Now that I'm older I...

Snippylynn · July 2012

- Realized I'm a lot slower than I used to be (running)

- I look a lot better than I did in my 20's

dumdumfroggie · July 2012

- care more about staying fit, not for appearance reasons, but for health

- realize how important my family is to me

Lizzieyounce · July 2012

I'm more confident in myself and my decisions.

I don't stress over the piddly stuff that I used to stress over.

I don't care if I don't please my mother all of the time. I don't take any of her passive/aggressive craap anymore. I call her on it.

midgetthemighty · July 2012

- Am way more comfortable with myself
- Appreciate all the little things my family had to do for me

KBSK12 · July 2012

- know it's not the quantity of friends you have, it's the quality.
- am still trying to figure out what I want to do "when I grow up"

[Deleted User] · July 2012

- have no room for toxic people in my life. If you suck, I won't think twice about cutting you loose.
- embrace my introversion rather than trying to disguise it

runpipparun · July 2012

- eat healthier than I used to.

- PRed by 11 minutes in the marathon, when I thought I was never going to be fast again, probably because I lost weight, because I eat healthier than I used to. Yay.

- don't post personal or political stuff on FB.

- am much less selfish about how I spend my time.

- attend church regularly again.

- gave up social dancing, because FI doesn't dance.

- shop at cosignment stores and vintage stores, because I always find designer clothes at good prices, and it seems like a better investment than buying new, cheaply made clothes at the same price. Besides, it's green.

adamar15 · July 2012

- know who my true friends are
- am more confident in my decisions
- gain weight faster and lose it slower

- enjoy nicer things (food, clothes, etc)
- really appreciate the fact that I found H

willywally5 · July 2012

- am way more laid back

- know who my true friends are

- value family above really all else

- have learned that we are not in control of everything, even though we like to think so

- realized I can handle much more than I ever thought possible

- care more about health than appearance

- care much less what others think about me

aragx6 · July 2012

I honestly still don't feel all that grown up. But I do hold my tongue better than I used to -- I used to have a pretty serious case of foot-in-mouth syndrome.

blgrout · July 2012

-realize how important it is to take care of myself, physically, mentally, emotionally.

-have control over my finances and am finally getting out of debt (yay!)

-know that some of the decisions I made when I was younger certainly weren't the best, but made me who I am today (corny, yes.)

HandBanana · July 2012

-Don't get jealous. I can pause and say it would be nice to do that but realize all my blessings that out weight that one thing.
-Feel much more sympathy for people. Not the patronizing kind but the genuine sympathy for others. I guess it is more empathy than sympathy.
-Patience.
-I have no time for IL drama. Especially not of the IL variety. [BIL FI wants to say things about SIL. I shut it down. Even if I agree about something, I shut it down. It has resulted in me not being part of the SIL +BIL FI clique. The challenge I am still handling is being completely okay with being the outsider because I won't participate in such drama talk. I'm okay with it but it still hurts and makes me angry that they are all BFF when we are at family parties but I know they have all tried to talk about each other to me and because I won't participate, I am not part of the clique. (Obviously this is something I am still working on.)]

tpender13 · July 2012

- am getting fat. I used to be able to eat whatever without thinking about it, and I was pretty thin. Now, not so much. Since I used to be able to eat crap and not gain weight, I never learned healthy exercise habits. So, yeah...

Are these supposed to be positive things? Sorry, I don't have much of that these days.

AdeleDazeem · July 2012

- realize that my muscles hurt a whole lot more than they used to!

- am confident in myself and my goals

- wish that time would move just a bit slower...

StefffiC · July 2012

- Am confident in who I am, even though I'm not mainstream

- try to appreciate time and people and know that it is limited

- know that I need to pick my battles. I don't have to be right all the time.

AllAboutTheBenjamin · July 2012

- get two day hangovers. Dammit.

MyUserName1 · July 2012

-have a lot less to prove

-remembered that I don't need to be liked by everyone (somewhere along the line I forgot that even though I knew it as a teen)

Snippylynn · July 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_now-that-im-older-i?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:ce742376-3154-471e-86ba-e3efe29766b0Post:76dbd9be-417f-46e6-884d-2eff788cd6a5">Re: Now that I'm older I...</a>:
[QUOTE]- <strong>have no room for toxic people in my life. If you suck, I won't think twice about cutting you loose</strong>. - embrace my introversion rather than trying to disguise it
Posted by daffodil_jill[/QUOTE]
I love that Jill. I'm the same way. I can't be bothered with you if all you do is drag me down, I don't care who you are.

jemmini6 · July 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_now-that-im-older-i?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:ce742376-3154-471e-86ba-e3efe29766b0Post:a6901ae4-20b1-47e0-a10a-c8326def91b7">Re: Now that I'm older I...</a>:
[QUOTE]- eat healthier than I used to. - PRed by 11 minutes in the marathon, when I thought I was never going to be fast again, probably because I lost weight, because I eat healthier than I used to. Yay. - don't post personal or political stuff on FB. - am much less selfish about how I spend my time. - attend church regularly again. - gave up social dancing, because FI doesn't dance.<strong> - shop at cosignment stores and vintage stores, because I always find designer clothes at good prices, and it seems like a better investment than buying new, cheaply made clothes at the same price. Besides, it's green.</strong>
Posted by runpipparun[/QUOTE]

I LOVE consignment stores. I worked at one when I was in college and now I'm extremely frugal when I shop for clothes. I'll see something at Target and think "$24 for a shirt?! I can get a better brand for $7 at the consignement store".

abbalish · July 2012

- value my parents and how they raised me a lot more than I used to.
- have become a lot more of a homebody.
- realize how NOT confident I was when I was in my 20's.
- no longer tolerate flaky friends.

I also kind of feel like no one under 27 or so should be answering this

abbalish · July 2012

Oh, yeah, and ditto on the hangovers. Yikes.

dumdumfroggie · July 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_now-that-im-older-i?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:ce742376-3154-471e-86ba-e3efe29766b0Post:c9d79f92-99eb-43d7-a6b2-d7af8ba863e3">Re: Now that I'm older I...</a>:
[QUOTE]- value my parents and how they raised me a lot more than I used to. - have become a lot more of a homebody. - realize how NOT confident I was when I was in my 20's. - no longer tolerate flaky friends.<strong> I also kind of feel like no one under 27 or so should be answering this </strong>:)
Posted by abbalish[/QUOTE]

<div>Heh. I would say no one under 30. </div>

MyUserName1 · July 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_now-that-im-older-i?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:ce742376-3154-471e-86ba-e3efe29766b0Post:c9d79f92-99eb-43d7-a6b2-d7af8ba863e3">Re: Now that I'm older I...</a>:
[QUOTE]- value my parents and how they raised me a lot more than I used to. - have become a lot more of a homebody. - realize how NOT confident I was when I was in my 20's. - no longer tolerate flaky friends. <strong>I also kind of feel like no one under 27 or so should be answering this :)</strong>
Posted by abbalish[/QUOTE]

<div>Hah! Definitely! "Now that I'm 22 I...can drink legally!"</div>

abbalish · July 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_now-that-im-older-i?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:ce742376-3154-471e-86ba-e3efe29766b0Post:8d224c58-9b60-4128-89bc-d8b46801f1fa">Re: Now that I'm older I...</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Now that I'm older I... : Heh. I would say no one under 30.
Posted by dumdumfroggie[/QUOTE]

Heh. I was going to say 30 at first but then changed it because I wasn't trying to be so exclusive. And really, at 31 I'm pretty much the same as I was at 29.

MyUserName1 · July 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_now-that-im-older-i?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:ce742376-3154-471e-86ba-e3efe29766b0Post:1c57e5ba-c825-44ab-bdc1-b1bf5c7fa9b3">Re: Now that I'm older I...</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Now that I'm older I... : Heh. I was going to say 30 at first but then changed it because I wasn't trying to be so exclusive. And really, at 31 I'm pretty much the same as I was at 29.
Posted by abbalish[/QUOTE]

<div>I actually just keep turning 22 over and over again. It has worked out really, really well so far.</div>

Snippylynn · July 2012

Yeah, I probably should have qualified it with "Now that I am over 28, I..."

abbalish · July 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_now-that-im-older-i?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:ce742376-3154-471e-86ba-e3efe29766b0Post:8817c171-565a-4ced-9545-e3f7e47c66ec">Re: Now that I'm older I...</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Now that I'm older I... : I actually just keep turning 22 over and over again. It has worked out really, really well so far.
Posted by MyUserName1[/QUOTE]

I often still *think* of myself as 22-23. Like, I'll be talking about someone who's 23 years old and I'll think, "oh, they're my age!" and then I'm like, "wait, actually, no, I've got almost 10 years on them, dammit!"

StefffiC · July 2012

I'm 29 in physical years, but there's a 90year old woman inside me.

adamar15 · July 2012

Hey, I'm a very different person from 20 year old me.

specialk84 · July 2012

- am a lot less ambitious. I don't want to be the best at work stuff. I just want to have a stable job I don't hate that pays a decent salary.

- realize how much easier it would have been to just stay in shape instead of gaining 60 pounds and trying to lose it.

specialk84 · July 2012

And now I feel sufficiently old enough to have surpassed the arbitrary minimum age to participate.

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