If you could go back to 1983, what's the first thing you'd do?

[Sinat]

I'd buy a brand new Volvo 340 straight from the Volvo dealership

Leave myself a note to buy all the gold I could in 2001-2005, then head to the shop & buy a bar of chocolate knowing it won't taste like congealed sweet grease the way it does nowadays unless you buy from somewhere expensive.

Omg that's such a good description of today's chocolate !

Absolutely nothing different - I was a student at the time and living my best life - no regrets!

Continue waiting years to be born, my mum was a teenager in 1983. 😅

Tell my brother I loved him.

I'd tell a couple of my teachers how much kindness and encouragement meant to me, as this was the only positive engagement I had with adults.

Get married. I did that in January 1983. Don't know how it lasted 10 years. I was 22.

I'm so sorry for whatever you had to go through....I have no idea, but I send loads of hugs your way 😥

Same here @Bluebellbike

I got married at 17 , it has ruined my whole life for one reason or another 😩

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Make a real stink about the misogyny at work and Sue the bastards!

So sorry.... 😑

Wasn't born until 87 but my brother was born in 83 so I would go back and spy on him and my mum a little bit ❤️

Shag the barman who propositioned me during a hotel stopover.

Agitated to get out of CSE Maths and get into the O Level Maths set.

My 'friends' aren't going to get jobs for me, feed me or look after me.

They want a laugh at my expense and to doss about.

How COULD YOU leave Dave on the plane?? I feel your pain 😀

Listen to my mum and go back to sixth form as planned

Have lots of guilt free sex (convent girl)
Walk around naked
Have more sex

Don't feel like it now!

Were to travelling to an Island in Africa?

Probably take a different degree at a different uni. But then I wouldn't have met some of my best friends. Tricky.

Bring the formula for a couple of integrace inhibitors as well as NRTIs and other HIV medication to the Pasteur Institute to help them develop effective HIV treatments to reduce viral load and thus slow/break the spread of AIDS.

This!

I would have been 3 then. If I could go back but have the knowledge that I have now....
-I'd buy a house at the prices that they were then.
-invest in Microsoft and Apple shares.
-buy a Mini and a VW camper van.
-I'd then tell my future self to have a water-tight pre-nup (or similar) in place for when I then married my now XH (so I wouldn't lose aforementioned dream house and dream vehicles when I then divorced him!). I can't regret marrying him, as I have my beautiful DC.
-warn myself not to start dating the guy I met at 19.
-go to see Live Aid, Queen, Floyd, Tull, Duran Duran, GnR, Genesis, Bon Jovi, U2 and loads of other bands. Go to the Monsters of Rock festivals.

Try and stop myself from falling off that swing and smashing my teeth out (still dealing with the repercussions now!)

Buy shares in Apple.