What do you wish you could warn younger you about?

[OneUmberJoker]

Inheritance tax

The evil of the world. People are really nasty. Expect it always, and be pleasantly surprised when someone is genuine xx

The shit boyfriend i wasted 10 years on.

Inheritance tax???
Give all your money away now. Live 7 more years. Pretty much sorted.

The financial crisis! If I could go back I would save as much as possible in the late 90s/early 2000s and build a deposit for a flat then , rather than leave it until they all became too bloody expensive..

Wow oh to be so blessed that inheritance tax is even an issue for your younger self!

I’d be telling me to buy property in London so I could be that person.

Men

Don't buy your first house - keep renting for a few more years until you can buy in a nice area.

Don’t settle or compromise for fear of being single. Still single. 😵‍💫

That I'm not broken, I'm autistic. That I will find out in my early 30s and by 40 I will love myself and not try to fit in to a world I was never meant for.

Sign up for that final salary pension, just do it.

Don’t get into debt.

Get a deed or trust, or better still, get out while you can and don’t marry him.

It’s ok to feel that marriage and children isn’t for you. You don’t have to do it.

Buy a property as early as you can, don’t wait!

Narcissistic pigs

Came on to say just this.
Men, avoid or at least don't tie yourself to one.

Sun damage to my face. Wear sunscreen.

To learn to say no, to stand up for myself. Put myself 1st

Marriage. Usually a waste of time (unless you want/need not to work)

Wasting time and emotional energy on men who aren’t good enough. They’re a focus sponge

Alcohol. So many of my contemporaries have suffered health issues as a result of heavy drinking when young.

Not believing in yourself. The world will knock your confidence if it can. If you don’t believe in yourself, no one else will.

Stay away from unattractive older men!

To center myself, take up every genuine helping hand, it's not a weakness to have help, you have shit genes unfortunately, you look fine but your health quickly goes down hill at quite a young age, better to prevent than remedy.

Don't be afraid to love and lose people.

That you don’t have to be a people pleaser. I wish I’d known this as a teenager and young adult.

This!

In laws. Don’t get involved with them & save yourself two decades of stress only to go no contact with them at the end of it!

Start contributing to a pension as soon as you can.

The much older man.

Exercise - it will make you feel better. Diet - your eating problems are partly the result of childhood emotional issues, but you absolutely can tackle it. Changes in your breast shape need to be checked out when you notice them, even if you can't feel a lump.

Time goes fast and you cannot wait for something to fall out of the sky or for a sign. Just do it. Those people doing it aren’t better than you or cleverer they just don’t have the crippling anxiety that you do. Keep on trying and trying and don’t stop.

Fun and frolicking in my twenties was good, but there can be balance. I should've taken the advice to by a property, as after a certain point, time just flies away from you.