Nope.

The 10 year old me, would find the 30 year old me sad. Kind of wierd.

A question just posed to me by my wife: Would the 10-year-old you like the 30-year-old you? (Adjust the years if you're not old enough to accomodate a 20-year differential.)

My answer: I think 1985 me would generally like 2005 me, but he'd think I was horribly boring, a nerd, slightly too conservative and kind of spooky because he is out of the closet. Also, he'd probably say that I dress like an old white man.

Lammastide said:

Hey Lammastide!

Of course he would...what's not to like??...lol


The 1985 Me would slap me upside the head and call me an idiot for getting married to the girl I/He was dating at the time...lol...but then I'd tell him that she and I are still great friends, and show him a picture of our daughter...and 1985 Me would smile, sigh, and nod his understanding. I think he'd like seeing the type of father he'll eventually become, and would approve.

I'd go on to tell him of all the people I've met, the connections I've made, and let him know how beautiful they've all been...I think he'd like that. I'd show him where I lived, what my/our life is like...finally having an existence as just being Byron. I think he'd feel relief to know that he will someday stop feeling so alone. He'd think it was cool that I was into photography so heavily still, and would freak out that we really did finally make it to Australia...lol...(he'll insist we find a way to make it back to 1980 and tell that version of me to hang tight, we'll get to Auss...don't worry).

I'd then tell my 1985 self to go spend as much time with our sister as possible, because she would only be here for a few years...and to keep and eye out on our dad in about 15 years and be prepared because his mind is going to start deteriorating out of the blue.
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at 2 yr.s old, I wouldn't even be able to comprehend anything about the 22 yr.old me

Yep, the 14 year old would like the 34 year old me. Hell, I feel like I'm still around that age most of the time.

Now let me go back to buying toys for myself and playing computer games.

psychodelicide said:

Wuzzup, homegirl!?!

Yes, I think I´d like myself.
No, really.


But another interesting question is : Would the 1985 Prince like the 2005 Prince?

What would he think about the ONA tour, the NPG, Tony M., his production methods, his use of instruments, his equipment, his hairdo ?
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KoolEaze said:

Hey! Hey! Hey! Don't jack my thread!!

The 1985 me would want to know where's the mercedes and the mansion.

I'm 24 years old now. I have many memories of me being a four-year old. Very often, I've chosen this age as one of the most interesting ages I ever had. The philosophical self began to grow right then. I remember me walking through the garden of my grandparents, studying the structure of the bark of the willow-tree, creating all kinds of liquids in an iron ton, imagining me being a witch able to understand and console people.

I don't have changed that much, my fears are still the same, my hopes, my way to express myself, my energy...

To me, life really feels like a continuous line. I've always been in this body, but I've grown, and also lost a few things on the way.

So yes, the four year-old in me loves the 24-year old. There's a great connection between the two girls.

MarieLouise said:

Whoa that'z freaky. That'z just like me. For some reason that age of four really standz out to me. I remember being two. I remember being three. But four was the age where I recall thinking on a deep level. I've told this story before, but when i was (well it was juuuust before i turned four- it would have been a few monthz short) I remember coming home from grocery shopping with my dad during the day, and i was in the lounge area and i just stood there, took in se scene of the brown curtainz, the big Phillips stereo system, the (gross) orange/yellow/brown plaid couch, and the off-white walls and thought to myself 'im going to snap shot this picture in my mind and i'm gonna remember it forever!' Which back then didn't seem unusual to me but when i look back on it, it'z a bit weird. But yet it'z not.

A question just posed to me by my wife: Would the 10-year-old you like the 30-year-old you? (Adjust the years if you're not old enough to accomodate a 20-year differential.)

My answer: I think 1985 me would generally like 2005 me, but he'd think I was horribly boring, a nerd, slightly too conservative and kind of spooky because he is out of the closet. Also, he'd probably say that I dress like an old white man.