as a teen, what advice or words of wisdom would you give yourself that you didn't get the first time around

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Rehabilitated? Well, now, let me see. You know, I don't have any idea what that means. I know what you think it means, Zen. To me, it's just a made-up word. A politician's word, so that a BSU whoremonger like yourself can wear a suit and a tie and pay hookers for sex. What do you really want to know? Am I sorry for what I did?

There's not a day goes by I don't feel regret. Not because I'm on TER, or because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then, a young, stupid kid who wouldn't negotiate. I want to talk to him. I want to try to talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are, but I can't. That kid's long gone and this crafty, cost reducing veteran trick is all that's left.  

I got to live with that. Rehabilitated? It's just a bullshit word. So you go on and stamp your forms, Zen, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a shit

Not get married so young, stay in school and but that stock, Lamont is talking about

NEVER pass up a bathroom;

NEVER trust a fart;

NEVER waste an erection

Morgan Freeman is the best! Nice post JackDunphy!

Facebook would have been a great investment

100% sure it's not pee."

Being forced to live your life all over again, but being powerless to change anything.

Maybe I am lucky but I would be more than happy to live my life again. Its been awesome so far. No, not perfect, but certainly worth living again.

But I also haven't had any great traumas, or none so severe it has greatly harmed me.

I guess the good and the fun so far outweighs the bad and the horrible. I would do it all over again and maybe even enjoy it more the second time around.

And now I get to come on here, with many friends, share some good laughs and meet very hot women. What's not to like? LOL

Its all good, from my standpoint. Hopefully hard work accounts for a lot of my good fortune but I don't rule out a fair amount of dumb luck either.

F being the loyal BF/SO/Hubby.  If she's not putting out, walk...  there's no fixing it.  It's very hard to think rationally when you are emotionally invested.  

My ex was pretty clever & strung me along far too long & I failed to take the hints...  when the money ran out, she had no further use for me.  I made a large tax payment on her house...  a couple of days before I walked.  If I'd been smarter, I'd have let everything in her name go unpaid.  I had to walk away from everything I'd put into it...    
The thing is the situation had gone sideways even before we married & I should have cancelled.  Cost 5 good years of my life & $75,000...  and a bankrupsy.

and beat the hell out of the guys with box-cutters..

I didn't need money then and it really doesn't excite me now..

...go after your dreams. Failure isn't fatal and success isn't permanent.

I regret most of the first 25 years of my life. I wasn't always a good man. My first 30 years of life was very unhappy. I made a mess of me.

Now knowing what I know now, if you transfered my mind into teenage me I would do everything different. I already learned the lessons of my errors. I still would make sure I met my wife. I still would marry her though. She was the best thing that ever happened to me.

The thing is if I was to just talk to younger me I would just say it gets much better. I would not warn him of the pitfalls I ran into or the mistakes I made. Why? Because they made me, me, and I like who I am and the life I made. My fuck ups made gain wisdom. My pains I faced made me strong. I am a better person because of my mistakes. I would just let him know it will get better

I would make sure I cum FIRST.

I wouldn't give a rat's ass about what other people think of me.

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Greetings MasterZen,

I would tell my younger self to talk less and listen harder, and that perfection doesn't exist.
I would also tell her to slow down because life is a wild ride that one definitely needs  
prepping for.

or 30, or 40, etc...
At least not for most of us.  
For a stubborn kid who never saw the point of planning for my future I turned out ok, but long term goals and projects weren't my thing. I wonder if it's too late to learn to play the piano?

YAASSSSSSSSSSS! Great words.

It's never ever too late.

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or you can come after I'm gone."
What a selfish prick.  LOL!

I'd also add... 'And do what you feel drawn to do, not what society wants you to do.'

Sometimes, it's hard to differentiate between the two...

Don't keep dating the fun guys or you will end up divorced and a single mom some day.

About 18 years ago, I had a very small account on line with Schwab.  One day I logged on to find Schwab had mistakenly put another guy's portfolio into my account.  Same name, but from Seattle.  In the portfolio was Apple, Microsoft, Starbucks and AOL.  After a couple of days of enjoying a large net worth, I had them correct the mistake.  I did eventually buy some Apple, but I've wondered, was that the future me sending a message?  If so, I was too dumb to listen.

Do the sex thing.

Facebook was down to 18 bucks a share about two years ago when I bought it. Didn't think it was going to zero but didn't think it was going to break 100 so quickly after. I bought 100 shares looking back I wish I bought 1000 shares

I would tell myself back in the day to, first and foremost,  abstain from drugs!  Did a lot in my younger years and I so wish I could get those years back!  
Second,  I'd pay more attention to my own intuition.  Geez, if I could only take back all the bs religious leaders told me and listen to my gut when it came to friends!  
Last but not least, explore with my sexuality and my body.  I used to not eve like sex but now that I'm older, more confident and wiser, I just can't get enough!  
I missed a fuckton of stuff not listening to my old wise soul back then. Ahhhhhhh..... but alas,  life is wonderful now
I guess what doesn't kill you only makes one wiser and stronger
XOXO,  
T

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Get busy livin, or get busy dyin

 

 

 

 
Brooks was here

...and when she asks you to please not leave, STAY!

So do not be afraid to give a girl head if it means you will get laid. Tap Rebecca's ass when she makes the offer, because years later, even after four kids, she looks smoking hot, and she becomes a born again Christian, and you will never get the chance again.

I believe that "what doesn't kill you" gives you entertaining stories to tell years later when shocker of all shockers, you still find yourself alive and pushing sixty.

I did a shitload of drugs too, but sorry I don't really regret it. None of them did any lasting damage, I am as healthy as any twenty year old I know, the kids of today can't feed me any bullshit about drugs as I lived through those years well before they were born and don't forget all the fun stories to tell about our fucked up younger years. lol

I guess I am kind of with Jack on this one, I don't really have a lot of regrets, even all the stupid things I've done, and there are a lot of them, have made me the person I am today, and although I am sure there are many here that will disagree, but I like the manwhore I am today, I would love to just keep doing what I am doing for another couple of decades and I will die a happy man. Well okay, how about three more decades? lol

I'm about the same age as Max Hardcore.  If only I had known then what I know now.

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I had a really hard childhood in a house full of alcohol and some violence and much anger and much regret on the part of the elders.  
   
I lived across the street from a very well filled out and horny 15 or 16 year old who had two assets: both her parents worked and her house was empty and she, for some reason, though I was "adorable."

I had sex with her for the first time in my life and as I left her house and walked down the steps of her front stoop i thought to myself:  This is really going to be all right after all, life -whicH has what just happened in it-- will really be fine.  

Thats what I told myself then and thats essentailly is what I would tell my young self again: This is going to be all right, full of wonderful experiences great satisfactions, some sadnesses, of course, but don't be afraid and don't be down, you will have a truly wonderful time......at least until your in your mid seventies, I don't know what will happen after that..

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There's been a whole lot of soul searching and self analyses going on lately...

"She" was "the one" and I wasn't smart enough to see it until 30 years later...and if I could go back I would have stayed instead of running away like a scared puppy...

As far as keeping my eyes open and my mouth shut, that's been a problem right up to and including now...'nuff said...

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Spent a lot of time judging me...did not get the degree that I had wanted due to respected folks in my life telling me things about the potential of a woman was just not that of a man in the business world.  I would have invested that money in South Beach condos too...I passed on that and went traveling.  Not that I regret for a moment one step of my travel journey, but I would be sipping cocktails on the beach if I had invested in those condos.

your desire to rise to average isn't big enough.  The world has so much more to offer than what you've seen growing up poor in rural SC.

So here are a few of the things I would let myself know:

Religion is based on myths and lies, and it will fuck up your life.  Drop it like a hot potato.

When a woman makes it obvious that she wants you, get inside of her...NOW.

Start your own business, and start it young.  You don't want to take orders from assholes for the rest of your life.

Don't get married; a relationship doesn't have to be "legal" in order to work.

The more friends and lovers you have, the better your life will be.

Take advantage of Eurotrip while you're in college

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I would tell my younger self that when the beautiful blonde next door asks you to come over and fix something wrong with the sump pump (her husband was at work), and when she is standing there in just a robe and says, "Do you want anything?  You can have whatever you want." to reply to her, "Yes, I want you to drop that robe on the floor".  I kick myself often for  not speaking up as she would have done it.

I would also tell myself to never, ever, ever get married.  Live with someone, yes.  But never get married

The road is long
With many a winding turn
That leads us to who knows where
Who knows when

Hollies, 1970.  I was only 9 at the time, yet faced up to a nasty medical condition, and won.  Osteomyelitis...that was the greatest crisis I ever faced.  Anything that happened afterward...I could deal with compared to that.

Dear Angelina,
Who were some of the dominant influences in your life and are they still in your life today? Also with what you know now what approach would you take and with whom would you surround yourself with when making crucial decisions at such a seminal time in your life