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Ive always seen so much stuff about how the 21st birthday is supposed to be awesome and memeroable if you can remember it,,,, mines been horrible. Said things i didnt mean to say and i hadnt even touched a drink,, just a bad day in general. how was your 21st?
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As you get older, you start sneaking a peak at the obits in the local paper. At least I do. After doing that for a few years, you come to realize that birthdays are always good news, NEVER bad. You'll see.
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bad days come and go....words and actions take longer to forget. i have said and done things that were regretted...only age and wisdom will help from falling into the trap.Originally Posted by curtis rosche
Ive always seen so much stuff about how the 21st birthday is supposed to be awesome and memeroable if you can remember it,,,, mines been horrible. Said things i didnt mean to say and i hadnt even touched a drink,, just a bad day in general. how was your 21st?
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If done right, beating yourself up over things helps avoid doing them in the future. There isn't a man alive that wouldn't change what happened on a particular day here and there. I know I've opened my big mouth many times and wished I could take it back later. You move forward a better man than the day before. A daily struggle.
You have a really good start Curtis.
Happy Birthday.
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That was 43 years ago. I don't remember that far back.how was your 21st?
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I remember my goal was to drink 21 screwdrivers. I passed out well before attaining that mark.
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I think I had two finals that day and two more the next.
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It was in 1973....my ex wife decided she'd rather "go find herself" than be a wife and a mother to 2 year old and a 6 month old.how was your 21st
I remember the evening pretty well. Her parents had invited all 4 of us over to celebrate my 21st birthday w/a steak dinner. The kids and I showed up, my ex called and said she couldn't make it for dinner. That was on a Saturday.
Didn't see or hear from her for the next three days.
Turned out well though. I got full custody of the kids and got remarried to my "amazon temptress" in 1981.
Just put the bad day behind you - stash the car keys and toss back a few.
Life really does get better - but - only if you let it.
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Do you know or think she ever regretted those actions? Often, as youth, we make rash decisions and live to repent in leisure.It was in 1973....my ex wife decided she'd rather "go find herself" than be a wife and a mother to 2 year old and a 6 month old.
I remember the evening pretty well. Her parents had invited all 4 of us over to celebrate my 21st birthday w/a steak dinner. The kids and I showed up, my ex called and said she couldn't make it for dinner. That was on a Saturday.
Didn't see or hear from her for the next three days.
Turned out well though. I got full custody of the kids and got remarried to my "amazon temptress" in 1981.
Just put the bad day behind you - stash the car keys and toss back a few.
Life really does get better - but - only if you let it.
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I had been drafted and was overseas.......
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Long live the second amendment!
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Long live the second amendment
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Chuck,Do you know or think she ever regretted those actions? Often, as youth, we make rash decisions and live to repent in leisure.
I don't believe she ever did regret anything.
Her loss though. She missed out on a lot, but, I don't think it really mattered to her.
BTW - thanks to both you and Von for your service.
& yes - 2nd all the way..
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Maybe you should had a drink , and you're on SMC at 1:44am on your 21st , c'mon . Happy Birthday anyway. Yes mine was fun 28 yrs ago.
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It was a very long time ago, but I believe I was in an airplane, over the North Pacific, staring at a radar scope. No day off (and my birthday is January 1), no drinks, just another day defending the US from manned aircraft attack from the Soviet Union!
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