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Found an old letter I wrote to my mom after college and barely recognized myself
I was cleaning out my closet last weekend and found a letter I wrote to my mom back in 2012 after my first semester at college. In it I was all dramatic about how hard it was and how I missed her cooking... reading it now I sound like a total kid. These days I live in Austin and we talk almost every day but it's way more chill, just checking in and joking around. The thing that changed was I moved 3 states away in 2018 and realized I needed to stop relying on her for emotional backup all the time. Has anyone else found old notes or letters that made you cringe at your younger self?
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the_tessa2mo ago
Found an old journal from high school myself last year and it was rough. I wrote this whole long entry about how my mom just didn't understand me after she grounded me for missing curfew. Reading it now I just laugh because she was totally right and I was being a brat. I remember thinking I was so grown up at 17 but looking back I barely knew anything about real life. These days I call her for advice on big stuff like moving or money but I handle my own small problems first. I think finding those old letters is a good reminder of how much we actually grow up even when it doesn't feel like it. Just shows you're doing things right if you can look back and cringe.
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adams.uma2mo ago
@the_tessa you really hit on something there. It is wild how we go from thinking we have everything figured out to realizing we were just kids throwing fits. I found a letter I wrote to my best friend in 10th grade about how our school was so unfair for making us take gym class, and now I actually miss running around the track. Makes you wonder what little things we are getting worked up about today that will seem silly ten years from now.
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wendy8202mo ago
Ha! Wait, weren't you grounded at 16 for that, not 17?
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