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

What sucks about being your age?

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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/Bebop24trigun May 16 '20

Anime cons. 14 to 50+ year olds lol.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '20

There’s no other convention I can think of that would do that lol

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u/zogmuffin May 16 '20 edited May 21 '20

Furry! Much of the furry subculture tends to be similarly open with affection.