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What did you have 20 years ago that you don't have now?

128 replies

lightlypoached · 15/12/2018 00:25

I'll start:

  1. the ability to sleep face down (sadly lost during 1st pregnancy, have
    never been truly comfortable since Grin

  2. a tiny waist

  3. a huuuge mortgage

OP posts:
Weenurse · 15/12/2018 00:28

Mortgage, definable waist line, hair and big brick mobile phone

LetBartletBeBartlet · 15/12/2018 00:30

Nipples that didn't point downwards

KeepServingTheDrinks · 15/12/2018 00:31

pert breasts!

optimism

knowing all the latest music

an ability to stay up way too late without consequence that I couldn't handle

fear I'd never get pregnant

LaurenDisorderAtChristmas · 15/12/2018 00:32

No hangovers!

JustHereForThePooStories · 15/12/2018 00:32

An 18 year old boyfriend

Secretisout · 15/12/2018 00:33

Belief in the future

MilkyCuppa · 15/12/2018 00:34

A flat stomach with no scars

Hope for achieving a happy and successful life

Cherries101 · 15/12/2018 00:34

Depression

ScreamingValenta · 15/12/2018 00:37

Energy

icannotremember · 15/12/2018 00:38

A slender, smooth body with breasts that defied gravity.
Very poor taste in men.
A liking for a range of recreational drugs.
A positive and hopeful feeling about politics.
An ability to overcome a hangover with hula hoops and fruity fizzy water.
A belief that my parents were as ignorant and ridiculous as humans could be.

LetBartletBeBartlet · 15/12/2018 00:39

A large collection of VHS tapes

A boyfriend that made me mix tapes (on cassette)

eternalopt · 15/12/2018 00:39

Confidence
A higher metabolism
A social life !

SimplySteve · 15/12/2018 00:41

Dance all night legs.

Questionable taste in music!

Original poster
lightlypoached · 15/12/2018 00:41
Xmas Grin
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Flower777 · 15/12/2018 00:41

A nice figure. Although I had terrible self esteem and body image.

A dodgy boyfriend.

Mild depression.

A mild drug dependency issue.

Yeah... Although I would like to be slimmer I’m much much happier now!!

PickAChew · 15/12/2018 00:44

A curmudgeonly, mildly abusive, pompous prick of a husband.

TheItalianDream2020 · 15/12/2018 00:44

My virginity Grin

I was 11 20 years ago

OhTheRoses · 15/12/2018 00:46

My first cat.
A wardrobe full of size 10/12 clothes
Long hair

Choccywoccyhooha · 15/12/2018 00:48

A waist
Vivacity
A line-free face
Self-confidence

AviatorShades · 15/12/2018 00:49

Any tits at all, really! Or a wombShock
Cancer's a bastard, isnt it?

I so miss my gardening maintenance business. Miss designing gardens, miss the planning,the planting,and watching them grow. Oh! and I really miss the income I madeGrin

And all the friends I hadSad

IWantMyHatBack · 15/12/2018 00:51

Brilliant tits

Confidence

Freedom

A trust fund. LONG gone 😢

moretractorsplease · 15/12/2018 00:52

A cassette player and a load of tapes!

zen1 · 15/12/2018 00:55

Disposable income and nothing on credit
The ability to go out every night if I wanted
A matching inside leg and waist measurement (slim)

SingingSands · 15/12/2018 00:56

A waistline and a sex drive. Grin

Original poster
lightlypoached · 15/12/2018 00:58

@aviatorShades . yes cancer is a bastard. It sounds like you've given it a good kicking though. yay for you!

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