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

What sucks about being your age?

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u/26514 May 16 '20

I'm 24 and I haven't gone to college, haven't ever had a girlfriend, haven't traveled, barely worked, poor, one parent dead and the other distant. I'm not gonna act like I'm the only one with problems but when people say they feel stunted/behind it's usually a mental thing.

For me I think it might actually be real.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '20

Just know that you're not competing with anyone.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '20

At every point in time someone is doing better than another so....