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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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iPaid · 27/08/2015 13:00

Thanks for replies (am working my way through them without specs so slow going!)

I'd quite like to freeze time right now. Me 52 and delightful DD 11.

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BigRedBall · 27/08/2015 13:01

I wouldn't be 18 again...I wouldn't be in my 20's again...30's are pretty shit right now. I'd love to skip to 60's; children grown up, grandkids...baking, holidays...a cleaner to do all my chores. I'd like the health of an 18 year old though in my 60's.

MrsTedCrilly · 27/08/2015 13:04

No way! I was so unsure of myself, I love having more confidence. I feel more beautiful. I feel less self conscious and less fragile in the world of men.

tigerscameatnight · 27/08/2015 13:06

Another one who would only like to be 18 again to change my life now

happymummyone · 27/08/2015 13:06

You couldn't pay me to be 18 again. At 18 I didn't have my 5 year old DD snuggled by my side, my soon to be born DS in my tummy, my lovely house and my DP. Life is good! I'd rather be a bit older and fatter and have my life as it is now

RedToothBrush · 27/08/2015 13:08

I think that the point of being 18 is to be young and stupid. You are supposed to make mistakes. What would be the point of going back to make all those mistakes again or to go back with the wisdom of being older and not live life foolishly. Making mistakes is not fun, but it has a value and to live life without the recklessness of being a teenager defeats the purpose of going back to that age again.

Not everything has gone right in my life. Not everything is the way I would want it in an ideal world.

BUT

I have a husband and a beautiful little boy. If I had done things 'right' when I was 18 who is to say that I would have them now and that life would be 'better'.

You have to live life as it is and enjoy the moment whilst it lasts and look back fondly but not longingly. If you waste your life thinking about the what if and if onlys you let it consume you and it stops you make the most of the here and now.

So I wouldn't go back to being 18 as that would mean I took for granted the good things in my life and was too happy to gamble that all away.

Life isn't perfect, but I wouldn't want it to be. Its the journey not the destination that makes it exciting.

SaucyJack · 27/08/2015 13:11

Er...... no. I had undiagnosed BPD in my teens. The highs were high, but the blood splatters up the wall were higher still.

I love being old and boring. Bring on the jim-jams and boxsets.

notaprincessbutaqueen · 27/08/2015 13:11

No way not 18. Still living at home with parents, still at school doing a-levels. No chance. 20-23 though..... Yeah I'd go back there

SeamstressfromTreacleMineRoad · 27/08/2015 15:15

Not in a million years... mind you, I wouldn't mind being the size that I was when I was 18 and felt fat and ugly while actually being rather slim and attractive
But go back to all that hormonal crap and lack of confidence - never..!

bigbuttons · 27/08/2015 15:18

Yeah, I would like to be 18 again, but with the knowledge I have now. i would like a youthful face and body, but none of the emotional anguish.

PurpleSkyatthewateringhole · 27/08/2015 15:21

Loved being 18 but I didn't have my DH or my DC so no way am I going back and loosing them.

KleineDracheKokosnuss · 27/08/2015 15:27

Good god no. Maybe 28 again? But tbh I'm finally happy in my job, health, outlook and family. No way would I want to wind that clock back.

CalleighDoodle · 27/08/2015 15:31

I would! As long as i know what i know now! Id choose a more practical degree, choose a different career, go out and have fun more, take up running, do not go back to the ex or anyone else and just enjoy my friends, and not move home after uni!

BoboChic · 27/08/2015 15:32

God know, 18 was awful - the year of so many changes in quick succession and of life-changing decisions made in haste without proper information (pre-internet) or analysis.

MrsTrentReznor · 27/08/2015 16:12

I'd love to be 18 again. I was skinny, oozed confidence, hangovers were rare and I had enormous amounts of amazing sex with some seriously hot people. I was fearless, reckless and fun.
I've not had a shag in 18 months, I'm fat, miserable and dull.
Trying to change all that at the moment and trying to get my fun side back.

SheGotAllDaMoves · 27/08/2015 16:20

My 18th year was a good one.

I sat my A levels, got the grades I needed and went off to university, which opened up my horizons hugely. My Fresher year was a blast .

UntilTheCowsComeHome · 27/08/2015 16:21

I looked amazing at 18 but didn't appreciate it, I thought I was fat because I had hips and boobs so covered up in baggy tshirts. In reality I had a figure like Kim Kardashion.

So I'd like to look 18 again but wouldn't want to have the shitty, sexist, porn obsessed boyfriend I had then.

I would like to be 20 again, when I first met DH and had a great group of friends.

sanfairyanne · 27/08/2015 16:23

God that would be horrendous! Mid twenties was a good time though.

Dawndonnaagain · 27/08/2015 16:24

I can think of few things worse than being eighteen again. No thank you.

TheCatsMother99 · 27/08/2015 16:25

I don't want to be 18 again. I'd like to turn back the clock for a couple of things but I wouldn't want to actual be that age and have to live it all again, I'm far more content now overall.

Cb148 · 27/08/2015 16:31

I loved being 18, last year of school was one of my favourite times. But mostly I'd love to go back because I would change things from age 18 onwards. Made some stupid mistakes from there onwards. Definitely work harder at university & get a decent career so I could be independent now.

I wonder how many of us would do things differently if given the option

RaptorInaPorkPieHat · 27/08/2015 16:32

Nah. 25 maybe or 30.

If I could be the person I am now but with the younger/fitter substantially thinner body I had back then, that would be good. I didn't really learn how to tell people how to fuck off properly until I hit 40.

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suzannefollowmyvan · 27/08/2015 16:36

if I could keep my 50 year old mind then yes, in a heartbeat I'd be 18 again:o

I needs clarifying, are we talking swapping places with an 18 year old of today, or going back in time and swapping with our 18 y/o self as was

It's all very well saying 'if I was 18 I'd change this that and the other' but if you were 18 you'd do just what your 18 y/o self was minded to do and I doubt anything would change.

of course if I could go back in time and visit my 18 y/o self I'd give her excellent advice, she'd probably think I was mad and ignore me.

I wonder what my future 70 y/o self would say to my current 50 y/o self?

Fabellini · 27/08/2015 16:39

I'd like to be around 10 years younger, but 18 again? Not a chance!

LaContessaDiPlump · 27/08/2015 16:43

I can never get on board with these things - if I went back then I wouldn't have my current DC, and that simply will not do.

I'll go back to the day after DS2's birth - make me 30 again please!

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