What was it like growing up?

[crudemood]

What was your life like as a kid?
How much did it change when you turned older, in your teenage years?

How is your life right now at the moment?

Is adult life supposed to be this dull?

I have all these questions because I always pictured growing up so much easier than it is right now. Everything would be there when I needed it , no struggles it would just happen and actually work out for me. It so didn't turn out the way I thought it would, maybe its just my own life but things definitely didn't work out the way I wanted it. Life isn't easier as an adult at all.

[IThinkIamFeelingit]

I like my adult life way more than I liked my childhood. My dad was an alcoholic most of my time growing up and had major anger issues..he was REAL strict and would whip me at the drop of the hat..when I was 15, I stashed some survival stuff that I had collected in a field nearby and ran away for my first time..I got over 1200 miles away before I just couldn't run no more..I was cut up, humiliated, wet..etc..from that point in my life I never really lived at home anymore and just jumped from halfway house to halfway house until I went in the Army..I ended up running away from those homes twice 2.

[Purple Banana]

My childhood was nice, I was the odd child out of 7 kids... When I was 7, I read encyclopedias, watched Discovery channel documentaries, played with grass in my yard, listened to all of my dad's old Pink Floyd/Syd Barrett tapes, sang made-up songs, drew a lot of shoes, and kept spiders as pets. All of my sisters were into clothes, makeup, boys, and fashion, so naturally I was ostracized.

Now that Im a bit older, they tell me they respect that I really didn't pay any mind to their teasing, and that I still was a good sister to them and my brothers. I'm still weird, but in a good way I suppose? I still listen to Floyd and Barrett, I sing random made-up songs, and smoke pot. I have financial responsibilities, but I handle them with ease. I make sure that I am happy, and that's ulitmately the one thing that matters.

[IThinkIamFeelingit]

Now, in my adult life many things are different than my childhood..I have raised/raising my kids tottally different than my childhood...giving them choices and freedom, but with a responsible nature to it..it has worked out great and my kids were/are responsive to it..I also have an open line of communication with them..and them with I.
As for me, I am usually always happy no matter the situation..I dont let other peoples problems bother me. This last year has been a tester for me..with more drama for your mama, haha..to me, all of this, this life is nothing but an adventure..life happens, shit happens and it is your prospective of how it happens and the story you have about it, will determine how it will affect you.
I am responsible, spontaneous, on time, nice, caring..
I am also, sometimes looking for fights at 3eight..Fuck, I broke off my eight yesterday.
and can be vengeful at times..
have I said enough..I think I have:rastasmoke:

[Bluntmasterbabe]

Um...well...

My childhood was very different. At 2, my parents were divorced. I was taken away from my mom at 4, and my grandparents were awarded custody. My father and grandfather are alcoholics, so I had to deal with alot of bs as a child. At 12, I started rebelling. I was sent off for truancy, and stayed there for about 6 monthes. Then I got kicked out for fighting. I moved around alot after that. I straightened up for a little while, then I feel back in with the wrong crowd. I was sent off again at 15. The state assumed custody, and I was bounced around from group shelters, to rehab, then to a home. I was there untill right before my 18th b-day. I was on lock down, and couldn't do anything. I ran away a month before my 18th b-day, and hid out untill I turned 18. They eventually signed me out of state custody. I had some really bad times after that. I kinda lost my self in all of the partying. I met my husband at 19, and have been happier than I ever imagined that I could be. Life is as close to perfect as it gets now. I have no complaints. He is my angel. There are alot of things in my past that I have yet to confront and deal with. It's just easier to run from it all. But I try to always have a positive outlook on everything that I have been through, and learn from those experiences. It really has made me a stronger person:)

I have a wonderful husband, a supportive family, heaven-sent
friends, and good health...what more could a girl ask for:hippy:

Sorry to bore you all with this...but I love all of you guys, and thought I would share a little of my life, so you may be able to understand where I'm coming from a little better.

Love ya cannacom:D

[LIP]

My childhood was turbulant to say the least. I liked the world alot more then - i was ignorant, and ignorance is bliss. I hate the world now, it's a shithole run by people who should have just been put down like animals. But, i like the fact i can do what i want, when i want - and how i want. Who's going to tell me not to? No fucking one.

[ghosty]

My childhood was turbulant to say the least. I liked the world alot more then - i was ignorant, and ignorance is bliss. I hate the world now, it's a shithole run by people who should have just been put down like animals. But, i like the fact i can do what i want, when i want - and how i want. Who's going to tell me not to? No fucking one.

amen to that +rep

[Silent Wolf]

My childhood was pretty s**t due to bullying at school, grief from my parents, teachers and ect. But the older i got, the better my life has become. It's mostly down to the people who i've met in recent years. Mostly from free parties or illegal raves as babylon likes to call them haha. My fellow ravers are great friends and are pretty much like family to me. They introduced me to ganja, and ganja introduced me to confidence, well being, and happiness. It's all good:thumbsup:

[LIP]

My childhood was pretty s**t due to bullying at school, grief from my parents, teachers and ect. But the older i got, the better my life has become. It's mostly down to the people who i've met in recent years. Mostly from free parties or illegal raves as babylon likes to call them haha. My fellow ravers are great friends and are pretty much like family to me. They introduced me to ganja, and ganja introduced me to confidence, well being, and happiness. It's all good:thumbsup:

In the words of the GREAT Bob Marley; "'Erb is so good for everyting."

[birdgirl73]

My growing-up years were good. I had loving, demonstrative, balanced, educated parents and a stable home. No one was addicted or abusive or divorced. I have happy memories of my childhood, later adolescence and young adulthood, and I still realize how lucky I was to have that influence and to have been able to pass that stability on to my own son.

I was the middle of three sisters and was a bit of a hellion. I'm not sure my parents always enjoyed the task of raising me, and two or three years of my early adolescence had a few bumps because I was just so bored with school and my energies weren't properly channeled. I seem to have weathered the storm pretty well, however, and emerged in one piece.

[xxxhazexxx]

growing up in south london was very cool now im a father of 4 i love my kids earn loads of money smoke loads of top bud wear all the best clothes have a nice house,BUT life feels like shit now theys so much bullshit in adault life it sucks big time

[slipknotpsycho]

carefree... we could stay out late as hell at night playing in the street not have to worry, bills were paid always, there was always food, plenty to do outside and plenty of friends to do it with... adventures around every corner... til about 11-12... then we went bankrupt, hardly any food around, not having my parents (grandparents raised me) started hitting hard, leaving me to believe they never wanted me and causing me alot fo pain, which resulted in severe depression, and withdrawing from society all together, leaving me with many bullies at school (since they just love to pick on the weak and people who won't fight back) and ultimately resulting in me completely throwing away my education (not going to school, ever... i was literally there like half a year) just to avoid all the hell i got when i was there... eventually getting homeschooling and ultimately being screwed as my homeschooling program (Which i found out far later) wasn't reconized by the state of tx meaning all that workw as for nothing....

this is also the sugar coated version complete with sprinkles, whip cream and a cherry.

[twoguysupnorth]

childhood was good and also shitty sometimes. my stepmom was super strict and usually a bitch but not always. i had thousand of acres of state forest to play in which was good but i was terribly sheltered other than that.not allowed but i did. no smoking, no rock music, very few friends get to stay here, no girlfriends, no no no .... got into trouble as a teen but nothing too bad. i enjoy being an adult more than a kid too, though sometimes it gets to be a drag. i guess that is just the way it is.

[Distortion]

My life was kinda wack...
My mom cared for me and still does alot but she still let me get away with alot of shit. I stayed out almost everynight and was barely ever home, usually smoking bud and partying. I fought alot and gained alot of street cred due to the fact that i didnt take shit from people. I grew up now but life was good back then!