This is such a heartwarming post with heartwarming answers!! Awww y'all I'm so proud of all of you. Our little selves would be so happy!
Mine's pretty simple - I grew up in a more rural area and always, always dreamed of living in a big city. Visited New York and fell in love. And I did it in my twenties, the real deal living in a bustling metropolis where I could walk to anything I needed! I felt so grown up haha
I am new to this place but I'm loving how positive and encouraging this community is. Oh! And congrats on the city dwelling years, I hope it was what you wsnted it to be
When I was five, a friend would lend me her dresses to wear at school. I kept it going for almost the whole year, but the bullying was so bad that I had to give that up. So my five-year-old self would be happy I ended up transitioning even though there were setbacks.
Happier accomplishment: I was always an independent person, and my parents told me when I was five, "When you're 18 and out of the house, you're the boss." And I was able to move into an apartment and find a job at 18 while going to college.
Learned to fly a plane.
Haven't done shit with that skill, but 5-year-old-me was one of those kids that excitedly pointed out an airplane every time I saw one.
I think young-me would be blown away by my crafting skills, too. Goes to show what a lifetime of practice can do.
Oh, and solving a Rubik's cube. That seemed like sorcery to me as a kid.
That's not even getting into the fact that using my imagination (to embed teaching skills into play time) is part of my job. If there's anything I'm proud of, it's becoming the adult/teacher that I wished I had when I was a kid. I don't think my 5-year-old self would've appreciated what that means, but she would've been happy to know that being adult doesn't mean letting go of being playful.
I am now the proud owner of my very own art studio♥️ Little me would be so proud!
I’m proud of you, too! Super impressive
Tysm! It was a big change for me to accept that good things could also happen to me.
I repaired (read: performed maintenance on) my fridge. It was making noise for months and getting gradually louder and louder, but my landlord wouldn’t fix it. I looked up the inner workings of my fridge and took it apart, tightened everything up, and put it back together. It was quiet and cooled better afterwards.
I’ve done more objectively impressive things, but that would definitely impress five year old me most.
I have a horse and two donkeys, and they consider me a friend. I moved out of the city to a nice and quiet spot. I use all kinds of dangerous tools and equipment. I'm not scared of everything anymore.
Big win! Horses and donkeys are sooo smart
I think my twelve year old self had no idea that I could transition. I did not have any trans role models. I saw lesbian representation in media and it felt like a goal that I was 'not allowed' to achieve. I wanted to love women the way that women love women.
I think that my twelve year old self would have been really impressed to see that I am loved. <3
If the modern representation of trans individuals were around when I was little, I probably would've wanted to transition. I grew up with boys, got along better playing with boys, and as a result always felt a little weird that I wasn't one of them.
It was fine until puberty, when suddenly all the boys forgot that "friendship" exists and started seeing me as someone to date. It was as if the concept of platonic friendship was no longer an option. Quite a few years went by where I didn't do anything different, but suddenly I was called "a tease" and told I was "leading them on." Meanwhile, I still saw them the same as I always did. If I had been male, things could've continued the way they always had. The way people treat you differently once you start to grow boobs is bullshit.*
As an adult, I don't care either way about gender (I consider myself agendered.) It's still a shame that so many guys can't tolerate platonic friendship with a woman.
*Except for my AMAB sisters. I imagine that experience was/is/will be freeing. It probably helps that you don't have to experience it at the same time that all the boys around you are experiencing their own sexual awakening, making many of them see you (their one and only female friend) as their default love interest when you have yet to develop any such desires yourself. It's not as fun as it sounds, y'all dodged a (barrage of) bullet(s).
I don't really feel like I dodged bullets, but it does sound like we both had separate struggles during that time. I'm sorry you had to deal with that when you just wanted to stay friends with your guy friends. It's worst when guys use terms like "friendzoning" and ascribe blame for not having feelings back.
I'm bilingual!
Great! I speak the oldest Indo-European still spoken language + another 2 well and another 2 a bit 😅🤣
Omg congratulations I'm lesbian
Can you teach me that, PLEASE!
Working outdoors during floods, tornados, and hurricanes.
The adrenaline rush I felt while getting out of a museum during an earthquake almost put me out lol I can't fathom to be willing to work outside during natural events.Mad props to you!
i got to program rockets. im transitioning. i rode in a helicopter. i had a girlfriend. i moved far away from my parents and didnt have to go back. i became kind of ok at math. i adopted cats. i was a wildland firefighter for a summer.
I visited Russia with my high school band 2 years before the wall came down, and went to pushkin square to get a cool authentic Russian music on vinyl and inadvertantly bought a Jethro Tull album because i don't speak Russian. I mean, it was a cool looking guy with a flute on the cover! I had only heard their hits on the radio at that time and hadnt ever seen their album covers 😂
I have it on good authority that was a load bearing album and that is why the wall fell 2 years later. Lack of Tull.
Thank you for your service, you, Tull and the Psilocybe (a similar theory states the wall went down after little semilanceata crossed the border). Now let's do the same with all those empires losing their marbles these days.
Your vinyl story is hilarious, I love it!
I lived in China for 25 years.
I "work in computers" and I transitioned - my 5yo self would be in awe
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