Missing weird things/odd nostalgia

[DZoolander]

Do you ever find yourself reminiscing and/or getting a little melancholy over bizarre things?

Like, for instance, I'm a little melancholy over the fact I will likely never have a zit again. Now, I was never really a zitty kid, but there was a phase when I was going through puberty when I got a few honkers. In a bizarre sense - I kinda enjoyed 'em...lol

But, that phase is long gone, and I know that I'll never experience that again. In a sense I kind of envy the fact that in 7-8 years, my son will go through a phase where he feels all hot and itchy, kinda greasy, and gets the occasional honking zit. Whereas for me it's just smooth sailing until the end.

lol

You ever have odd thoughts like that?

 

[FireDragon76]

Well, I could put you on the couch and say that has more to do with ambivalence about maturity.

I had cystic acne, and I had to continue treating it well into my 30's. I don't miss it for a minute.

 

[DZoolander]

Well, I could put you on the couch and say that has more to do with ambivalence about maturity.

I had cystic acne, and I had to continue treating it well into my 30's. I don't miss it for a minute.

Yeah, that's a different kind of scenario altogether!

 

[nonaeroterraqueous]

Nope. For some reason I have a sort of anti-nostalgia. I never long for anything from the past. I hope to never see my old friends. I have no desire to return to my youth. All of my hopes and dreams from times gone by are nothing but an embarrassment to me.

 

[mama2one]

Do you ever find yourself reminiscing

just tonight when picking a new avatar

looking back at pics when our child was younger playing in the snow, in leaves, with playdoh, acting silly, dancing, doing cartwheels, etc

 

[snoochface]

When I was a kid, I used to be outdoors all the time in the summer and fall. We had a nature center nearby with walking trails through the woods and down to a lake and I'd be in those woods all the time, or laying on the grass by the lake.

Now, I hate nature. I hate bugs. I hate being hot and sweaty and sticky, I hate mosquitoes and crickets and ants. I spend five minutes outdoors and I feel like my skin is crawling.

So I'm nostalgic for those days when I apparently didn't care about any of that, and being outdoors and in nature just meant freedom and beauty and glorious summer and autumn days.

 

[Deidre32]

I miss being fearless when I was a kid. I’m not fearless anymore but Jesus tells us not to be afraid so he must know that this is something that trips us up lol

 

[Dave-W]

Do you ever find yourself reminiscing and/or getting a little melancholy over bizarre things?

Yeah - sometimes.

Maybe it is a longing for the responsibility-free days of youth. The little things that happened that symbolize that in our minds.

 

[PeachieKeen]

I miss when my family was all close by and I could just knock on a few doors to find a friend to hang out with. I miss not having a million responsibilities and not always feeling like I'm drowning.

 

[2PhiloVoid]

Do you ever find yourself reminiscing and/or getting a little melancholy over bizarre things?

Like, for instance, I'm a little melancholy over the fact I will likely never have a zit again. Now, I was never really a zitty kid, but there was a phase when I was going through puberty when I got a few honkers. In a bizarre sense - I kinda enjoyed 'em...lol

But, that phase is long gone, and I know that I'll never experience that again. In a sense I kind of envy the fact that in 7-8 years, my son will go through a phase where he feels all hot and itchy, kinda greasy, and gets the occasional honking zit. Whereas for me it's just smooth sailing until the end.

lol

You ever have odd thoughts like that?

Yeah, I miss being a kid of age 6 to 10 when science fiction [Star Wars] and comic books [X-men] were ultra-fascinating and seemed more like "big people" ideas, and ******************************************. Actually, on second thought, now I'm just kinda like: Oh, I see now. ...so that's where it's all been going all along...!!!

Meh. How dross.

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[Odetta]

I miss swinging on my grandma's porch, and drinking coffee (with lots of milk and sugar) out of saucer, because it stayed too hot if left in the cup. I don't miss zits, because as a woman of a certain age, I still get one on occasion.

 

[2PhiloVoid]

Do you ever find yourself reminiscing and/or getting a little melancholy over bizarre things?

Like, for instance, I'm a little melancholy over the fact I will likely never have a zit again. Now, I was never really a zitty kid, but there was a phase when I was going through puberty when I got a few honkers. In a bizarre sense - I kinda enjoyed 'em...lol

But, that phase is long gone, and I know that I'll never experience that again. In a sense I kind of envy the fact that in 7-8 years, my son will go through a phase where he feels all hot and itchy, kinda greasy, and gets the occasional honking zit. Whereas for me it's just smooth sailing until the end.

lol

You ever have odd thoughts like that?

I wish zits were all that I had to worry about as a kid... But looking back, my feelings of it all seem reminiscent of those also evoked by that song by Styx, The Best of Times (for both the good and the bad times). Yeah, this song about sums up my childhood "nostalgia," and ironically, it does so as one of my favorite songs when I was a 12 year old:

...now this song counts as an expression of my life with my wife and kid.

 

[DZoolander]

I wish zits were all that I had to worry about as a kid... But looking back, my feelings of it all seem reminiscent of those also evoked by that song by Styx, The Best of Times (for both the good and the bad times). Yeah, this song about sums up my childhood "nostalgia," and ironically, it does so as one of my favorite songs when I was a 12 year old:

...now this song counts as an expression of my life with my wife and kid.

Great song! We must be around the same age - unless you had an older sibling whose album collection you raided...lol

A few weeks ago I was driving around and heard this song (from the same time era as the Styx song) which I hadn't heard in ages. Funny how a song can bring back so many memories and other visceral feelings from long ago.

 

[2PhiloVoid]

Great song! We must be around the same age - unless you had an older sibling whose album collection you raided...lol

Lol! No, I bought my original vinyl copy of Paradise Theatre at the record store the year it was released. In fact, it was the first LP I ever bought...................good times, my friend. Good times! And yes, I suppose we're about the same age.

A few weeks ago I was driving around and heard this song (from the same time as the Styx song) which I hadn't heard in ages. Funny how a song can bring back so many memories and other visceral feelings from long ago.

...Crimson and Clover, ay? Oh.............man! That came out when I hit puberty full swing. Yes, you're right about those memories and other visceral feelings that can get all tied into a song..............

 

[DZoolander]

lol - yep - puberty in full swing when that song came out here as well

 

[2PhiloVoid]

Lol! No, I bought my original vinyl copy of Paradise Theatre at the record store the year it was released. In fact, it was the first LP I ever bought...................good times, my friend. Good times! And yes, I suppose we're about the same age.



...Crimson and Clover, ay? Oh.............man! That came out when I hit puberty full swing. Yes, you're right about those memories and other visceral feelings that can get all tied into a song..............

Since we're tossing visceral remembrace at each other, and since you just had to play Joan Jett, then I'm going to play one that harkens back to Joan Jett's predecessor from the 1970s, Suzie Quatro---I love my pre-pubescent 70s childhood, man!

 

[DZoolander]

Nice!

How about this one??

 

[mama2one]

don't think I miss weird things so much

but did miss childhood friends after we moved away

 

[DZoolander]

lol although not quite along the same lines

 

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