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⌈ Secret Post #3161 ⌋

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[diet_poison]

I've always heard that about college, not high school! And ironically I had a MUCH better time with high school than college.

However, I choose to believe my best days are still ahead of me. /corny, but true

[(Anonymous)]

Media says it about both.

I think it's primarily a class thing, actually, which one it gets considered as.

[diet_poison]

ahhh, you're probably right.

AYRT

[(Anonymous)]

True that, college tends to be singled out as the 'best years of your liiiife' so much more often! Maybe I should've phrased my comment differently? I feel like the portrayal of HS in media is a bit far from the reality of many people's experiences, and so they feel like they're doing something wrong.

I personally had/am having a bad time with both, so I often feel like I'm just wasting my life and I'll wake up one day and be too old for anything nice, haha. Wish I could have your optimism - I think your way of thinking is a much better one!

Re: AYRT

[diet_poison]

When I was in college I just wanted to get. out. I wanted it to be done and overwith.

I graduated by the skin of my teeth, and spent several months working part-time while semi-enthusiastically job hunting, but now I have an interesting full-time job that won't make me rich but it pays all my bills and leaves me with a little spending money, and I'm supporting myself and working and I'm so much happier now than I was when I was in college.

(Honestly I think a big part of the reason for that, ironically, is that it's waged work. Salaries have their benefits, but the awesome thing about waged work? When I'm off the clock, I'm off the clock. I don't have to take work home with me, physically, mentally, or emotionally. There is no homework. While I'm there I'm utterly focused on work, and while I'm at home, I'm not thinking about it at all. Ironically my boss is a dick who yanks us around and yells at us and instigates drama so it is starting to affect my mental health, but I'm currently in the search for another job in the same line of work with a better boss, so hopefully that will solve that!)

Er, anyway, point is: you can get through it and once you're done, your lifestyle will change dramatically. I hope it's for the better!

[(Anonymous)]

I will be corny with you, because I prefer the same outlook. I have a co-worker who seems to think college was the peak of his life and there's something kind of sad about him because of it, even though he has a successful career, amazing wife, and two adorable kids. (Maybe it's more of a mid-life crisis thing, I dunno).

We sometimes have to go to the city where he went to college for business (it's our state capitol) and the campus is right there and he won't shut up about his college days when we're there and talks about how if he isn't careful, he'll regress to his college ways. When I didn't take him seriously, he insisted it would be the same way for me if we were on my old campus. No, it would not. First of all, my "college ways" were apparently very different, and secondly, I've been back there since and it wasn't like that.

College was an awesome time of my life, but it's done. Going to any college campus now, whether I went there or not, inspires that same kind of akward feeling you get visiting an elementary school and I'm always surprised the chairs aren't too small or the bathroom sinks aren't too low to the ground.

[(Anonymous)]

I feel sorry for your co-worker. Especially because he's so invested into thinking that because his own current life isn't satisfactory that he longs for his college days, everyone else must be in the same position. Me, I had fun in college and enjoyed it. But I'm not interested in going back because I like my life now even better.

[diet_poison]

Man, that sucks.

If there's something missing from his life now, he should try to figure out what it is and address it. Going back to college isn't a good answer, unless he actually wants another degree for something, in which case nothing wrong with that, but it doesn't sound like that's what it is for him.

[(Anonymous)]

Someone finally explained the thing!

[(Anonymous)]

it's kind odd but my boyfriend is strange about his nostalgia.

when we first met, he was studying for his undergrad and he kept talking about his nostalgia of high school. it got really annoying at times (mostly because i had a horrible adolescence - he wasn't doing it to be mean, i was just extremely envious) to where i had to sit him down and ask him if he really misses the past that much.

now that he's working full time and studying for his master's, all he ever talks about was our time before he graduated. it's kinda weird how he does that though but, right now, only my college days was a decent start, but i want better days and a better future.