If the person you are now could talk to the "you" from ten y

Well I'll be the big 25 (yep, a quarter century old) in November so I'll do this for 14 and 15...

I'd say to myself, self "Allow me to introduce...myself. Enjoy your friendships because they won't last.... get new friends cause you're best friend is about to stab you in the back in 5, 4, 3, 2.... . Also, when you wanna go swimming with Travis and your dad says no. Don't go. Forgive your mom and don't become her. And finally instead of feeling ugly all the time, appreciate yourself and the fact that you're perfectly healthy - have all your limbs, and not really THAT bad looking. Oh and that totally cute guy you're head over heels for is gonna ask you to marry him when you're 22." :laugh:

I would say to me in 6 yrs your son is gonna be gone forever so treasure him now like there is no tomorrow.

I would tell the 14 yr old Julie...

Your parents are going through a really nasty divorce right now, but it has absolutely nothing to do with you, and while it will change who you are it really will be one of the best things that ever happens to your family. You really don't have to take sides. It's ok to love both of them, even though everyone around you says otherwise. You don't have to be the grown-up and take care of everything. Live a little. Enjoy being a kid.

You will "love" TJ all through high school, and he feels the same about you, but he doesn't have the guts to do anything about it. If you really feel the same way then you have to say something, otherwise you'll risk losing him forever. Pay close attention to the people around you. Your "friends" in high school don't matter after graduation. The people you think won't matter, do. Cheerleading and all the drama that comes along with it really will be the most fun you have. Try out in college. You really are good enough and if you stop now you'll regret it forever.

Oh yeah, just because you're wearing a size 12 from American Eagle does not mean you're fat! Open your eyes! Stop shopping in the juniors department and start dressing the body you have, not the body you think you should have. You're beautiful. You don't need to lose any weight, and stop listening to the people who say that you do.

You can't change anyone. It's hard enough to change yourself. Don't try to save everyone that you meet. Most people will take it for granted and they will walk all over you. You're such a nice girl and such a good person. Stay that way. Don't give in and become cynical and jaded. Not all guys are the same.

Don't turn your back on your faith. Not all churches are the same, and there is one that you will fit in with perfectly.

Absolutely, positively, under no circumstances should you take the job coaching after graduating from high school. It will be one of the biggest mistakes of your life! Second to getting yourself into credit card debt - yeah, even though you think you're smart enough to avoid it, you don't. So stop before you start! YOU DO NOT NEED CREDIT CARDS!

Do not, I repeat, DO NOT go to your Christmas work party. It will cause more trouble than it's worth and that MIP will cost a lot to fight.

In a few years you will accept a job that will make you absolutely miserable. It will tear your entire life apart. There is one good thing that will come out of it, so once you become friends with Kerri, both of you should quit. Run, run, run away!

Tell the people who matter that you love them. Every day.

oh i have another...


If he cheats WITH you, he sure as heck will cheat ON you!!!

I would say to me in 6 yrs your son is gonna be gone forever so treasure him now like there is no tomorrow.

I am so very sorry to hear that.:brokenheart:

I would tell me to keep doing a good job.

I don't like all the decisions I've made, but they led to me being who I am, and where I am. And I'm pretty darn confident and happy about that.

I would tell me to keep doing a good job.

I don't like all the decisions I've made, but they led to me being who I am, and where I am. And I'm pretty darn confident and happy about that.

My feelings exactly! Every step I have taken has shaped me into the person I am now and that is not such a bad thing. Regrets, yep I've had a few but without regrets life would be very boring.

To my 12 year old self.

" So you wanna be a rock superstar? Big house? Five cars?"

Save your money man.

And that girl in HS is basically a huge flirt and tease.
Shes not the "one guy" kinda lady....and dont make the same mistake on the same girl 3 years later when she says shes changed...
And yea, the next girl is worth waiting for, you dont know what your passing up.
You should see your other grandparents more, their time is more limited on this earth and they are far more caring. And appreciate the lonely lady next door, because she treats you like a grandson and also dies too soon, you don't know what she left behind for you.
You will go on to date an amazing girl in college, dont worry, shes in it for a long haul. Shes almost as crazy as you even!
And yea, keep playing baseball. Put down the Freihoffers cookies. Don't waste your summers inside. Video games are there later. Run, laugh, swim, go out!

This is THE best thread ever.......it warrents publishing into a book to pass out to every high school or even college graduate. Reading this thread has also brought tears to my eyes numerous times...good stuff.

What I would tell 25 year old Melanie:
The one you've been in "love" with since 19 isn't who your going to end up with he's never really returned your love anyway and you know that. There is someone for you that thinks you hung the stars in the sky, and you'll never have to question his love, he'll not only tell you multiple times daily even after you've been married 9 years, but his day to day actions will still show it.

Your sister isn't perfect, she 's just as human as the next person and the next 10 years will be the hardest of her life. Be sure to help her through it by just being there, by just being her sister.

This job that you hate right now, but that you stay at for the money and because you know your going to be promoted when the boss leaves.....one month after the boss puts in his retirement papers and you begin training...the whole lab closes, and it may seem like the end of the world at the time, but you will go on to get the job of your dreams.

Don't go to church just because dad pastors there, forge your own relationship wtih God, it makes life a lot more peaceful and sweeter.

Save your money, you don't have to spend everything you make.

Get control of your eating habits, excercise more.

Your smart!! Your beautiful! Your worth it!!! You deserve it!!!
Your smart!! Your beautiful!! Your worth it!!! You deserve it!!

I completely agree! We should definitely make this into a book! Needs to get a lil longer though, it'd be a very short book right now! :laugh:

I would tell myself
Buy a house right after highschool 'cause house prices will be 4 x's more then now.


Just think, a house could have been bought for 130 thousand, now that same house is 600+ thousand. Thanks gov. Now i cannot afford it even more.