I suppose I had a fairly a-typical childhood for our day and age. I was a real tomboy and I spent summers outside making dens and having 'adventures' with my friends. A friend I met recently had a totally different childhood, and spent her years wanting to be and acting older. She wore makeup at 9, heels at 10, got a boyfriend at 11, first went clubbing at 13 and lost her virginity at 15. I wore makeup at 13, heels at 15, got a boyfriend at 16 and don't go clubbing much even now.
We got to talking about our childhoods, and my friend says she really regrets trying to grow up too fast. She feels that she has lost her childhood. However, she is much more street-smart than me and has got me out of a number of sticky situations. Myself, I find that my childhood did not prepare me for the adult world. I don't often feel safe doing these more "grown-up" things and I often wish I was a child again just so that I wouldn't have to cope with it.
Which of us do you think got the better deal?
2006-11-27
09:33:45
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