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Describe your childhood in three words

191 replies

CindersCatsSister · 03/08/2020 13:55

I’m interested to know....have had a recent insight that has made me wonder about how other people view their childhoods.

OP posts:
merryhouse · 03/08/2020 14:31

blissful, secure, unaware

XFPW · 03/08/2020 14:31

Never quite belonged

FAQs · 03/08/2020 14:34

Violent, hated, inadequate.

Tlollj · 03/08/2020 14:36

Loved, fun, sunny.

JaneJack23 · 03/08/2020 14:41

Camping cottages Disney

HaggisTheGreat · 03/08/2020 14:47

Too long ago

KingOfDogShite · 03/08/2020 14:49

Bullied, anxious, inadequate.

Wheresthebiffer2 · 03/08/2020 14:49

Abused, overlooked, forgotten

FinallyHere · 03/08/2020 14:55

Happy, comfortable, loved

looking back, I remember it as being controlled 'for my own good'

Couldn't wait to be independent.

WinterAndRoughWeather · 03/08/2020 14:57

Longing for adulthood

SummerBlossom · 03/08/2020 14:58

Misfit, alone, survival

For those who felt loved and supported, what actions on the part of your family made you feel that way? I'm not childlike and struggle to engage with children generally... and constantly worry my DC feel like a burden even if they're not.

alangarneristerrifying · 03/08/2020 14:59

Idyllic, caring, confused

PrincessHoneysuckle · 03/08/2020 14:59

Happy,loving,safe

JimMaxwellantheshippingforcast · 03/08/2020 15:00

In the pub

JimMaxwellantheshippingforcast · 03/08/2020 15:01

Or rather sat in the car outside the pub.
But that's too many words

unlimiteddilutingjuice · 03/08/2020 15:01

Raised by hippies

Pantsupyourbum · 03/08/2020 15:09

Sad unloved forgotten

SkinnywannabeKBH · 03/08/2020 15:24

@SummerBlossom for me it was the cuddles and kisses from both parents. I felt safe.

GoldStripes · 03/08/2020 15:27

Loved. Mostly happy.

togetheragain · 03/08/2020 15:27

A hot mess.

shivermetimbers77 · 03/08/2020 15:29

Toys, telly and teatime

Lobsterquadrille2 · 03/08/2020 15:31

Treading on eggshells

Meganplays · 03/08/2020 15:32

Freedom, rural, loved.

Onacleardayyoucansee · 03/08/2020 15:33

Not the worst

whyamistillhere · 03/08/2020 15:34

unwanted, scared, violent.