Have you ever being sad of growing up....

Sounds like you just don't want to grow up...if comic books and dysfunctional parents is all you ever knew, I can vaguely sympathise with you. Not really.

Sounds like you just don't want to grow up...if comic books and dysfunctional parents is all you ever knew, I can vaguely sympathise with you. Not really.

spoofnutz

Not really. I just enjoy each day best I can. Things change but that doesn't mean they are worse.

Not really. I just enjoy each day best I can. Things change but that doesn't mean they are worse.

LJS9502_basic

That's an awesome way of looking at it. I was feeling nostalgic/a bit down like the topic creator as I just turned 22 today, but what you just said made me feel better instantly lol :D

I feel like there are not enough days in a year.

I look at it this way, I'm out of high shcool for 2 weeks now and I've already lost like 4 friends. Everyone moves on - it's how you make up in the long run. Growing up doesn't mean you stop having fun you know? That's why I'm still going to party and make new friends. It's what it's all about - you make some you lose some. Memories are better left as learning experiences rather than regrets.

Whenever feelings of nostalgia come upon me, I always try to focus on what was good back then. Afterwards I find something to do in the present that I enjoy doing. That generally keeps me out of the doldrums.

Whenever feelings of nostalgia come upon me, I always try to focus on what was good back then. Afterwards I find something to do in the present that I enjoy doing. That generally keeps me out of the doldrums.

topsemag55

I'm the same age and I feel the same way. I just focus on living in the moment. It's all that matters.

Yes, even though I do enjoy my life now.

I had a great childhood overall that I spent just enjoying life. Being naive really is a beautiful thing as reality isn't too kind....

"Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days." ~Doug Larson

Thinking about your childhood only brings up all the Saturday mornings, the weekend campouts, the full days spent playing from sun-up till sun-down. Rarely do people remember being put to bed early and thinking that you were ALWAYS missing some great adult party thing that would commence the moment you shut your eyes, or always having to sit in the back on car trips because your older brother/sister had senority on seating, or feeling small and helpless and thinking that you just couldn't wait to grow up.

Well, I think my adulthood right now isn't too fun. Struggling to create a career, trying to live on my own, working everyday, NOT having all day to play. The truth is I will probably look back on this time when I am old and grey and think it was the best time of my life.

We are constantly staring into the rearview mirror of our life's journey that is nostalgia.

Hehe, yeah....

Really half the conversations I have with my friends are spent talking about the "good old days" even though we're only in our 20's. My childhood was an absolute blast, so I miss it quite a lot.

The older I get the more reflective I become. So in that respect, I guess.

I get reflective when I think about good times of the past, but I still enjoy every second I can in the present to make more memories, and look forward to the future.

We all have Nostalgia, and it definitely affecting me right now since I just graduated from college. Already I'm thinking on the fun I had being in the dorms and having friends around me nearly all the time. Now, I'm at home trying to piece together what I should do to move on?

I do miss the Saturday Cartoons. I miss playing video games for hours on in (especially RPGs). I miss it all. But, let's not forget that we should relish the present too.

Each day has a new surprise and each day there's a chance for a wonderful experience. It's all on where you place your focus. Believe me, nostalgia is great to have to remember the good times, but let's place some energy into making today another great memory for the future.

Yeah I have, quite alot. I just try to get on with it and hope that you'll have more great times like the ones you had behind you.

Oh man all the time. I turned 18 recently and I am working at a bookstore in england, then I will be making my first short movie and after the summer I will go back to Los Angeles and hopefully make another short film with some friends. After that I will write and director my first feature hopefully, i have a great idea for it. But after all these ideas are out there I look back at my childhood, good and bad and I do miss my childhood. All that time spent with friends now gone, mistakes made and various mishief done. Thinking I had fallen for a girl then actually falling for one I still talk to. But all the new responcibilities are overwhelming at first, and though i may not go to college for a while, I still miss the good times I had before. I loved my childhood even though it had some bad times. But I learned from the good and the bad equally and in the end you have to face reality. You have to grow up eventually and it will be tough, heck its already tough for me. I find that leaving school and doing all these things like getting a job and such are a strain on my friendships. Alot of my friends are not yet grown up and they dont seem to understand what its like to really rely on yourself.

ahaha. not really. :o

I look at it this way, I'm out of high shcool for 2 weeks now and I've already lost like 4 friends. Everyone moves on - it's how you make up in the long run. Growing up doesn't mean you stop having fun you know? That's why I'm still going to party and make new friends. It's what it's all about - you make some you lose some. Memories are better left as learning experiences rather than regrets.

Wicked_Spades

Even though i know people move on, I really dont want to lose the friends I have. How did you lose the 4 friends? Did they move somewhere or get jobs or something like that?

It's definitely sad since all these responsibilities are coming at you left and right. From finding a job up to having quite a slice of household chores.

I miss my kiddie days when I only woke up to grab my gaming console or simply play outside with my friends and play with them since doing my homework is quite easy.

This thread reminds me of that episode of south park when the kids want to use a time machine to go back into the third grade:lol:

yea , i dont really wanna grow up but life must go on and you'll grow up liking or not liking it! :(

At 20yrs old, you're still young in my book.

I'm 29yrs old and I look back on my early 20s as the best time of my life. Of course, in my early 20s, I was still in college with the sole responsibility of earning great grades.

I do enjoy my life as it is today, but I have a lot more on my shoulders these days. I have a wife & baby daughter, a house that I own, a career, and (of course) plenty of bills to pay. All I worried when I was 20 were grades, women, and working-out.

At 20yrs old, you're still young in my book.

I'm 29yrs old and I look back on my early 20s as the best time of my life. Of course, in my early 20s, I was still in college with the sole responsibility of earning great grades.

I do enjoy my life as it is today, but I have a lot more on my shoulders these days. I have a wife & baby daughter, a house that I own, a career, and (of course) plenty of bills to pay. All I worried when I was 20 were grades, women, and working-out.

LosDaddie

Growing over 30 sucks man xD

sure. all the time.

Even though going after a job is less interesting than staying at home playing with your friends I don't think I am worried about it.

Oh man all the time. I turned 18 recently and I am working at a bookstore in england, then I will be making my first short movie and after the summer I will go back to Los Angeles and hopefully make another short film with some friends. After that I will write and director my first feature hopefully, i have a great idea for it. But after all these ideas are out there I look back at my childhood, good and bad and I do miss my childhood. All that time spent with friends now gone, mistakes made and various mishief done. Thinking I had fallen for a girl then actually falling for one I still talk to. But all the new responcibilities are overwhelming at first, and though i may not go to college for a while, I still miss the good times I had before. I loved my childhood even though it had some bad times. But I learned from the good and the bad equally and in the end you have to face reality. You have to grow up eventually and it will be tough, heck its already tough for me. I find that leaving school and doing all these things like getting a job and such are a strain on my friendships. Alot of my friends are not yet grown up and they dont seem to understand what its like to really rely on yourself.

Film-Guy

I like what you said. This has nothing to do with it, but, you really need to break that up into paragraphs. It would be a lot more readable.

Nostalgia's always going to be there. It's okay to get that way; most people do. I sometimes watch stuff and play video games that might be intended for people younger than me, and some people probably think that type of thing is weird, but if you enjoy the product then I think it's fine. With age comes responsibility and more exposure to things in the world that aren't as pleasant as the things that were part of your life as a kid, but it doesn't necessarily mean you have to completely become adult-serious about every little thing and stop having fun or being goofy or getting a kick out of certain things aimed at younger people. Just as long as you don't have a bad case of Peter Pan Syndrome like Michael Jackson or are out of step with reality, I think it's fine. TC you are still pretty young and some people "grow up" at rates faster than others, so I don't think it's anything to worry about. It might just be a phase that you haven't gotten through yet. If you don't, maybe turn some of the enthusiasm you have into a career where you are part of that. Also TC, age 20 is not old at all for a gamer imo so whoever was giving you crap for that probably doesn't know any better and isn't worth worrying about. kfjl

Same with you. Paragrahs my friend!!

Oh and I agree. 40 is the new 20 when it comes to gamers.

I'm turning 20 this month... I don't feel 20, and I miss being a kid :(

well, im 17 now and im just accepting that things change.

when I was younger I had friends who I barely see now because we are in different area's - but I have new friends now

I used to play hours and hours with a buddy of mine until the sun went down - now I have a girlfriend who loves me and I spend hours of time with

we used to have slumber party's where we would all try to stay up as long as we could - now I go to clubs and have fun with my mates and getting drunk

I used to get some money/clothes from my parents if I did some random thing for them - now I have a job and I pay everything myself

btw, im very impressed with the responses you guys gave, very mature !

The topic made me wonder.

I also just turned 20 about two months ago and I'm feeling the same way as well. I had a wonderful childhood. Sure it wasn't perfect but it had many fun times, unlike now. I often think what my life will be like when I'm in my 30's and 40's, and I always cringe at the thought. Even now I have plenty of free time and am still young, but later down the road things will be even more different. So even though your childhood is gone, you still have your young adulthood which can still be fun if you let it. Everyone grows up, it's a part of life. But that doesn't mean you can't have fun anymore.