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History of Feminism

Awknid

(381 posts)

9. 18 was VERY long ago.

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Original post)

Fri Mar 7, 2014, 04:02 PM

Mar 2014

I was confident and positive, was going to college without a major. Thought about being a special Ed teacher, but not really. The next year was traumatic and it took me 15 years before I felt like myself again. But in the long run I prevailed, which I'm eternally proud of!

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Age 18. What were your plans? What did you [View all] Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2014 OP

I was already a mother ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #1

You still are bad assed JustAnotherGen Mar 2014 #13

I wouldn't call them dreams per se JustAnotherGen Mar 2014 #2

Wanted to be an officer on a nuclear sub exboyfil Mar 2014 #3

When I was 18 I didn't know what to do with my life besides go to college. Gravitycollapse Mar 2014 #4

No plans. Bounced house to house and lived in my car, kept short term part time jobs, Ed Suspicious Mar 2014 #5

All I wanted when I was 18... MadrasT Mar 2014 #6

I was on my way to university in Nova Scotia. There, I wanted to fall in love with applegrove Mar 2014 #7

My goal was to make $1,000 per month. Downwinder Mar 2014 #8

18 was VERY long ago. Awknid Mar 2014 #9

My plan? Avoid dying in the Vietnam War OutNow Mar 2014 #10

I couldn't be farther away from what I thought my life would be at 18, and I couldn't be happier Squinch Mar 2014 #11

I had a long list tacked to my bedroom door in the Midwest when I was 18 GeoWilliam750 Mar 2014 #12

The only thing I really wanted at that age laundry_queen Mar 2014 #14

I wanted to be a ballroom dancer, but I wasn't very good. Sheldon Cooper Mar 2014 #15

When I was 18 I wanted to Texasgal Mar 2014 #16