JuliePurplehead said:

This sounds a lot like me.

Shy, but mostly happy - and REALLY geeked out about Christmas!

applekisses said:

Me too

Extremely fashion conscious...

Mach said:

Awww...

So cute! No wonder you were a child model!

i was a loner.
the last out of 6 kids but no one to really connect to in my family.
i loved to love and was/still am hyper sensitive - and i got hurt, a lot.
i still do, my feelings are easily hurt.



didn't make friends too easily, and i was very, very shy.
my friends were my books, markers, crayons and cheap dollar store glue.
human friends only teased me and made me cry and sit away from them.
and yet i smiled, everyday (partially because at the time i was unable to close my mouth properly so it ended up looking like a grin regardless).










...i don't really think i would've changed anything.

Mach said:




was your mom or dad a photographer? I think that is a really cool picture

abigail05 said:

Yes
My dad was/is a pro photographer

TY

I was quite tomboyish, cos I had to play with my older brother which meant he would beat me up on a daily basis, at one point i got a bleeding nose everyday for like a week.. that was until he was sent off to baording school.

I was happy and would love riding my bike, playing by the river, building dens in the woods or in haystacks and making one for my sister and another for our dog, so we could play houses.. we would just jump into the river for a swim and come home soaking wet or really muddy. I would visit local farms, pick vegetables and fruit and trespass and get chased by old angry men. I would explore old quarries and collect *artefacts*

I liked to make things.. I was always drawing or busy creating something new, or little presents for my parents.

I would say I was more an outdoor girl than a play at home inside one..

Smart, introverted, scrawny, nervous...not your typical gregarious, rugged boy...

...and my oldest son is basically a clone of me.

PurpleJedi said:

why is that a bad thing? (i only guess 'bad' because the sighing emoticon frowns at me )

I was a a quiet observer. Very outdoors and crazy about ballgames.

I was sweet, but full of mischief.

sammij said:

Oh let me tell you...I was always an "old child". I was twelve but acted thirty. Everything was by the rules, rules, rules and more rules.

My parents adored me and my teachers raved about me...but I think that I missed out on alot. I don't think that I ever really had "FUN" as a kid. I mean, I played stickball and tag and all that stuff...but when the other kids would - say jump a fence and run through a neighbor's yard - I'd turn around and head home. RULES. I also didn't make many friends because I was so shy. I did have one or two good friends - but only because they approached ME. And girlfriends? NONE until I was in COLLEGE!!! In fact, I met my wife because SHE actually approached ME (we worked in the same department store...and the rest is history).

In the end I guess that I turned out fine...but when I see my son go down that same path...and I think of all the stress and angst that I went through...it horrifies me.

PurpleJedi said:

i was the same way.
i've never met anyone else like that.




i was the exact same way.... wow.

I had chapped lips and a terrible rash on my arms!

sammij said:

Yeah but you know what...(not to be sexist or anything)...but it's alot harder to be this way when you're a GUY. With a girl, it can be seen as charming...but with a guy, it can be seen as a weakness & un-masculine.
double-

PurpleJedi said:

i can understand that
i find guys who are like that to be endearing really...
i think it's because i'm sympathetic to the behaviour having experienced it first hand...

i get it from my mother. she's very set on rules.
but i guess i took it too far, to this day she tells me that i need to loosen up and relax.

i blame/thank her for it.

it's a bittersweet kind of thing..
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sammij said:

I'm much better now that I'm nearing 40. One of these days maybe I'll actually get DRUNK and even...dare I say it...get high?

PurpleJedi said:

beat u 2 it!

i've loosened up quite a bit, i want to live my life... i think rules are too constricting... limits are fine... but rules?...meh.

Only girl. I sang in my church's choir, I was a Girl Scouts, honor student, cheerleader. Nice. Happy.

PurpleJedi said:

My oldest daughter is like this. I think she has fun, but she worries a LOT and is terrified of doing the wrong thing. Total opposite of me!

idk what KIND of kid but I was always singing, always listening to music, always talking about music (or school)

So I guess the annoying kind OFFA

FunkMistress said:

Actually, for a good portion of my younger years, I was a good Catholic boy who truly believed that Jesus was watching your every move.
Talk about being NEUROTIC!

Cinnie said:

CUTEST.KID.EVAH.

very quiet (typically, anyway), introverted, imaginative, moody, artsy-craftsy, weird sense of humor, very independent - i could keep myself entertained and occupied all day...

i guess i haven't changed very much since i was a kid.

Cinnie said:

heeeeeyyyyy

JessieJ said:

thanks for the comment

errant said:

I was being "Rambo" I look like I'm modelling those snow pants though.