This is a great answer. I’m 38 now, and whenever I catch myself romantasizing the past, I remind myself how fucking awful my life was from 18-26. I was in a controlling and manipulative relationship, I had no money, had no idea what I wanted to do or who I was as a person. I kind of just partied with my friends and went to work, and that’s all that mattered. At 26 I started hanging out with people at work sometimes instead of only my high school friends, which snowballed into about 10 years of slowly getting better as I worked to be a better person. It does get better. 20s really do suck and it should be acknowledged more.
This is a great answer. I’m 38 now, and whenever I catch myself romantasizing the past, I remind myself how fucking awful my life was from 18-26. I was in a controlling and manipulative relationship, I had no money, had no idea what I wanted to do or who I was as a person. I kind of just partied with my friends and went to work, and that’s all that mattered. At 26 I started hanging out with people at work sometimes instead of only my high school friends, which snowballed into about 10 years of slowly getting better as I worked to be a better person. It does get better. 20s really do suck and it should be acknowledged more.