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Apr 26, 2023 2:39:53 GMT -5 jen said:

Apr 25, 2023 10:36:36 GMT -5 Popcorn&Candy said:

I'd never choose to be a teenager again!

I was pretty much a teenager for quite a bit longer than the teens, and still have my moments

Edit: One thing I have never really understood are the people who seem to decide, at some specific time, that they have to reject everything they ever did, act their age and grow old gracefully. It's not me, even if I do slow down a bit.

It's not bad, I was a teen not too long ago too. It just has its ups and downs.

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It isn't great when someone decides "I'm an adult" and ignores their own faults and problems. Being young at heart doesn't make someone immature or weak and certainly does not mean a person has to "grow up". Being an adult doesn't necessarily mean being serious all the time and acting "mature". Being too serious is never a good thing.

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a_muppet Global Moderator Posts: 35,010	Home life, Work life, & School life (G) Apr 27, 2023 17:25:57 GMT -5 kjay and jen like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by a_muppet on Apr 27, 2023 17:25:57 GMT -5 I just won't be getting old. I shall deny all the laws of science.
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kjay Moderator Posts: 24,221	Home life, Work life, & School life (G) Apr 27, 2023 18:07:16 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kjay on Apr 27, 2023 18:07:16 GMT -5 Apr 27, 2023 17:25:57 GMT -5 a_muppet said: I just won't be getting old. I shall deny all the laws of science. Cherry, sounds like a good plan to me.
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Popcorn&Candy Rare Member Posts: 11,359	Home life, Work life, & School life (G) Apr 28, 2023 0:36:50 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Popcorn&Candy on Apr 28, 2023 0:36:50 GMT -5 Stay young at heart!
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jen Rare Member Posts: 12,727 Member is Online	Home life, Work life, & School life (G) Apr 28, 2023 3:19:00 GMT -5 a_muppet likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jen on Apr 28, 2023 3:19:00 GMT -5 Apr 27, 2023 17:25:57 GMT -5 a_muppet said: I just won't be getting old. I shall deny all the laws of science. I didn't know your ex was a vampire

lowkeylauren Active Member B Posts: 56	Home life, Work life, & School life (G) Apr 28, 2023 4:34:14 GMT -5 via mobile a_muppet likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lowkeylauren on Apr 28, 2023 4:34:14 GMT -5 Apr 27, 2023 17:25:57 GMT -5 a_muppet said: I just won't be getting old. I shall deny all the laws of science. Me either. It helps being single too.

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Apr 28, 2023 3:19:00 GMT -5 jen said:

Apr 27, 2023 17:25:57 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

I just won't be getting old. I shall deny all the laws of science.

I didn't know your ex was a vampire

The only problem I have is also involving literature, and that is I may live forever, but I have none of what Dorian Grey was famous for.

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Apr 28, 2023 5:14:34 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Apr 28, 2023 3:19:00 GMT -5 jen said:

I didn't know your ex was a vampire

The only problem I have is also involving literature, and that is I may live forever, but I have none of what Dorian Grey was famous for.

Oh dear... Ive found that reference dates you anyway. The last time I mentioned Dorian Gray there was just silence.... Then I was told no one gets that reference ' these days'

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Apr 28, 2023 8:29:28 GMT -5 cassie said:

Apr 28, 2023 5:14:34 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

The only problem I have is also involving literature, and that is I may live forever, but I have none of what Dorian Grey was famous for.

Oh dear... Ive found that reference dates you anyway. The last time I mentioned Dorian Gray there was just silence.... Then I was told no one gets that reference ' these days'

I mentioned to my daughter a while ago about a mickey mouse watch.

She had no idea what I was talking about....

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Apr 28, 2023 11:40:38 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

Apr 28, 2023 8:29:28 GMT -5 cassie said:

Oh dear... Ive found that reference dates you anyway. The last time I mentioned Dorian Gray there was just silence.... Then I was told no one gets that reference ' these days'

I mentioned to my daughter a while ago about a mickey mouse watch.

She had no idea what I was talking about....

I find it interesting how "mickey mouse watch" can be taken to be two things - either an actual mickey mouse watch or something that is made really shoddy - like a mickey mouse watch?

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Apr 28, 2023 11:40:38 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

I mentioned to my daughter a while ago about a mickey mouse watch.

One can still buy them.

www.shopdisney.com/classic-mickey-mouse-watch-adults-467307334830.html

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Apr 29, 2023 12:25:08 GMT -5 TestDummyCO said:

Apr 28, 2023 11:40:38 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

I mentioned to my daughter a while ago about a mickey mouse watch.

One can still buy them.

www.shopdisney.com/classic-mickey-mouse-watch-adults-467307334830.html

It's no problem finding them here. Of course i am only 15 miles from Disney World.

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Apr 30, 2023 9:46:42 GMT -5 jen said:

They are remembered well. I have never been a disney fan although have watched the occasional film. Even so I do know a lot of the characters though.

I'm not the biggest fan either. In fact I take Universal Studios over Disney any day.

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Apr 30, 2023 9:46:42 GMT -5 jen said:

They are remembered well. I have never been a disney fan although have watched the occasional film. Even so I do know a lot of the characters though.

Let's not forget the dog's dinner they made out of the Star Wars franchise.

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With the fuss some parents made over Disney I used to think that it was really the parents who went for it, pushing their children into liking something they found safe. I think that Walt will be turning in his grave to see some of the directions his name is pushed toward now though.

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My mum loved Disney she collected all the films and she was a child at heart but I admit that I cringe when I see see grown men and women wearing Mickey mouse or other Disney clothes..

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May 2, 2023 11:13:08 GMT -5 cassie said:

My mum loved Disney she collected all the films and she was a child at heart but I admit that I cringe when I see see grown men and women wearing Mickey mouse or other Disney clothes..

A fellow student went out at halloween in glasgow dressed as batman. He missed the last bus and had to walk 3-4 miles home in his costume.

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May 2, 2023 12:43:45 GMT -5 a_muppet said:

May 2, 2023 11:13:08 GMT -5 cassie said:

My mum loved Disney she collected all the films and she was a child at heart but I admit that I cringe when I see see grown men and women wearing Mickey mouse or other Disney clothes..

A fellow student went out at halloween in glasgow dressed as batman. He missed the last bus and had to walk 3-4 miles home in his costume.

Love it...
The episode of only fools and horses springs to mind...

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May 2, 2023 11:13:08 GMT -5 cassie said:

My mum loved Disney she collected all the films and she was a child at heart but I admit that I cringe when I see see grown men and women wearing Mickey mouse or other Disney clothes..

In see a lot of that...

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Apr 26, 2023 2:39:53 GMT -5 jen said:

Apr 25, 2023 10:36:36 GMT -5 Popcorn&Candy said:

I'd never choose to be a teenager again!

I was pretty much a teenager for quite a bit longer than the teens, and still have my moments

Edit: One thing I have never really understood are the people who seem to decide, at some specific time, that they have to reject everything they ever did, act their age and grow old gracefully. It's not me, even if I do slow down a bit.

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I also think some parents of teenagers are hypocrites: they try to control their teenager and tell him/her what to do/how to behave/etc. When they should remember how THEY felt as a teenager. They seem to forget to understand their own parents and what they were unhappy about and wanted/needed.

Being a teenager is tough and the parent needs to realize that.

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May 13, 2023 23:32:06 GMT -5 Popcorn&Candy said:

I also think some parents of teenagers are hypocrites: they try to control their teenager and tell him/her what to do/how to behave/etc. When they should remember how THEY felt as a teenager. They seem to forget to understand their own parents and what they were unhappy about and wanted/needed.

Being a teenager is tough and the parent needs to realize that.

Some do.

But as a parent I can honestly say that we do remember how difficult being a teenager was and that what most parents are trying to do is save their children from hurt and harm.

We dont want them to get mixed up with the wrong friends, we know how that turns out. We remember the girl at school who was preganant at 14 because her BF was more world wise or older and she couldnt talk to her mum..

We know that a false move now, a silly prank gone wrong could result in a criminal record and ruin work chances for the future..

We dont want our children to cry themselves to sleep at night because that great guy used them and dumped them , we dont want our children to be scared of what people think about them, we dont want our child to worry how they are going to explain themselves to us, we want them to be happy and to sail through life.

Of course it cant be like that, everyone needs to fall down if for no other reason than to learn how to get up and try again.

But as parents we want to spare our children that hurt so we may sound hypocritical but we know the hurt and the pain and we will do anything we can to prevent our children feeling that.

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May 14, 2023 3:27:05 GMT -5 cassie said:

May 13, 2023 23:32:06 GMT -5 Popcorn&Candy said:

I also think some parents of teenagers are hypocrites: they try to control their teenager and tell him/her what to do/how to behave/etc. When they should remember how THEY felt as a teenager. They seem to forget to understand their own parents and what they were unhappy about and wanted/needed.

Being a teenager is tough and the parent needs to realize that.

Some do.

But as a parent I can honestly say that we do remember how difficult being a teenager was and that what most parents are trying to do is save their children from hurt and harm.

We dont want them to get mixed up with the wrong friends, we know how that turns out. We remember the girl at school who was preganant at 14 because her BF was more world wise or older and she couldnt talk to her mum..

We know that a false move now, a silly prank gone wrong could result in a criminal record and ruin work chances for the future..

We dont want our children to cry themselves to sleep at night because that great guy used them and dumped them , we dont want our children to be scared of what people think about them, we dont want our child to worry how they are going to explain themselves to us, we want them to be happy and to sail through life.

Of course it cant be like that, everyone needs to fall down if for no other reason than to learn how to get up and try again.

But as parents we want to spare our children that hurt so we may sound hypocritical but we know the hurt and the pain and we will do anything we can to prevent our children feeling that.

Well put, Cassie.

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May 14, 2023 3:27:05 GMT -5 cassie said:

Some do.

But as a parent I can honestly say that we do remember how difficult being a teenager was and that what most parents are trying to do is save their children from hurt and harm.

We dont want them to get mixed up with the wrong friends, we know how that turns out. We remember the girl at school who was preganant at 14 because her BF was more world wise or older and she couldnt talk to her mum..

We know that a false move now, a silly prank gone wrong could result in a criminal record and ruin work chances for the future..

We dont want our children to cry themselves to sleep at night because that great guy used them and dumped them , we dont want our children to be scared of what people think about them, we dont want our child to worry how they are going to explain themselves to us, we want them to be happy and to sail through life.

Of course it cant be like that, everyone needs to fall down if for no other reason than to learn how to get up and try again.

But as parents we want to spare our children that hurt so we may sound hypocritical but we know the hurt and the pain and we will do anything we can to prevent our children feeling that.

I can understand this.

But I think the key is how you approach the teenager: saying "You must not do this." "You must be a good girl." won't help them understand where you're coming from. They will just feel trapped and resentful. And I agree with you: you DON'T want your teenage kid getting into a bad crowd, etc but the key is to explain yourself and help them understand you are just trying to prevent all the things that could go wrong if they make certain decisions.

Being told what to do will just make them resentful, angry and sneaky.

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