When you were 17...

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  • halobender
    halobender Posts: 780 Member
    For most 17 year olds now is as good as life is going to get, take advantage, have fun, be a kid for a little bit longer. The drag that is adulthood will come soon enough, don't run to it.
    I get what you mean and totally agree. I hated being 17 and often say I'd like to go back to that age—totally not ACTUALLY wanting that, of course—simply because I'm sick of paying rent and bills and buying my own food and blah blah blah. It's a good thing to be responsible, but, in retrospect, most have it pretty easy at 17, and I know I sure did, even though I did have a job. So I would like to be able to have appreciated that a little more.

    Being an adult sucks sometimes but it's so great, too, so long as you don't get yourself into too much trouble ;)
    When I was 17,
    I drank some very good beer.
    I drank some very good beer I purchased with a fake I.D.
    My name was Brian Mcgee
    I stayed up listening to Queen
    When I was 17.
    I always shed a tear for that :( Poor Homer.

    Anyway, I would tell myself to be more outgoing, too. I was pretty reserved as a kid and only opened up more in my 20s.
  • Ajontheguitar
    Ajontheguitar Posts: 695
    I'd tell my 17 year old self to STOP pandering! A hot spanish 17 yr old exchange student wants to sleep with you, develop a moral fiber much, much later.....
  • Talako
    Talako Posts: 79 Member
    How about something practical: I'd tell my 17 year old self to save like a mad man and buy Microsoft when it goes public in 5 years.

    Also, the knowledge that after Rebecca rips your heart out next year the future will not be kind to her. Take solace in that karma nails her. (Uh that is Karma, and not Steve Karma.)
  • lbgano
    lbgano Posts: 234
    Take yourself seriously, even when others don't.
  • lbgano
    lbgano Posts: 234
    I hope to teach our 2 daughters that, that if a man loves you enough to want to make you his wife, he'll be there before and during the bumpy ride, before you sign the marriage license. If you have dreams and goals, he has to love you and your dreams and goals too. Being a "People Pleaser" is not something you want to be labelled. I'm still trying to learn to make myself a priority, and I'm 26.

    This, this, THIS!
  • Trixtabella
    Trixtabella Posts: 471 Member
    Put that food down and get on the treadmill.
  • laureneva15
    laureneva15 Posts: 280
    Pretty much whatever anyone has written here
    And... whatever hurt you are going through you will get through it, and there will be worse to come, but just remember you've gone through it before and will do so again.

    And more importantly play this song every morning when you wake up in the morning.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTJ7AzBIJoI
  • AJay513
    AJay513 Posts: 187
    Choose a lucrative career path now and stick with it. You'll be glad you did later.

    This for sure. Go into something legit.

    Boys suck, even the older ones. Takes em a while to grow up.
    Don't change your goals & dreams for a boy.
    If he's gonna cheat, it's gonna happen no matter what. So don't waste time worrying or acting crazy/jealous/supucious.
    If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck... It's most likely a duck!!

    Don't let anyone take away your joy.
    Safe sex ALWAYS! dont get an STD and dont get pregnant!
    Happiness takes work!!
    Choose your battles & let things go
    Be independent. In the end, at times, you are the only one you can count on.
    When you get married always work at least a little & keep your own very secret stash of money... Just in case your hubby decides to turn into a creep!
  • spiffygirl17123
    spiffygirl17123 Posts: 4
    macaroni and cheese should not be an everyday thing and never stop dancing.. its good for u :)
  • ziggy67
    ziggy67 Posts: 351
    Be very careful about the company you keep and you won't go far wrong.
  • xSophia19
    xSophia19 Posts: 1,536 Member
    When i was 17 (2 years ago) I should of thought about loosing weight, because i was realllly overweight back then! I should of taken more control of my food portions. I used to pile the plate and go back for more. And even after that I was still hungry! LOL!

    But ive finally done something about it, my portion control is much better now, my eating habits are now really reallly good! I used to drink LOADS of alochol! Fromm the age of 16, I used to be out every weekend with people alot older than me. I always got served at bars without getting ID'd because i was big, and tall and i looked older than what a average 16 year looks like..

    I have now cut out the boooze, i drink it once a while, on occasions etc. And boy does it feel better! I love the hangover free on a saturday and sunday morning! :)
  • Trig0r
    Trig0r Posts: 47
    When I was 17 it woudlnt of mattered what I would of told myself because I wouldnt of listened to some podgey bald guy in his mid 30's lol...
  • xojox
    xojox Posts: 187 Member
    i have to say at 17 i was having the time of my life!!! Yes i'm probably paying for it now, but i'd met my hubby to be the yr before and we were partying and having fun.

    Just live life, have fun.................and remember that your parents were 17 once and are NOT stupid!!

    By the way that hubby to be is still in my life 22yrs later with 3 sons in tow, and i'm still madly in love, so the other piece of advice............use contraception!!!!!!!!!!! fall in love with the person before you just become mam and dad xxxxx
  • lcarter25
    lcarter25 Posts: 286 Member
    When I was 17,
    I drank some very good beer.
    I drank some very good beer I purchased with a fake I.D.
    My name was Brian Mcgee
    I stayed up listening to Queen
    When I was 17.

    ha ha loves it!!
  • lcarter25
    lcarter25 Posts: 286 Member
    You will not be fat in your 20s so just be patient, your not the pretty slim one now but you will be ;)
  • aliciadjackson
    aliciadjackson Posts: 480 Member
    I'd say :
    Ali don't choose the college that's close to home. Go to one of the bigger schools in a different area so that you can experience more.
  • prettytoxic
    prettytoxic Posts: 122 Member
    1. Don't bother with Uni, you'd be better off just getting a job after college
    2. For the love of god do NOT get with Andy, he's a scumbag and ends up trying to sleep with one of your UNDERAGE best friends at a party while you're being sick downstairs.
    3. Go and start talking to Shane again... he's the best thing that will ever happen to you right now.
  • joi1407
    joi1407 Posts: 79
    go travelling and do something for yourself. Don't worry about not seeing your friends for a few months, the good ones will still be there in a few years time.
    And don't rush to make a decision on what to sudy or where to live. Thinks will change. try a few things, do internships, summer jobs and stuff.
  • swordsmith
    swordsmith Posts: 599 Member
    Take that $5000 you saved for that Mustang and purchase Microsoft.

    I believe with all the splits, etc that todays value would be around $20 million or so.
  • I_give_it_2_u_str8
    I_give_it_2_u_str8 Posts: 680 Member
    Take that $5000 you saved for that Mustang and purchase Microsoft.

    I believe with all the splits, etc that todays value would be around $20 million or so.

    haha nice. although i was 17 eleven years ago so i probably should have bought APPLE :P

    good post OP - i'd say don't take life too seriously :) enjoy the ride
  • chelseajillian5
    chelseajillian5 Posts: 87
    Its Never worth it to Not be yourself. Don't let anybody tell you how to live your life or be someone your not. Have fun and enjoy it!
  • bakebunny
    bakebunny Posts: 253
    Don't be afraid to say no if your date/best friend/crush asks you to do something you aren't quite comfortable with. If it's something you decide later you didn't want, you can't go back and change it.

    Read about anything that interests you. You may not be able to decide what major you want, college or uni to attend (or if), or know what career path to take but if you read, read, read, you can find out what you want and don't want and be better at making those choices when you need to.

    Every once in a while be adventuresome. Try something new, go someplace different, get a taste of something you might have said "I don't think I'd like that". You may be surprised.

    Start your GOOD habits now: eating breakfast everyday, exercising, making happy time for yourself once a day. Like bad habits, good habits can be learned. And the more good habits you have, the less time you have for the bad ones.
  • tambink
    tambink Posts: 349
    If I knew then what I know now DONT GET MARRIED SO YOUNG and Dont make in front of someone that is over weight.
  • haylz24
    haylz24 Posts: 225
    Stand up for yourself and don't take crap from anyone.
  • ilookthetype
    ilookthetype Posts: 3,021 Member
    What are some things you wish you could have told your younger self?
    I'm 17 now, and really curious! :D


    - Make sure he's not a closet case
    - It's not normal to be sick after every meal (should have talked to a doc way back then)
    - "Girls' Nights" are more important than "Date Nights"
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    I'd have told myself about the low carb diet back then. I didn't first learn about it until I was in my mid-20s.

    I'd have reassured myself that the perfect man was waiting for me, but I wouldn't meet him until my late 20s. Just hang in there.
  • dayzeerock
    dayzeerock Posts: 918 Member
    Condoms are cheaper than diapers.
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    1. Boys lie.
    2. Your parents are your best allies.
    3. Take school seriously.
    4. BOYS. LIE.
  • Jennjenn1974
    Jennjenn1974 Posts: 350 Member
    Don't get charged with possesion with intent to sell as it makes your life a little more difficult down the road
  • tross0924
    tross0924 Posts: 909 Member
    That girl you're afraid to tell you like her cause you want to stay friends with and are afraid she'll be scared off by you wanting more, will in less than a year be hardly more than an acquaintance. Don't be afraid of what might be, live in the now.
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