Things you do now that your teenage self would be horrified about!

[GoodHearted]

I'll start. She would massively take the piss out of me, the cocky little twat 😏

I shop at Aldis
I browse around charity shops
I listen to classical music
I go on holiday on my own
I eat in restaurants on my own
I love scenery and don't find it boring
I hate nightclubs and noisy places
I rarely socialise with people anymore

She'd be stunned I bought a house and car though! Every cloud.

Oh and she'd be happy to know I eventually FINALLY got over him and saw him for the total loser he was! 🙈

I don't really care about the backstreet boys anymore. In fact, when their song came on the radio the other day I switched it off

Wear bright pink crocs as slippers and sometimes fetch the bin in whilst wearing them.

Watch house renovation programmes.

Spend most of the day on my own WFH and barely see anyone except DH, Ds and DD all week.

Crochet.

I walk up hills for fun.

15 year old me would be proud of how much I've overcome but she'd hate that I was fat now.

I wear slippers 😱

Still refuse to use an umbrella though so she might not give up on me entirely!

She would be proud that I still like festivals, clubbing and gigs.
She would die laughing that I tell my kids to eat nicely and to say the occasional "t".
She would be confused on my stance on trans people and would probably think I was a Terf.

I own a pair of moccasins and work in arch capitalism, i.e. professional services.

I think she'd also be astonished that I'm still alive in my early 40s.

I cant be bothered to shave my legs any more.

Wear comfortable shoes.
Take a coat with me on (rare) nights out.
Watch the news.
Be seen in public with my mum!

That I have grey hair.
I live in trainers.
Im very partial to Cath Kidston type floral prints and have decorated my house likewise.

I go to bed at a reasonable time... by choice!

I never go to nightclubs anymore

I don't wear make-up anymore

I wear comfy clothes as opposed to fashionable

The upside is that I'm wildly more confident and comfortable in my skin than she ever was.

wearing a coat outdoors when it’s cold

Aldis

My 15 year old self would shudder at pluralising random words and still would now ;)

I own a shopping trolly!

She’d probably be glad I got my life sorted, be proud that I’m finally thinking of going to uni at 40, roll her eyes at some of my “middle class habits”, and laugh at the fact that I not only wear a coat in winter but - shock horror - I also do it up!

I get up before six for work and it’s fine.

I don’t particularly like fairground rides anymore.

I drink white wine and very rarely vodka.

I use an umbrella when it rains.

That I am fat - sorry teenage me, I know you thought you were fat, you really were not - but you are now!
That I have sons - she assumed she’d have girls or at least a girl. And that none of the sons are called Gary or Scott.
That my husband does not resemble Morten Harket. He’s amazing in all ways though, teenage me, and Morten is as Morten does.
That after all her effort I can’t drive anymore. Sorry teenage me. I let you down there.

Don’t shave my legs. Went out with shorts on too, legs not shaved. Can’t imagine anyone even noticed.

I frequently leave the house without a bra on. Especially when I'm pregnant because I can't stand tight things touching me some days 😂 absolutely no f*cks given.

She'd be horrified by my lack of grooming and big hair.
But she'd be pleased with how much more confident and outgoing she became.

Eat fish. My teenage self would have been horrified. I was a very strict vegetarian from 13 until I had a desperate craving for fish whilst pregnant with dc3 in my late 30s. Now a pescatarian!

That I still think about my first love and dream about him from time to time!

I'm not that fussed about much 80s music any more, and have found other music I enjoy more during lockdown.

She would be surprised I went to see Top Gun Maverick last week and really enjoyed it as she hated the first one.

She'd probably be surprised I had children because she wasn't too bothered either way.