girls your still just a kid yourself & when you finally wise up and leave him at 22 (after he's put a gun to your head) your life will be a lot harder because you have the two of them to take care of. Go to college (major in interior design not graphic design) & have fun! Go to parties, get drunk, & stop living in your head. You really are beautiful, smart & funny!!! I love you & even if you don't listen to me thats okay because we'll still wind up with our beautiful daughters (who we love so be nicer to Kailey.... and don't let Lee pick Mackenzie's middle name... he's an idiot who chose his own name... go with Grace!)
Love,
You/me0 -
Dear 16 year old me,
You really DO have enough time to play soccer and be class president. Please don't give up soccer.
Don't get a job at K*Mart, unless you want an insane, obsessed stalker to find out where you live, where your grandparents live, and have him follow you all day, every day for 3 months.
Stay the **** away from Adam. Focus on how amazing Nick is, he cares so much about you and in a few short years he'll be your husband. Please try not to hurt him...
Stop denying your true spirituality. You're NOT a Christian. Stop pretending, you'll be much happier when you aren't living a lie.
Mother is wrong. You do not need to bleach your hair or go to the tanning bed. You are not fat. You are 130 pounds of ****ing muscle. You do not need to make your self vomit to be beautiful.
Lauren will burn herself out, so don't fight with her. She'll ruin her own life eventually, just sit back and wait for the show.
Hug Mary, and don't turn the other cheek when you see her track marks - she WON'T get better on her own...
Have fun...
Love you.0 -
Dear 16 year old me,
START EXERCISING NOW! So you won't be fat as an adult!
Be a little more open minded.
Don't worry about being the "perfect child" your parents will still love you no matter what.
Take the risk and go to college in virginia instead of staying local. Yes your future husband will follow you there, he's not going anywhere :-)
Love, me0 -
Dear 16 yr old me,
At 25 you will look back at photos when you were 16 and think, Damn I was skinny! Why did I think I was fat then?
At 35 you will look back at photos when you were 25 and think, Damn I was skinny! Why did I think I was fat then?
At 45 you will look back at photos when you were 35 and think, Damn I was skinny! Why did I think I was fat then?
At 50 you will look back at photos when you were 45 and think, Damn I was in the best shape of my life then! Why did I think I was fat?
At 51 you will realize you spent the better part of your life conviced you were fat and obsessing about being fat, when you really weren't at all. You will then think, I was a damn fool!!! Why did I waste so many years beating myself up and believing the negative things in my head?????? At that point, you will finally be happy cause you got a clue! So do yourself a favor. Don't waste your life focusing on your imperfections. What you are seeing is a flawed image you have manufacturered in your head.
Kick the lies you tell yourself to the curb now. Don't wait till you are 51. Do it now.
From: The older, smarter You.0 -
Dear 16 year old self,
DO NOT sleep with Zandur
You are not fat but you will be if you keep eating crap
Don't worry, you will get out of that house soon enough but in the meantime find a healthy way to channel your anger
The therapist will really help you, go see her earlier than I did
DO NOT get kinky with Elliot, Joe and Mikey
GET OVER CALUM FOR CHRIST SAKE - he is just stringing us along and you do not want to be used by him at Sarah's 16th
Save your money, and if you do really need to spend it DO NOT spend it on food, save up for a laptop or something
Revise harder for your exams, you know you can do a lot better
Sarah is lying!! Do not make up all those things about yourself just to make you sound cooler0 -
Oh I won't go in detail, but it would have been amazing if I knew then what I knew now ;(((0
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dear me, do not get engaged to tht prick when u turn 180
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not to get with the group of lads i did and get up to well lets say thinks aha but hey if i didnt i wouldn't b the person i was today we learn from mistakes0
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please don't get a curly perm it will look sooo stupid!0
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Dear 16 year old me,
You will come to make certain decisions in a few years time. Trust your instinct as you were100% right, remember to listen to your inner voice as it will save you one hell of a lot of heartache.0 -
Tell your parents or someone about the abuse you are going through, bottling it up inside, shutting yourself off from the world and turning to food is not going to make it go away.0
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Dear 16-year-old self,
Be more assertive to those bullies! Keep making those grades!
...and PUT THAT GOSHDARN HUGE BOWL OF ICE CREAM DOWN!!!!!!! You'll weigh over 300 pounds if you keep eating like that!
Love, Me
PS. You really do have friends. Believe in them.0 -
I know she wouldn't listen anyway, but for the purely therapeutic purposes:
M., couple of important and not so important things:
1) I don't know what to tell you about THAT PhD (and yeah, you will get one). You will not like it when you finish it and you'll find yourself only qualified to do the one thing you do not want to do (in other words - unemployable). But then, if you do not accept that one and move to NZ, you will most likely not meet J., so I'd say just go with it but prepare yourself for some tough times.
2) In few months bombing will start but it will last only couple of months and most of the ppl you know will go through it OK, so don't stress too much (EXCEPT: call that cute Albanian guy you just met on that seminar; make him promise you that whatever **** starts happening in the country, once it's over he will contact you and let you know he is alive and well. Otherwise you'll spend your life wondering if he survived, googling 'A. K., architect' hoping to find out that he lives somewhere in the world happily and safely)
3) when you get your first computer, and you will in few years, stay away from MSN chat rooms. If not, that emotionally immature guy will mess up with your ego for the next 10y. And when he, 10y after, makes the final move and removes you from his facebook list two days before you thought of doing the same you'll end up wondering once again how the hell he dares being able to cut contact with you!? (whose being emotionally immature now, ha?)
4) so when you get that computer, instead of spending time in MSN chat rooms better follow up on that programming paper form the 2nd year. Learn web development, for example. It might even help you with 1).
and the most important: when you meet J. - don't change anything. 0 -
Don't smoke--
Invest in Apple--
Aerobic exercise not just for girls--0 -
Some of these posts are heartbreaking. And this whole thread is wonderful.0
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These are beautiful.0
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Do not find your birth mother.,
Watch what you eat during your pregnancies.
Study further0 -
Dear 16 yr old self
Treasure your mother she will be gone too soon!
Go to France, India, Nepal with your twin sister, the loser you stayed behind with is long gone! She had a ball!
Just say no!
Respect yourself more, some day you will meet the right one and have 2 lovely boys x
Exercise!!
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dont ever drink. dont ever smoke, and stay away from vaginas til at least 30 yrs old..0
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Dear 16 year old self,
As effed up as life is gonna get and has been, keep doing what you are doing. You are going to lead me down the path of eventual happiness that I wouldn't change a thing about.0
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