one of the things I miss the most about being a kid is getting dressed in the morning in whatever you grabbed and not giving a damn how you looked because you were so eager to get outside to play. I’m not even sure if I brushed my hair every morning as a kid!
Now it seems like I have to get up an hour before I need to be somewhere and wear clothes that make me uncomfortable as hell but at least they “hide” the flaws and imperfections. I don’t feel ready to go out until my butt is pulled in tight, my boobs shoved up to my chin and my waist sucked in as small as possible. Then theres the mile long hair that I would love to just throw into a pony or bun but would never until I get these chubby cheeks whittled down and that extra chin roll thingy gone! So instead I spend countless minutes taming, fluffing and arranging. Actually I have great hair so it doesn’t require much but I would still prefer the ease of a pony tail! Then theres the make-up I get as perfect as possible just to have to worry all day if it has smudged or is melting or do I have racoon eyes yet? Do my lips still look plump, has the liner ran? And don’t even get me started on the nails…
So tired of keeping up with the other moms. The jewelry, clothes and make-up and hair and ridiculous shoes all take me further away from my goals. Well except for the one about looking hot. I want to be able to go play with my kids without worrying. I want to be ready to go for a run or hiking at a moments notice. I want to get up each morning. Pull my hair into a pony tail, throw on the nearest comfy and clean outfit and go. I know J doesn’t mind me running around the house like that but I think he would shudder if I went in public! he himself is a plain jeans and t-shirt kind of guy but they seem to be able to get away with it. I’m left competeing with “The Wives”.
What’s worse, I swear there are times that I refuse to leave my house simply because I don’t look good that day. So at what point do you go from carefree child that just can’t wait to get out there in the world to insecure, nuerotic nutcase who hides from the world because she doesn’t look pretty enough??? Got to figure out how to get back to the carefree kid thing. 19 months ago
I miss being a kid. Nothing to worry about. Playing football in the summer and stuff.. i miss being a kid.. 2 years ago
playing gangups, four square, intense basketball games on a 40 degree day in summer and filling my hat up with water like a basket and plopping it on my head! oh yeah, being a kid trumps all. 2 years ago
We’ve both gotten into Little Big Planet, it’s such a cute and fun video game that we can play together! It’s fun to be a kid when we have time :D 2 years ago
Sometimes this is rather depressing because I get further and further from this goal every moment. I have never felt right growing up and have always identified more with children than with adults. My body and my life do not seem to match what is inside of me. I am 23 now but would like to be a single digit in age.
Maybe one day technology will make it possible for me to return return my body to that of a child’s, or my brain can be transferred into a synthetic kid body of some kind. But for now I have to be content with what I’ve got.
It is not just physical, but the way I like to act too. Society is rather oppressive, and the working world especially. I do not feel free to act the way that I want most of the time. I would like to skip and run and around and play and color and finger paint and just generally feel free and happy! Some of these things I can do sometimes. Fortunately, I have a very loving and supporting girlfriend who understands my needs. She loves me for the way that I am. (=
I know that part of me will never grow up. I will never lose my insatiable curiosity or my playful spirit. I will never lose my ability to be mesmerized and entertained by the simplest of things. I will always have more to learn and areas to continue to grow in, people to look up to, and in that way, I will always remain a kid! 3 years ago
So my husband and I got inspired when we watched the toy count down on VH1, especially since we were kids of the 80’s! It was so fun seeing all the ‘old skool’ toys like G.I. Joe, Cabbage Patch Kids, play-do, Barbie… You name it, it was pretty much there! But our favorite was the Legos!! We both used to LOVE playing with those as kids, so we ran right out to the store and bought a bunch of sets (Star Wars for him, and Indiana Jones for me), and have been building away :D We haven’t played with lego sets for years, so it has been such a blast traveling back to childhood memories! 3 years ago
i want to tink santas real and the easter bunny and tooth fairy and all dat! .. Christmas and easter was so Fun .. ! .. haha x 3 years ago
My mom and I went to Corning today and walked across the walking bridge. They have a maze drawn in paint from one side of the bridge to the other. We navigated through the maze from one side of the bridge to the other, and swung our arms out like we were flying as we turned the corners of the maze. I really felt like a little girl again and it was great. There were people walking the bridge as we were doing it, but we paid them no mind. It is wonderful to be able to have fun and not have a care in the world. When we got to the other side of the bridge, we turned around and walked through the maze again. :D
After that, we headed over to Sperr Memorial, went to the playground, and slid down the slides. :) 3 years ago
this just isn’t going to happen. I can only act, and pretend to be one at heart. 4 years ago
I think it’s time to strike this goal off the list, seeing as 1) Physically, it’s impossible to literally become a kid again, but I am trying not to think about that part, and 2) Spiritually (is that the word?), I think I have actually achieved this. I try to inject childlike fun into my life whenever I can. (Childlike: not to be confused with “childish.”) I have Barbie dolls hanging out in my apartment and magnetic letters on the fridge. I eat peanut butter and fluff for lunch (my diet is extremely “Little Kid”). I made my My Little Ponies a dollhouse out of cardboard boxes and knick-knacks. I like the idea of playing. I like swing sets. I’m curious about new things. I stay away from strangers who I don’t know or trust. My friends think I’m selfish when I take Berenstain Bear books out of the library, saying that I’m depriving some three-year-old of their favorite books. I pine for the Scratch ‘N’ Sniff stickers I used to covet in first grade. I share a bed with Ling-Ling, my panda I had since I was seven. I read Archie comics when I eat snacks. I get cranky if I don’t have a nap.
I think one of my goals should actually be more mature. Although I’m actually very responsible and sensible (perhaps due to my paranoia), I think I could definitely afford to “grow up” in some ways concerning romantic relationships, and career-wise. But I always want to be learning, and I always want to be playing, and I always want to be intrigued. I never want to know it all. But I think it’s a good idea to start balancing it out. 5 years ago
