Which phase of life are you at right now?

[Sureboss]

Drive kid to school, buy gas. Pick up kid from school, buy gas. Go to pediatrician, buy gas. Bring kid to grandparents, buy gas.

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Of course, it's a character building exercise. If you can change a diaper full of poop with your bare hands, you can do anything. I don't miss doing it, though.

It's when you find yourself shouting at them "Don't put your hands in it!" when reality hits home.

 

[niky]

It's when you find yourself shouting at them "Don't put your hands in it!" when reality hits home.

Behavioral conditioning. Train your kids to be squeamish and they won't give you trouble till their twenty.

Of course... this sort of backfired with my sister. Until she was 18, she couldn't plug in the microwave or TV by herself. Our constant scaremongering over electrical outlets evolved into full-blown phobia.

 

[Neal]

It's when you find yourself shouting at them "Don't put your hands in it!" when reality hits home.

Well this is quite topical for me as this is excatly what my lad did for the first time this morning, unfortunately it was in his bedroom before we went into him so we had to do a full room wipe down! Apologies if you're eating your weetabix reading this

 

[niky]

Well this is quite topical for me as this is excatly what my lad did for the first time this morning, unfortunately it was in his bedroom before we went into him so we had to do a full room wipe down! Apologies if you're eating your weetabix reading this

(is eating something black and chewy...) Do go on...

 

[Neal]

(is eating something black and chewy...) Do go on...

Now I feel sick, I hope it's licorice but even that is wrong

 

[Boffin]

I understood the age category was 13-14 years old, for me my dad had to look up at that age. Recent I admit, but still he had to look up.
I actually stopped growing at 14,5.

Physical height wasn't what he was on about...

As for me - I'm at a stage about learning about myself. In highschool, while I had some awesome friends and times, I wasn't really part of the 'in' crowd (although - props to my year - in yrs 11 and 12 that broke down and everyone got on really well with eachother), and I didn't get out much because I didn't really drink at the time. This meant I didn't get out much, meet many new people outside of school and this was rather annoying because I went to an all boys school.

At uni, I seem to have found myself in the 'in' crowd, having a few drinks here and there, and meeting lots of new people. Doing an arts degree means that education admittedly has gone down in priority, but I do enough to get above average in all my subjects, and this this where I'd like to stay.
Also I'm finding myself being more independant (as I live on campus - best concept ever btw, kids, if you ever get the option, live on campus ) and this refelcts how I am when at home too.

 

[Kings]

I'm at the stage of my life where I don't really know what I want to do with myself.
I think I'm just coming out of my own great depression at 20. I'm slowly becoming more impulsive since I'm trying to find something that I can enjoy in life that makes me truly happy (rather than just playing video games and wallowing in self pity) So I recently bought a dirtbike and am starting to hit the city more often. I'm also starting to gain my confidence with the ladies (made out for the first time a few days ago) kinda sad at my age but I guess I'm a late bloomer. Theres still a way to go for me but I can see a life ahead of me that is better than the one I have now I just don't know what it is yet. Kinda cliche but thats how I feel

 

[homeforsummer]

My life at the moment: complicated but promising

Mid twenties, about to finish a masters degree, working in a very, very boring and reasonably dead-end job that at least pays the bills and leaves me a little on the side, live in a nice flat with my girlfriend, and get paid to write articles for a motoring website so I'm finally on the first step to a career in journalism.

It's all about moving the sliders now...

- Increase the volume on the articles so I get more experience and money
- When that's going well and I'm making decent money, decrease the boring day job
- When the writing is going even better, turn it up to 11 and mute the boring day job

Hopefully, given two or three years, I'll be at such point where I'm able to earn a living from freelancing and I'll finally have dumped the "wake up, go to work, come back, do essay, go to sleep, repeat" cycle that's been my life for God knows how long now.

 

[GT_Prologue5]

Physical height wasn't what he was on about...

Yeah. That wasn't what I was talking about but let's just leave it alone.

 

[tfujiwara]

...Death.

 

[Driving Park]

I'm at the worrying about college apps I'll have to do soon as well as trying to figure out what my double major should be stage. My last year of high school (and the last year of my childhood as well I guess) starts next week (after Labor Day), and pending college acceptance letters a bit further down the road, I have a very important decision to make. But I've gotten through junior year, which was living hell what with an average of about 7 hours of homework a night. This year will be much less stressful than last year in terms of workload, but with college apps, after school marching band rehearsals and football games going on, it's not going to be what you'd call easy.

 

[Mrs. Famine]

I'm at the stage where new things are happening. I start a new job in one week, I start a masters degree in one month. If I pass, then in three years I'll have more qualifications than my husband

I have a new long term plan, but I can't disclose details of that on a public forum

 

[GT_Prologue5]

...Death.

Tsk, tsk, some people love listening.
It's okay, I really don't give a 🤬 if you say anything.

 

[Jump_Ace]

First off, great thread and some of you have great stories and some of you remind me of...me

Well, I guess I'm at the stage in life where the rubber will meet the road in about 18 months. I've been married for just over 2 years and am 30 and my wife wants kids before 2012, so lately I've been saving up money like crazy to get all the things I felt I missed out on life because I grew up financially strapped so to speak.

I've been buying comics I've always wanted and setup my 'man caves' (yes I get 'two for now' she says ). I have found the job that I'll probably do the rest of my life; great boss, great co-workers, good pay and I get to stay on up on the latest technology being an IT dude. I don't have anything that warrants complaints ATM.

Jerome

 

[Dan_]

I have found the job that I'll probably do the rest of my life; great boss, great co-workers, good pay and I get to stay on up on the latest technology being an IT dude. I don't have anything that warrants complaints ATM.

That's what I'm aiming for the next 3 or 4 years, I'm an IT worker too, at the age of 22 I've already graduated, I'm at my third job and very happy with the financial incomes and responsabilities, however I find my co-workers as not really trustworthy guys, my boss is young and unexperienced and sometimes I see her lack of focus as a hazardous thing to my overall performance on the job. A quite doubtful stage, but well paid and very stimulating, so still an enjoyable experience, until now.

On the personal side, I've quitted my GF on April and always go to enjoy the night, I've found some pretty interesting chicks and had great times with them, but none of them really made me rethink my all single and free situation. I guess I'm far away from deciding wheter to marry or not, so I'm not really doing any efforts to get into a solid relationship. I'm hopeless.

 

[nick09]

Well I'm currently between the stage of high school life and college life. Right now I'm just working at the horse track during the summer. I'm trying to save as much as I can so I can have some money for gas. Currently driving a Ford Escort so I have a new "cheap and decent" sound system. Which is just replacing the sound panel so I can install a aftermarket deck. I have reused my brother's old speakers and bought a new pair for $40. Once I get into college it will be easy since I only have it for three days of the week. I like my college since it will be lax and not to mention hands on work to do.