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Okay so as it was on tele I watched 17 Again ... I have it on DVD too ... Zac is my man.

Anyway I thought .. would I like to be 17 again?

No.
I much prefer life now I am nearly 30. It gets better for me, I remember being quite depressed when I was a teenager, as we all are.

the only thing I DO think is I could have got better GCSE results or something.

I looked up how to be a nurse and I don't have the grades to get into college.

Yes I could do them and hopefully as I am nearly 30 I could pass an exam I should have done at 16.

I was alos told as a teenager I'd be more interedted in history.
I never thought I would ... now I'm into all sorts.

however, I have a different mind one that understands things better.

So am I alone and would everyone else like to 'start again'

Im only 22, but would love to be 18 again!!

Yes. I loved 17. I love now too, but 17 was so good. Carefree, no responsibilities ... arghh! Bliss!

Hell, no!

dear god no, i'm much happier now- glad to leave all that shit in the past, where it belongs.

God no, I can't think of anything worse. 27 maybe.

Yes and no.

I loved being 17, it was a great time in my life, I had a blast.
I would also like to rewind the clock and go in a different direction career wise - making differnt A level and Uni choices.

But, that would leave 19-24 ahead of me, and that was not good and I wouldn't want to re live that time again.

I'm happy now, so on balance, I would probably stay as I am!

Yes I would. I would make different decisions. If I knew then what I know now and all that. I am at the age of 27 making the decisions that I should have made at 17 with regards to uni and stuff. OK I am in a good place but I could be in a better place if I had made the right decision at 17.

No I bloody well wouldn't!

I own my own home, car and savings. I am married and have gorgeous children. Most of life's big decisions are behind me. I don't think I'd do much differently so I'd like to stay as I am.

Saying that I'd get to see my parents again. I might do one thing differently, I might have children earlier so my parents got to meet them.

Sorry, slightly off topic. I don't think I'd want to be 17 again, no.

Only so that I could tell my Mum to stop forcing me to take driving lessons. I failed 3 times and passed later, in my twenties. The time and money spent on those lessons was totally wasted!

As for the rest, boys and so on....nooooooo!

I got married at 17. I'm 40 now but still feel 17 in my head ....my body, not s'much

Of course - everything was still so pert.
Shallow I know but still . . .

29. That was a good age.

This is very interesting

No. I'm 37 and I like being this age. I prefer the genuine freedom that comes from maturity and confidence in my decisions to the the kind of freedom I had at 17 to go out on a saturday night.

Dopey

Well, unless I could tell my self not to bother with bloody university. Biggest waste of time in my entire life. Did a stupid useless modern degree that I've never used and racked up a student loan debt. Note to younger self - just because your friends are going to uni doesn't mean you'll have to. You'll never see half these school friends again so no one will give a shit if you went or not. Go and get an apprenticeship in a great company and work your way up to a fantastic wage packet, like your dh has.

Ooh yes please. Where do I sign up?

At 17 I was living away from home,independent and having a brilliant time.
I would like to be 17 again then.
I'm not so sure I would like to be 17 now as it's so much harder for them to be independent.

Oh no, wait. Would I have to pose on FB doing duck faces half dressed?

Yes I would love to be 17 again it was my best age so far

17 wasn't too long ago for me (I'm 22) and I can't decide if I'd go back or not. That was when I had my first "breakdown", became agoraphobic and barely left the house for a year, so obviously I wouldn't want to re-live that, but the time shortly before that was really good fun so I don't know... if I could go back and somehow keep my mental health intact, I'd do it in a heartbeat. If not, then I'd stay where I am.

No I wouldn't want to be back at school
I wouldn't want the many dodgy boyfriends
I wouldn't want the angst over so many things
Yes i would, just sometimes, like to have the freedom
I would like to have that body
I would like to have my grandparents back

Maybe. I'm really not sure.

Two years earlier - definitely not. I was being bullied at school (more ostracised than outright bullying) and was miserable and lonely.

By 17, I had collected a small but solid group of mates that I loved being with (started as us all being left out of various cliques, joining up together in self-defense and finding out that actually we enjoyed each other's company.) I was enjoying the work at school now that I was on to A'Levels and doing the things I really enjoyed, looking forward to uni, family stuff was great.

My friends that I had then are still among the best mates I have but we are spread out all over the shop and I hardly ever see them now - I miss them quite a bit. Being 17 would mean I had their company most days again, and I don't laugh with anyone else like I do when I'm with them - I miss that.

On the other hand, I have my dd, we are waiting for dc2 to put in an appearance (although please hold off until the room is properly finished dc2, if you read this!), I have my own dog that I get a lot of pleasure from, I own my own house (with DH of course!) and can choose what colours I paint the walls -life isn't so bad now really!!

Good lord, no .

I was quite a happy 17 year old, but so.... unformed.

Also, I find advancing middle age very liberating <<flashes still fabulous boobs>>