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MadrasT

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6. All I wanted when I was 18...

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Original post)

Fri Mar 7, 2014, 03:00 PM

Mar 2014

...was to get the fuck out of my parents' house and be on my own, be independent, and be able to support myself.

Seems like a pretty low bar as far as "dreams" go, and I managed to do that when I was 22.

I guess I try to keep my expectations in check. I've never had any real big dreams or aspirations. Safe, warm, not hungry, and my life not revolving around dealing with crazy people is good enough for me.

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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