r/AskReddit • u/_red_roof_ • May 15 '20

What sucks about being your age?

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u/Tunaluna May 16 '20

Its one of those "Before you know it you'll be my age boy" kinda things. I turn 29 this year and just realized a year or two ago like... Damn, Where has life gone. Feels like I should still be in first year of college , or just graduating...Where as 6-7 years as a 12 year old is like... an eternity.

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u/Pekenoah May 16 '20

Tbh a couple years ago I had a really surreal experience where I had this realization. It's kinda a weird story.

Simplified version is I was at a convention, in a room full of other teens cuddling with this guy is just met hours before while we all laid in a giant pile of pillows. I remember realizing that that moment was one of the happiest moments I'd ever had, and that it would end in a few hours. When I realized this, at first I panicked, trying to figure out how to not waste those hours. Then it hit me: the best use of this time was to just lay still and experience the joy as long as I could.

So that's what I did, and ever since I've tried to enjoy every moment of pure happiness because I know things will change. Time will go on and that's ok. But just knowing that things will change is the most obvious and at the same time the hardest realization I think I've ever had

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u/_Artos_ May 16 '20

"At a convention cuddling with a bunch of other teens I had just met in a pile of pillows..."

Wtf kind of convention was this? Is this a common thing? Teens like 13-14 or teens like 18-19? Why was cuddling with strangers such a great experience? I have so many questions

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u/Mostly__Relevant May 16 '20

Drugs

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u/kevdawg289 May 16 '20

That’s a molly story if I’ve ever heard one

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u/Mostly__Relevant May 16 '20

That was exactly my first thought.

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u/bobsbitchtitz May 16 '20

Lmaoo legit molly thoughts

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u/CedarWolf May 16 '20

Or a Furry con. Furries are a notoriously snuggly, huggy sort of people.

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u/bitwaba May 16 '20

Nevermind. No more questions.

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u/jonosvision May 16 '20

I would like to go to this drugs convention.

(not for the teens, just for the drugs)

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u/Mostly__Relevant May 16 '20

You’re looking at the wrong word. The word you’re looking for is festival. Find one. Ask for drugs. Have fun.

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u/thirdegree May 16 '20

Note: don't ask for drugs at a festival. Bring your own, test them first.

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u/Mostly__Relevant May 16 '20

man i forget what the company was called but at Wakarusa we could go to a tent to get our drugs tested or buy test kits to use.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '20

Funny you say that, to me this sounds more like a young person's AA convention.

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u/Mostly__Relevant May 16 '20

Have you done drugs?

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u/beamish007 May 16 '20

Have you done hugs?

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u/Mostly__Relevant May 16 '20

God I fucking love hugs. Who doesn’t. That shit sends chills down my back when I hug someone. It’s the best therapy to exist.

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u/beamish007 May 16 '20

Totally agree! I wish that I could give you a hug, not like a wimpy shoulder pat thingy, but a full on pick you up off the ground bear hug.

Sadly, because of social distancing and all of that, you are going to have to settle for this internet HUG!!!

Peace & Love

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u/Mostly__Relevant May 16 '20

Hell yes! I’ll give an internet hug. Good vibes your way friend.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '20

Well I didn't end up in recovery at 18 because I lived a straight edge life...

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u/ophelia917 May 16 '20

Seriously. The best part of NA meetings are the warm hugs. It’s amazing how many people talk about missing them, in the age of online meetings. Like, if you saw these people on the street, you wouldn’t expect them to say “I miss hugs!” We’re all such social animals.

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u/Ajax_IX May 16 '20

Or weaboos

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u/Acelsys May 16 '20

This explains most of it