I still remember being told that in high school, and at 35 I can say with reasonable confidence that it was in fact the worst part of my life, not the best. Fuck you Mr. Ford, you were wrong, and you were an asshole, and if I can ever be arsed to locate your grave, I’ll piss on it.
If anyone tells you that your teenage years are the best years of your life: Smile, nod, and slowly back away. Then never talk to that person again if you can help it.
Even it was your mommy?
Especially if it’s your mommy
Fight for a better world, both young and old.
Most people don’t want to die for a better world.
And that’s the kind of fighting that it takes.
I don’t know, I’m more and more satisfied with life the older I get
Yeah other than my country falling apart my life is better at 39 than pretty much ever before. I’m genuinely happy. Again, other than the country stuff.
I damn sure wasn’t happy and confident like this at 18 or whatever. I’m hitting my stride.
Back when I was in school they told me I was supposed to enjoy my youth and that it would be about the best time of my life. What they actually did was to demotivate me regarding my future. School was hell. Life is much better nowadays.
Yeah when I grew up I was a confused bag of hormones who had not yet learnt to deal with anything.
I think my expectations have just gotten more realistic?
Exactly. In youth, everything is important, and everything is a big fucking deal.
Over time, especially if you’re introspective (not everyone has this ability, it seems), you’ll come to temper those expectations.
That’s just shit people say, because their memory is skewed to remember some stuff.
After drinking that much lead you won’t remember anything better
Anyone who says ‘These years are the best of your life’ are really just telling you that their life peaked at that age.
If you play your cards right and have a large serving of luck, this will not be true for you.
It’s rose-tinted glasses in play as well. I have many fond memories of my university days and deeply miss all the time I had with my friends that I now rarely see. I would encourage any student to cherish that aspect. There were many, many, difficult aspects of that time as well though, and a decade or so on I deeply appreciate the autonomy I have now.
There are certain unique experiences you don’t get later. There are a few places that have field trips in college, but for most people that is only during regular primary school.
The nature of those unique experiences varies from person to person. My field trips might have been good memories had it not been for the fact that the horrible assholes I was stuck going to school with were there.
I can’t remember which movie, but some basic rom-com. Girl was in a fight with her ex and trying to make him feel bad said, “I gave you the best years of my life.”
And dude, utterly confused, responds, “those were your best?”
The movie was forgettable, but that absolutely savage line stuck with me.
Kate: I wasted the best years of my life on you.
Stuart: Those were your best years?
How i felt when i was told nobody would love me more than my parents.
I’ve never really had much of a family. The whole family bond thing seems like a farce. I love my parents because they were good parents, not simply because they were my parents.
no one will love you more than a spoiled pet
No, it will get so much better. And so, so, so much worse. Sometimes in the course of like an hour.
And sometimes it’s both simultaneously.
The whole “high school is the best years of your life” thing was always total bullshit. The drugs are much better in college.
Well look on the bright side…there’s probably a bright side!
I was less impressed when I learned that all the actors in that scene were on bicycle seats. But then I was more impressed when I learned they only had one ladder to let them down to take a pee.
Another fun Life of Brian fact: the production re-used the Tunisian sets built for Zeffirelli’s Jesus of Nazareth television series. Zeffirelli was furious that the Tunisian authorities allowed this; he apparently did not know how money works.
Don’t listen to people who peaked during high school.
My 30s will probably be the best years of my life, if not my 40s. #justtransthings
My experience is the opposite. Adolescence was horrible, young adulthood was hard, adulthood has been better. I am taking care of myself and I am happy with my relationships.
Nah dawg 30s is where it’s at so far. (I’m 30s)
