What would you tell your 17 year old self if you had the cha

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  • AlSalzman
    AlSalzman Posts: 296 Member
    "Put down the video game controller and pick up a guitar."

    "You can't breathe because you have allergies. Go get tested and get treated, and then maybe you'll be able to run a mile without dying."

    "If you're not sure what you want to be when you grow up, don't waste $80K in a college in the middle of no where trying to figure it out. Go see the *kitten*%ng world."
  • EmCarroll1990
    EmCarroll1990 Posts: 2,832 Member
    1. Stop doing drugs - Look what's it's doing to your mother!
    2. Get your *kitten* back into class and pay attention - You're here any ways.
    3. Chose your friends wisely.
    4. Find something you love and go to school for it.
  • newbeetler
    newbeetler Posts: 197 Member

    Get a bike now. You wife don't like them

    This made me laugh and is very true in my experience. I often joke with my wife that if we ever divorce, my first stop is the nearest Harley Davidson dealership.

    Yep. that sounds about right.

    In fairness to the wife. I didn't get the bike but as a wedding present she did buy me that Harley Davidson Leather Jacket I had been eyeing up on honeymoon.

    More to add :

    You know that bet on you having twins when you have kids. Put it on and get the best odds you possibly can. (I said from the age of 15 that when I have kids I will have twins. Guess What. I did :o)

    Don't buy that dumbass mirror you bought at the Queen rock convention. It will sit in your parents house for the next 20 years still in the wrapper and save you £250

    Buy microgen shares with every penny you have when they are £0.10p per share. They are £148 per share now.

    Stop your friend getting in that car on xyz date and she will see her 19th birthday :o(
  • kekl
    kekl Posts: 382 Member
    Just hang in there, things WILL get better.
  • leynak
    leynak Posts: 963 Member
    Don't date that one guy. Go to college NO MATTER WHAT. Move out of your stepfathers house asap & don't worry about your mother. It's her choice to stay or go, she's a big girl, no need to stay just to "take care of her." And I thought about saying use some birth control, but I love my kiddos way too much. :smile:
  • laughingdani
    laughingdani Posts: 2,275 Member
    Don't be shy.
    Go on lots of dates.
    Talk more.
    Be adventurous.
    Try new things.
    Sneak out of the house.

    I was always the good child, too afraid to disappoint my mother. I always wanted to sneak out of the house for the hell of it.... But never did.
  • cushygal
    cushygal Posts: 586 Member
    Go into the Army - don't listen to your father, do what you want to do.
  • kkjay
    kkjay Posts: 62
    I feel like a lot of what I did made me who I am today but...

    You are beautiful. Don't let anyone convince you otherwise.
    Don't be so shy, people actually find you funny when you talk.
    Stop being friends with Diane.
    That dog you've begged your parents for for the past 12 years to get and youve just about given up? Next year you'll have a puppy and you're going to love him more than you ever imagined. And in a few more years, you'll get a second dog. Don't ever give up hope.
    Don't love your favorite aunt anymore. You'll end up realizing you were never (and will never be) as important to her as she was to you.
  • ScottyNoHotty
    ScottyNoHotty Posts: 1,957 Member
    Invest every cent you have in Microsoft, then 10 years later invest in a start up called Google....

    Join the Air Force, instead of the Army...You won't get shot at as much.
  • RH_Brazell
    RH_Brazell Posts: 339
    Appricate you'r self more...don't let others take you for granted
  • Firefighter_Jay
    Firefighter_Jay Posts: 426 Member
    Hmm.. Forget about her. You hook back up in 12 years, and it wasn't worth the wait.
  • LadyBuell
    LadyBuell Posts: 164
    Don't marry that butt-head that looks like Michael Bolton that you meet in a bar. He's a deadbeat.
    Pursue your acting seriously. Don't let that go.
  • warmachinejt
    warmachinejt Posts: 2,162 Member
    that girl in HS that likes you is probably the best thing that can happen to you, even though you're not much into her...
    start bodybuilding NOW! don't wait until 5 or 6 years later!
  • bprague
    bprague Posts: 564 Member
    Don't start drinking caffeine, the headache that happens without it is a bit^h.
    Don't do that study abroad program in Tanzania, you would be better served with that field school in Ethiopia
    A university close to home isn't necessarily a bad thing, particularly when you don't know what to study yet
    Don't stop running. It makes starting again frustrating.
    Don't be a pu**y. Try out for track (cause if you followed my advice, you wouldn't have stopped running and would probably not be embarrassingly slow!)
    That girl is crazy+evil! If you stick around her, you'll be traumatized and hate her with all your body but you will have great stories!
  • traumatology
    traumatology Posts: 3
    you know that guy you've been best friends with for 3 years? he's not gonna stop being your best friend anytime soon. also, hook up with him. he's also a really good boyfriend. don't wait another 2 years.
    and jesus christ don't go to oxford for university. pick an art college. seriously.
  • sillygoose1977
    sillygoose1977 Posts: 2,151 Member
    Quit smoking NOW and go to college, dumbass.
  • BAMFMeredith
    BAMFMeredith Posts: 2,810 Member
    I would've said:

    You're in the best shape of your life, don't stop taking dance classes, you're a hot *kitten*.
    When you meet that guy who runs the night club, run the other direction. Just run.
    Be at Shakespeare's (it's a bar) on Saturday night, October 11, 2008. You're gonna run into a hot guy you went to high school with, trust me, it goes somewhere. (The night I randomly ran into my current boyfriend---we've been inseparable ever since.)
    Don't wait an entire year to change your major when you start college. Have fun your first semester in musical theater, then change to PR and Advertising as quickly as possible.
  • Ephena
    Ephena Posts: 610 Member
    Do NOT get married! You are way too young and he's gonna show his true colors and make you miserable.
  • sprfly
    sprfly Posts: 57 Member
    Invest in the following: Microsoft, Google and Porn.
  • PearsPeppersandPeanutButter
    PearsPeppersandPeanutButter Posts: 190
    Try not to fit in. Be your own person and stop eating so many chicken strips and french fries.
  • newbeetler
    newbeetler Posts: 197 Member
    Go back to the ann summers party you were invited to when you were delivering pizza's

    you'll not regret it

    Yes I am the guy on the left lol
  • sandra80
    sandra80 Posts: 308 Member
    don't marry him!!!!!!!!!! run away!!!! run as far from him as you can!!!!!!! you're worth more than you think. You need to finish college. You can wait to have kids. (as much as i love my kids, marrying their father and having them as young as i did was the biggest mistake i ever made.) you don't have to be fat. quit acting like you don't care, you do. i know you do. you can do it, in fact you will when you hit 29 but you can do it so much sooner if you tried.
  • Temporalia
    Temporalia Posts: 1,151 Member
    - Start putting money aside to help you out when you want a home
    - Your weight is perfect like that, don't overeat
    - Beware of the red head you'll meet in 5 years, he's bad news, you'll waste a lot of time (and of yourself) with him
    - Be more self confident, who cares what people think
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    grab the brass ring, don't settle with your career and know that you're worth every penny that you ask for. Stop smoking now, and don 't stop exercising just because you're off at college. Oh, and date the guy you know you should date, not the one that "might be interesting."
  • AwesomelyAmber
    AwesomelyAmber Posts: 1,617 Member
    I would tell myself that my mom was right... there are friends that you have now, at 17, that won't matter at all by the time you are 30 or 32 in this case. I would also tell myself to tell my dad that he was wrong... my then boyfriend really would be around forever :heart: We have been married 10 years now.
  • clairification
    clairification Posts: 71 Member
    -That math you will "never use"? Yeah...you will....and you will wish that you cared.
    -You are smarter than you give yourself credit for.
    -Don't major in something that is a glorified hobby-major in business and save yourself a lot of time.
    -You are not fat. I repeat...You. Are. Not. Fat.
    -Meat is not your enemy, you need that protein!
    -Wear shorts and short skirts, they look good on you.
    -You belong to no one-never let someone treat you like property.
    -Take more risks-do something stupid.
    -Get a freakin' job!
  • Dilfster
    Dilfster Posts: 416 Member
    Invest in the following: Microsoft, Google and Porn.

    haha
  • lumina0o0
    lumina0o0 Posts: 498 Member
    that in two years I'll be pregnant, because I think it would be funny to see my face.
  • chiera88
    chiera88 Posts: 155
    take more risks!!!
  • LoriBarefoot
    LoriBarefoot Posts: 218 Member
    HAVE SOME FUN!!!....If you don't, you'll regret it later. :o(
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