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Would anyone(if possible) go back to being a teenager?

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Delia22 Sun 31-Mar-24 12:12:16

If time travel became possible😊 would any of you choose your teen years to re visit? If not then,which age would you choose?

NanKate Mon 01-Apr-24 11:27:17

I would just love to go back to those days of freedom, no responsibilities, fun caring parents. I laughed a lot then. My teens were great. I was a party goer. Loved the music and the clothes.

Athrawes Mon 01-Apr-24 11:57:41

I really enjoyed my teenage years - great fun, good experiences, learned a lot, made many new friends - but I wouldn't want to go back

ginny Mon 01-Apr-24 12:01:29

No, not teenage years. I consider myself lucky to have had a good life apart from my losing my Mum far too soon and some other sad events .
I choose to go back to being 30. Had a new baby and a 3 & 6 year old. Loved being a SAHMum although we had to count the pennies we found plenty of cheap fun things to do.
Happy, happy days.

Macadia Tue 02-Apr-24 05:04:55

I see. Just being your self is good enough. Male personalities vary as much as females do.

Sallywally1 Tue 02-Apr-24 09:06:41

Only if I had had more supportive parents. As a result of their lack of care my life was a bit of a car crash in my 20s.

Nannylovesshopping Tue 02-Apr-24 09:13:41

Absolutely not, I had hideous younger life

Smileless2012 Tue 02-Apr-24 09:36:58

Met Mr. S. when I was 16 and married at 19 so didn't have any 'mad' teenage years but wouldn't change a thing.

Ailidh Tue 02-Apr-24 10:15:31

No. I hated my teenage years. I was short and fat and underconfident and oversensitive.

Now at nearly 69 I'm still short and fat but I'm more confident, less sensitive, and a fully paid up member of the "Love me or hate me, I don't mind because I'm content in my skin" club.

lemsip Tue 02-Apr-24 10:28:54

I wish I'd had the confidence to jig about/dance to the music of the day. When I see film of back then and the crowds dancing to Beatles ect I wish I had done that.

aquaerobicsdeb Tue 02-Apr-24 14:03:51

I'd go back to 17 only just for the blissful ignorance and the lack of worry for the wider world.
At that age, you can be wholly self absorbed and everyone around you is the same.
I'd also love one more chance to be doted upon by my mother.

pably15 Tue 02-Apr-24 16:02:57

I loved my teenage years, met my husband when I was 17, enjoyed dancing every weekend, but I love my life now, and I'm glad Im' not a teenager in these times,

rockgran Tue 02-Apr-24 16:15:37

I like being my age now but would like my 17 year old knees back.