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.

That I live in suburbia, have a Dd and am a sahm
That I became a teacher-we all hated them 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣
That I didn’t end up living in L.A, rich, famous with a rich, famous guy…I *Still sort of believe I should be living in L.A
That I don’t drink, smoke, take drugs or go to raves/clubs or even festivals for the last few years 🙄

She’d be pleased I left where I grew up though and that I travelled lots and live abroad and by the beach and palm trees…she would’ve wanted all this but likely minus the boring (in her eyes) simple life I mainly lead nowadays.
Oh and she’d not understand how I rarely wear make up or take care of myself/put on weight after Dd…

I have somehow reached a stage in life where I sometimes involuntarily snort like a pig whilst laughing. Sometimes I'm not even laughing. After picking my daughter up from nursery today, as soon as I said goodbye to her keyworker, I let out an audible but involuntary snort and had to disguise it as a Peppa Pig impression. It's apparently like living with a warthog.

I have national trust membership.

Love this @EllieRosesMammy 😂👌

@Squiff70 haha that's so funny! Just a random snort? How did you style it after? Like "I'm mummy pig" or something lol.

@3amAndImStillAwake my teenage self would also think this is boring...but I'm jealous!

I listen to radio 4.

Lots of other things are the same, I actually have more black clothing than then, I still don't want children (I'm post menopause so it's not going to happen).

I don't wear makeup
I don't wear heels
I don't dye my hair
I don't mostly hate the way I look (even though I looked a lot better back then)

She would be overjoyed, however, that I have an amazing DH and have discovered a sustainable weight management strategy that includes unlimited cheese.

Rather tragically, I haven't changed that much since I was a teenager (am 41 now). I was always a bit old before my time. As a teenager I loved running, hill walking, National Trust houses and pottering around reading. I still do all that now.

She would be horrified by how much I depend on my mum 😂

That I only wear make up if im going on a night out - she wouldn't leave her room without it
That I have 2 kids - she was adamant she was having none
That I never did become a fighter pilot
That along with my love of heavy metal I do have a soft spot for Taylor Swift

I think she would be happy to know some things haven't changed. Just broken up with my partner and im going out to have my hair dyed black and red next week. She always changed her hair colour if a relationship went wrong.

Doing most of the household work, including DIY. My feminist teenage self thought everything should be equal. Despite my best efforts, lots of DH discussions, equality over household chores has not yet been achieved

I will happily buy a car on my own though. Don't need any input from DH on that!

I think she'd be horrified that I have started to enjoy gardening and bemused that I don't have kids. I always assumed I would, until I actually have it some thought in my late 20s.

She'd hate that I stopped listening to new music and am trapped in the music of my youth. I actually promised myself I wouldn't do that and I utterly failed.

However she'd be relieved that few fucks are given (teen magazines promised that this happened as one aged and I had been waiting for it!). I also think she'd think my husband is pretty hot and that my hobbies of rock climbing and weight lifting are cool. She wouldn't be surprised I'm not good at either of them.

Totally random yep. Might be something to do with being heavily pregnant and suffering from hayfever! I quickly started singing a song from Peppa Pig and added in another oink as we left the playground. That is even more disturbing when you learn that neither myself nor my daughter have ever watched a single episode of Peppa Pig (I hate it, but not as much as I despise Bing). The Echo Dot has a lot to answer for in terms of being asked to play children's music.

All of this is so true.

I had forgotten about the carrier bag shame!

I can't imagine seeing the youth of today schlepping to school with a plastic bag for their folders!

Have sex with her father

Oh god no!!!
I read the question as "your teenage child" not self 🤪
Just for the record I never had sex with my dad 🤮

Ummmmm what 🤮

She would be horrified that I don't wear make up every day and that I got married as teenage me hated tradition in any way shape or form. She then studied Law and understood marriage better!

She would refuse to be seen with me as a 39 year old who wears a crop top on occassion, tastefully with high waist trousers but it would be bad enough as teenage me thought anyone over 30 was a total dinosaur.

😂😂😂

I was coming on to post a sensible answer to a brilliant thread but VickerishAllsort has me in tears.

Anyway, I like to think my teenage self would be fairly happy with 45 year old me. She'd be massively disappointed that I didn't visit every continent by the time I was 21, nor every country in the world by 30. On the whole though, she'd hopefully be content that I'd continued to prioritise travel as much as possible.

She'd be really pleased with my job but disappointed that I am doing that job in my home city (albeit a major city in the UK). She would have expected me to be either in London or in a major international city. She'd be particularly bemused by the fact that we gave up urban living and now live in a village in the surrounding countryside.

She'd probably hate DH and wonder why on earth I'm with a very normal, uncool, slightly geeky, quiet, conversative (not politically!) guy. She'd be especially upset when she finds out that after a minor love triangle, I chose DH over a long haired, tattooed, pierced heavy metal dude.

She'd be happy though, that I still dress in a boho-grungy style and that music is still a huge part of my life. She'd be delighted that I still have all my 90s band t-shirts and a good vinyl collection and that I still go to gigs. She'd be very happy with my doc martens collection. On the other hand, she'd hate that I often forgo this look in favour of north face or bergaus gear and have discovered a love of hillwalking and hiking. She'd facepalm at my collection of sensible raincoats.

She'd be upset that I no longer douse myself in Dewberry, or, for that matter that I don;t shop in Body Shop at all. She'd like the fact that I will still never go out without mascara and eyeliner though.

She'd like that after all these years, I still argue with, and call out my dad on his racism and other bigotry. She'd be disappointed that he hasn;t changed but delighted that I haven't developed his right-wing views. This was one of his biggest fears.

Oh, and she'd wonder when I swapped jack daniels and coke for gin and tonic.

I work in a school and it was sports day yesterday. I really enjoyed it, teenage me not so much

I love country walks in a particular place I loathed my parents dragging me round as a teenager,
I am not a cool mum who lets their child do whatever they want, whenever they want to do it,
I regularly go out without makeup on,
I'm not married to Liam Gallagher or Robbie Williams and I'm glad about it,
I don't have loads of tattoos,
I listen to The Archers,
I'm married to a bald guy with a hairy back although to be fair I married him when I was still a teenager his head was hairy and his back wasn't!

She'd be proud that I dye my hair purple and wear black nail polish and what clothes I want, still like rock/metal and literally zero fucks given what people think now.

She'd probably be horrified that I'm fat and disabled though secretly equally proud and I use purple crutches and refuse to let it define me.

She would be horrified I still live in the uk and not somewhere exotic though

Yep I agree with the Aldi and Lidl, and charity shops! I was in one yesterday treating myself to some tops and I thought the same thing actually!

Stopped exercising
Gained weight
The amount of people I slept with in my 20s (I was a goodie goodie)
That I leave the house without make up