How often do you think,

[Autumnleaf]

"You can go home but you can't go back."

 

[Barnabas71]

I dono, I will have to think about that one...

 

[Autumnleaf]

I think about it every few days. Things change. I think part of life is upgrading to the changes and moving on. Some people never get beyond Def Leppard and Guns n Roses.

 

[Sushi614]

"You can go home but you can't go back."

I think of this everytime I go home to visit my family. I've changed so much since I moved away from them. I've realized that I don't really ever want to go back to my old life.

 

[ItalianAngel]

I think about it every time I think about my old neighborhood. I haven't been there in about 6 or 7 years. When I think about what it would be like to go back and visit, I'm also reminded of how much I have changed in certain ways during that time.

 

[JudyB1169]

I think about it every few days. Things change. I think part of life is upgrading to the changes and moving on. Some people never get beyond Def Leppard and Guns n Roses.

...or Duran Duran. Man, those were good times! I think about this every couple of years. I go through my "I miss the 80's" phase and I get down in the dumps. In many ways life was so much simpler for me and I felt I had better direction and purpose(or so I thought)But, it never lasts. I remember soon enough that I have Christ now and back then, I didn't have any thoughts about God or much else. Is that the sort of thing you were looking for, Autumnleaf?

 

[Barnabas71]

It would be impossible for me to go back to the ’family home’ as my parents are now divorced. I have in many ways happy memories from the eighties, but found the seventies an even happier time. The eights were I time of change in my life - as I was entering adulthood.

But would I wish to be a child again? I think not. I much prefer being an adult hands down. I am free to make my own decisions, and I am in charge of my own destiny - what job I want to pursue, where I live, etc. But, like most people, I do return to the happy memories from that period from time to time.

 

[cottonmather]

Would I like to go back to being a kid? You bet. But, I realize my own psychology has moved on and it wouldn't be the same. But, I heartily endorse recapturing the joys of one's childhood to help liven up the drab adult world.

 

[cookintheeastkymountains]

For me its has been biter sweet. My best friend had a baby in May it was hurting me that I wasn't there but now that I am I am looking for ways to leave again. It has been great to see them, but God's will is always best.

 

[Grumpy Hillbilly]

After living in a couple different states for a number of years I ended up moving back to my home town because of work. I'll have to saying that saying is so, you can't go back, nothing is now the same, even my old friends that I grew up with that didn't leave are strangers. Things change, that's all there is to it.

 

[country woman]

I am always thinking except when I am sleeping

 

[sampa]

yes, I came back to my hometown after 13yrs and I'm starting from scratch all over agian. I've got mixed feelings about some people from my past contacting me now. I became a Christian a year after leaving and I've become such a different person. My old best friend from highschool contacted me this year, haven't seen each other in 15yrs. She seems to be going the same path she was before, although I feel wierd about reconnecting with her there's a part of me I'm starting to see the more we talk and realize more of why I am the way I am today - even as a Christian. I would NEVER EVER want to go back to my pre18 years, it was a terrible terrible time and my first freedom was when I joined the Army - as wierd as it sounds.

 

[Zandy]

Often,especially during the holidays.

 

[ILuvBoxers]

Off and on and it doesn't bother me.