Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I wouldn't say I am anti-nostalgia. But I am, among other things, a History major so I have a natural bias towards looking back in general. But... I do not feel the need to constantly re-examine my life. I knew exactly what I was doing at the time and why I did it. Otherwise, I would have done something else. What's to examine?
I know with aging comes a little looking back over ones life. However, when is enough...enough?
Every day there is a thread harkening back to "when you were a kid," or "growing up, did you," etc.
Maybe it's me, but I don't have the nostalgia gene. Anyone else who doesn't feel the need to constantly re-examine ones entire life?
Yeah, me. I remember things, but I don't stay too long in the past. There is less time ahead now, and I'd rather just go forward. There are a lot of parts of my life that were difficult, and while I don't deny their existence, I prefer to leave them in the rear view mirror.
Even parts that weren't difficult but that are then and this is now. I like "now" better than any time "then".
I'm another one. I really have no interest in what other people's favorite toys were or what gifts they received as children, or stories their grandmothers told them. I think about my own life sometimes but don't need to know about someone else's favorite things in childhood.
I am also not one to look back. other than stories of life back then or great grands to my grandchildren so they will know their lineage (i think that is a bit different from the do you remember posts).
I like remembering who I used to be and the stories that go along with it. Sometimes something will trigger a memory or some of the threads here will. It’s all good, like reading a book at the beach: nothing too taxing and a nice way to escape once in a while.
Maybe it's me, but I don't have the nostalgia gene. Anyone else who doesn't feel the need to constantly re-examine ones entire life?
Neither do I. This is why I don't participate in these nostalgic threads.
Maybe someday when I run out of things to do I may sit down and wax nostalgic. That day may never come because I prefer living the moment and planning for the future to remembering things in the past.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
