Are you, now, the same person you were at age 18?

[Victor]

Philosophically,
a person changes but a psychological continuity from the earlier self is present.
The older you are, the less you are like you were at 18. You might even have more
in common with persons your own age now than with your earlier self, who would
be like a stranger to you. I keep some of the things from my childhood in my living room
to remind me of the past I have not forgotten.
Physically, you are a totally different person. All but a cluster of cells in the body have changed.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Good Lord...I hope not ! I always say you don't get sense until you make 45. At 18 I had no self confidence and I was quite naive. Life and age have taken care of those two issues.

 

[Iam]

Philosophically,
a person changes but a psychological continuity from the earlier self is present.
The older you are, the less you are like you were at 18. You might even have more
in common with persons your own age now than with your earlier self, who would
be like a stranger to you. I keep some of the things from my childhood in my living room
to remind me of the past I have not forgotten.
Physically, you are a totally different person. All but a cluster of cells in the body have changed.

Thank you, spot on!

 

[Knight]

I am the same person just gained and lost in a variety of ways since then. One example.

At 18 a dozen condoms a week, at 76 no need for condoms but if I did it would be a dozen a year.

 

[HiDesertHal]

I am the same person just gained and lost in a variety of ways since then. One example.

At 18 a dozen condoms a week, at 76 no need for condoms but if I did it would be a dozen a year.

That's really what we wanted to hear on this topic.

HDH

 

[grahamg]

Knight wrote:
"I am the same person just gained and lost in a variety of ways since then. One example.

At 18 a dozen condoms a week, at 76 no need for condoms but if I did it would be a dozen a year."


HiDesertHal wrote:
"That's really what we wanted to hear on this topic."

HDH

I think it is an aspect of the realities surrounding "no longer being 18 years old" that had to come up (funny use of words there, i.e. things "coming up" - maybe a Freudian slip).

I wont bore you with my own level of libido though I'd like to doff my cap to Knight .

 

[helenbacque]

My 18 year old self had very little knowledge about how the world really worked. She was a naive and trusting soul.

 

[Camper6]

No I am not the same person I was at 18.

The scars of living have taken their toll. I'm lucky to be alive period.

 

[Sunny]

Same person, yes. But that person goes through changes as we go through life. A central core remains, but I am constantly changing physically (unfortunately) and mentally (maybe for the better).

 

[Knight]

I think it is an aspect of the realities surrounding "no longer being 18 years old" that had to come up (funny use of words there, i.e. things "coming up" - maybe a Freudian slip).

I wont bore you with my own level of libido though I'd like to doff my cap to Knight .

I think you captured the intent of my post, not everyone can grasp the humor in reality. Of course we all change both in mental and physical capacity, how could anyone expect a serious in depth post about their life experiences in a topic like this?

 

[grahamg]

Knight wrote:
"I think you captured the intent of my post, not everyone can grasp the humor in reality. Of course we all change both in mental and physical capacity, how could anyone expect a serious in depth post about their life experiences in a topic like this?"

It is probably only to answer the thread question with a degree of humour, and its all obviously conjecture, but it does remind me of things my father used to say to my mother.

One question he continually asked my mother (whilst never getting an answer), the following question: "Would you marry me again Mrs. G?"

I know it isn't exactly the same as the thread topic, but it does ask for an insight into whatever one might do with the benefit of hindsight. My parents loved one another so I imagine my mother would indeed have married my father "again", knowing what she did then, but she was far to astute to be drawn in .