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To not believe that there is not a woman alive who would like to be 18 again?

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iPaid · 27/08/2015 11:59

According to actress Amanda Redman 'There's not a woman alive who wouldn't like to be 18 again; don't let anyone fool you into thinking otherwise'

Anyone agree/disagree?

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MsMermaid · 27/08/2015 12:23

I wouldn't want to go back to who I was at 18. I don't think I'd mind going back to 18 as the person I am now.

But if I did that then I would have a very different life to the one I have now, and I quite like my life as it is, so no I don't think I'd like to be 18 again, ever!

TinklyLittleLaugh · 27/08/2015 12:24

Autocorrect made me 28 not 18

Costacoffeeplease · 27/08/2015 12:24

Not in a million years would I want to be 18 again

thehypocritesoaf · 27/08/2015 12:25

I wonder if she thinks all men feel like that too?

Backforthis · 27/08/2015 12:25

I am also VERY grateful to have been a teenager at a time when camera phones and social media weren't around.

ValancyJane · 27/08/2015 12:26

Only if I knew what I know now; I would get together with my OH eight years sooner (we knew each other as friends back then), never get together with my hideous twat of an ex, do some travelling, work harder at university and probably not go into teaching! And enjoy being a size 12!!!

Pericombobulations · 27/08/2015 12:26

Yes I would love to be 18 again, because I could avoid several fuckwit boyfriends including an abusive one. And actually have a normal student life at uni instead of being controlled by a useless bloke and being made to stop everything I enjoy for him.

gamerchick · 27/08/2015 12:27

Only if I could still know all I know now.. I wouldn't want to go back in time and 18 yr old thinking.

purits · 27/08/2015 12:27

'There's not a woman alive who wouldn't like to be 18 again; don't let anyone fool you into thinking otherwise'

Why only women? It's equally applicable / non-applicable to men.

PennyPants · 27/08/2015 12:30

I wouldn't go back. I kind of live at bit in the fiture if anything, always planning stuff to do.
At 18 I was having a fantastic time partying non stop, but I've enjoyed the rest of my life just as much.

Eebahgum · 27/08/2015 12:30

It depends - I wouldn't go back to simply re-live it again (although at 18 I went to uni & it was a pretty good year) - but if I could go back with the knowledge I have now & do things differently, abso-chuffing-lutely!

PennyPants · 27/08/2015 12:32

Future

MissBEverdene · 27/08/2015 12:34

No chance! I'm far happier at 30 than i was at 18.

I was a skint single mum, trying to juggle a toddler, college and a job. Living in a cold, damp house and surviving on cheap noodles and tea & toast.

Life improved for me when i met DH when i was 20. I had an unhappy childhood and early teens and slighter happier although difficult late teens.

honeyandporridge · 27/08/2015 12:35

I do but knowing what I know now :)

I'd prefer 8 month though.

TreadSoftlyOnMyDreams · 27/08/2015 12:39

25 or even 35 yes, 18 definitely not.

It would be nice to have an 18 yr old waist and bottom again though.

SnozzberryPie · 27/08/2015 12:40

I had a great time in my late teens and 20s but I wouldn't go back, I'm happy with my life now with dp and dd. I would quite like to be physically 18 again though, with a rejuventated liver and no wrinkes / saggy bits and an extra 18 years of life to live. If i could keep dd but get my pre pregnancy body / pelvic floor,that would be ideal

specialsubject · 27/08/2015 12:40

silly cow. Who would want to be 18 with all the lack of experience and knowledge?

BTW sweetybumps, either you need an eye test or that surgeon has REALLY taken you to the cleaners. That botox looks bloody awful, you looked so much better before. And all the slap in the 'after' photos is SO ageing. Scrape it off.

you would expect her to have more sense - she has no hang-ups about her burn scars (and why should she?) but then she does this to her face. Why?

SnozzberryPie · 27/08/2015 12:44

Going back with the knowledge I have now is tempting, there are lots of things I would do differently, but if I didn't make the mistakes i did then I would probably not have met dp or most of my friends, and wouldn't have had dd. I mostly love my life so I wouldn't want to risk changing things only to end up with a great career but different family and friends

DustyMaiden · 27/08/2015 12:45

I Would like the skin and figure I had at 18, but live another three decades, no.

dontfallonme · 27/08/2015 12:46

no way would I want to live through my twenties again! My 30s are going so much better already at 32, I'm happier, more settled and content. I've achieved what I spent my 20s chasing - a happy relationship, my own house and a career I love.

dontrunwithscissors · 27/08/2015 12:48

No. I'm 39 and finally very content with who I am and how I look. There's no way I would want to go have to go back to being the shy and awkward 18 year old. I certainly wouldn't want to go through the backbreaking work of getting into the career I wanted.

I wouldn't even want to go back to being 29. My 30s have been shitty. Bereavement, exhaustion of pregnancy and babies, PND followed by bipolar, almost lost my career, and have come close to losing my life.

I'll be 40 in a few months and I feel like I'm finally starting to get my life back together. I'm hoping the old cliche that life begins at 40 is true.

BarbarianMum · 27/08/2015 12:48

Absolutely no way. Wouldn't mind having my 30 year old body back but I want to keep my career and family.

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Lweji · 27/08/2015 12:54

EatShitDerek
You say that because you're only 24! :) I wonder if you'll say the same when you're 40. :)

In my 18s I was doing uni admission exams, during a teacher strike. Then had to do a 1st year of uni in 6 months because of said strike.
I'd much prefer my 24, when I moved to London for my research degree. :)
Would have welcomed a chance to choose a different partner.

Birdsgottafly · 27/08/2015 12:56

""I'm hoping the old cliche that life begins at 40 is true""

It is and even if things go pear shaped, I was seriously ill in my early 40's, if you can accept your changing skin (which AR doesn't seem to be able to), then your mind set is amazing.

Birdsgottafly · 27/08/2015 12:59

I meet women like AR and I wonder how and why they put so little value on wisdom and life experiences and also how they can wish away all their family (including their own children), friends etc for plump, wrinkle free skin.

She may be still grieving, giving her the benefit of the doubt.

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