We were all young and dumb at some point, and we all look back at those moments and say, "Why did I do that?" Type your answer below!

#1

Wishing that I were an adult

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#2

Buy stuff to impress some one. No one cares.

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#3

I felt pretty invincible in my 20s, now in my 50s I am far more careful with my health.

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#4

Refuse to take nap

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#5

Blindly trusting anybody. Taking education for granted (goofing around).

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#6

Put up with physical and mental abuse for the sake of the family name.

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#7

Listen to any of the b******t that came out of my parents’ mouths

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#8

When I was much younger I wrote a "bucket list" and on it I also included a skydive. I've ticked off many things on the list but now as an adult I don't have the courage for the skydive. The tattoo and getting to meet an elephant got ticked off though!

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#9

When Disney aired "Davy Crockett" on television, I was so impressed by the show that I wore a coonskin cap for days on end. I'd never wear a coonskin cap now but I do wear a Stetson; the cap I wore when I was a kid wasn't even a "real" coonskin as I found out later! But the Stetson is a real Stetson.

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#10

Say: "I'm gowing to have 12 kids when I gwow up!!!!!"

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#11

Jump off a 12ft cliff into a lake at the quarry

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#12

Run through the yard barefoot!! Sad but very true for many reasons.

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#13

Ride down a hill on a sled, standing up.

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#14

Take family for granted. As a kid, I thought that everyone lived forever.. having buried my aunt, all my grandparents, my mother...lost my brother to alcoholism (I haven’t seen him in years). I hold my little ones tight and think there is never enough time..

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#15

Procrastinate taking a shower when told to

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#16

There's so many things that we did as kids, that when I look back on the crap that we did I wonder how we made it out alive.

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#17

Take anything for granted.
Also to speak up, I hate being "the quiet one". I literally force myself to speak to others. I will go talk to people to try to impress. I hates talking to strangers for information, things, or advice. But I force myself to do it because I want to be relied on as a person. Not in a overly way, but as in a respected, mature, brave way.

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#18

Run around naked.

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#19

"I want to be (insert every job in the world here) when i grow up". Never again. You can never be sure what's waiting for you.

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#20

fight the wall

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#21

My teachers abused me and everyone would’ve known had we not been so young. It was so easy for those teachers to manipulate 3-6 year olds who have never had any knowledge about topics like abuse, harassment, assault. We didn’t talk to our parents because that was normal.
Then in the 3rd grade my teacher hit me, and emotionally abused me. I would never let that happen again, I swore I would but it’s happening again. My English teacher abuses her power and abuses our emotions. I tried to make it stop but I had an SM attack and was silenced.

I don’t know if I will ever escape from abusive people. I did so much to try and make the pain go away, and I’ll never do any of it in the future, and certainly not as an adult.


AND DO NOT ASK FOR DETAILS PLEASE! this is my worst trauma, and I’m trying to normalize it so nobody will go through what I went through,

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#22

Shove Bangers (explosive little fireworks that were 'the thing' when I was a 70s kid growing up) down the open end of the handlebar of your friend's bike...

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#23

Wonder what it felt like when someone kissed you.

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#24

Walk up to someone I don’t know and ask if I can play with them

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#25

not enjoy school

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#26

Jump off the roof of a house. Make a flame thrower with a lighter and a can of gold spray paint—in the garage. Ride my bike like a crazy person, weaving in and out of traffic without a helmet (who the hell wore bike helmets in the 80s?). Pester the hell out of the girl that I liked that clearly didn’t like me (I’m sorry, Rocio). Listen to Bon Jovi. Mouth off to my teachers for no good reason. Drink Jolt Cola.

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#27

Everyone has done this, but turn the lights off in the basement, and run up the stairs so that the dark doesn’t swallow me up.

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#28

bed wetting

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#29

Wear a bikini

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#30

I used to pour soda in the mailbox on the corner of my street. If I didn’t do that I would drop the can of soda in the mailbox. Thank god cameras weren’t invented in the 80s.

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#31

I ate a packet of instant coffee I found in the playground.

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#32

Stand on a horse bareback to pick cherries.

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#33

Allowing myself to become dependent on someone else.

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#34

I would runaround the house naked after a shower even if the windows were open, sadly cant do that anymore

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#35

Pour salsa in three peoples hair

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#36

Go into the woods without tick spray.

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#37

🤸🤸🤸🤸🤸cartwheels, handstands, piggy backs, playground girls hand clapping game.... OMG British bulldogs 🤣🤣 42 yes old and just loved the freedom of being able play safely with my friends. Feel sorry for today's kids 😔

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#38

Get married. Never again. Was with the guy for five years then we got married when I was 21. Nope. Freedom forever.

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#39

Not realizing lying, stealing and cheating are so rampant.

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#40

Gone abroad for post secondary education

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#41

I'd not listen to sweet words from dubious sources.

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#42

Carnival rides at church festivals or county fairs. 1) motion sickness, 2) safety

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#43

Once Stu k right hand into open wall socket (only got a small stinging feeling before I pulled out) hand was numb for the day

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#44

Want to fake sick to stay home from school (never went through with it)

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#45

Children

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#46

- trust people

- rely on friends

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#47

Tricking on my bike.

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#48

Lie to everyone

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#49

kiss a random boy in my class (LOL)

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#50

Cutting open shotgun shells for the powder and stuffing them in a piece of pipe and using a firecracker as a fuse.
Stuffing was just tight enough to make a big noise.

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#51

Play with dolls ig

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#52

shoplift

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#53

That in the end, I would be utterly alone

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