What do you wish you could warn younger you about?

[OneUmberJoker]

Inheritance tax

Don't listen to my family

That being single is fine, I didn't need to always be with a man.

There's going to be a time when you can't eat as much as you like of any old crap and stay thin. And look after your bones.

Jeez pay your way. I'd be sad if financial advice was all I had to give my younger self.

It’s not love. It’s coercive control and emotional abuse and you’ll waste 7 years of your twenties.

Tell your parents you love them every single day because they will be gone decades and decades earlier than they should have been.

pay into pension earlier, don’t prioritise not getting into short term debt over long term savings. Bulld an exercise habit.

NEVER get involved with anyone called Kevan. They can't spell their own name, for a start ;)

@Cel77 “Keep a diary.”

I wholly endorse this having kept a diary on and off since 1981 (I’ve been good and written every day for the past five years).

You won’t believe how much you forget over a lifetime. Society and things change so much over the years, so adding the day’s news and details of day-to-day living are good ideas too.

One day it will be valuable history (although I’m not sure my entries will be - the nature of them doesn’t seem to have changed much since I was 15 😂).

Sugar

Not getting into debt

cancer

Men - don’t waste your time looking for “the one”, concentrate on your job, learn to drive, get your own house, enjoy your life and you’ll meet someone when you least expect it.

Appreciate every day with your Mum, because you won't have her for many years

Try some of those ideas you had, instead of just thinking "Maybe I could....."

You will never feel thin enough, so don't bother starting chasing a number on the scale or BMI chart.

Caring for a much loved relative on your own for 27.3 days/28 is too much for anyone.

My mother's behaviour is not normal and I do not deserve it.

That bulimia will trash your teeth.

never give up your weekly exercise routine.

My back. Start Pilates, gym young and eat healthy. I took my body for granted in my twenties.

Don’t get in that swimming pool.

Leave when he gets his hands on you. Delaying the inevitable makes it so much harder to leave. You all deserve so much more than angry outbursts and aggressiveness.

Get a pension at 25 not 35.

Put the sunblock on your neck and hands, not just your face.

To save save save

To have learned how to drive as a young adult

Endowment mortgages. And so-called financial advisors.

Cults

That so many friends will die before they are old, send that message today as tomorrow may be too late.

(I'm okay before anyone asks, just been to yet another friends funeral this week who died many years before their time).

Even if you are the lower earner . Think about your financial independence and get to full time hours as soon as you can after having kids .

Sorry to continue to add to the cynism on the thread - but the last person who you think will ever cheat , may well end up cheating .

Read up on peri menopause / menopause and all the various symptoms - it’s not just hot flushes .
Unless there are medical reasons not too, you shouldn’t put off going on hrt .

Your mum told you to be wary of strange men. You also need to be wary of boys you know.