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You're at a similar age to me, so you're well aware of this. But I work with a lot of young lads (born after 2000) and they can NOT wrap their heads around it when I tell them that the internet used to be this uncool, obscure thing that only geeks got involved with. Amazing really, when you consider that there's only a decade between me and these guys, yet the differences in our respective adolescent days are a century apart.

My mother used to give me a pocketful of coins before I went out with my mates so that I could call her from a phonebox if I had a problem or needed picking up, my colleagues find this impossible to believe.

I have actually found chatroom threads from the late 80s early 90s - and I must say, it makes for fascinating reading. The posts read much more like today's and not like the early 00s slang that came l'8r m8. Btw, wuu2? Plz tb.
Video games were like that too. It’s much more even amongst the sexes now. When I was growing up, it was almost exclusively a boy thing - & a nerdy boy thing at that. Now most people past a certain generation play at least once in a while.

I’ve really noticed lately fathers our age who grew up on video games got their daughters into video games.
 
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Video games were like that too. It’s much more even amongst the sexes now. When I was growing up, it was almost exclusively a boy thing - & a nerdy boy thing at that. Now most people past a certain generation play at least once in a while.
Not just video games, but nerdy/geeky pursuits in general. These days there plenty of women, but back in the day it was pretty much a boys' club. I've found it very rare to come across a woman my age who's into them.
 
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And what in life would cause you to be happy?

At this point, I honestly do not even know; maybe writing poetry and music is about it.
 
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At this point, I honestly do not even know; maybe writing poetry and music is about it.
And what in life would cause you to be happy?

I read that wrong last night. Sorry about that! What would cause me to be happy would probably be a family of my own and my book getting published so that I can inspire other survivors like myself.
 
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I am doing things out of my comfort zone to see if I can handle them mentally and emotionally, and right now I am really not sure.
 
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I am doing things out of my comfort zone to see if I can handle them mentally and emotionally, and right now I am really not sure.
Good for you taking the risk even if you end up backing out. God will see you thru either way. It's a learning how to trust God experience.
 
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@RileyG

I hope you feel better. Have a cup of tea and add a cough drop and sip on it. If you don't have the latter lemon or ginger will suffice. Chicken soup is good as well. The broth will soothe you.
 
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@RileyG

I hope you feel better. Have a cup of tea and add a cough drop and sip on it. If you don't have the latter lemon or ginger will suffice. Chicken soup is good as well. The broth will soothe you.
Thank you
 
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Good for you taking the risk even if you end up backing out. God will see you thru either way. It's a learning how to trust God experience.

Thank you so much!
 

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Hey everyone! I hope you're all doing great. Life has been really busy for me! In July I got my Graduate of Theology degree from Liberty and decided to go back this fall for my Bachelor's in Religion with a minor in Christian Counseling, have been serving as a pastoral intern at my church (and soon to be an associate pastor), and got a job as a freelance reporter at a local paper!
 
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Hey everyone! I hope you're all doing great. Life has been really busy for me! In July I got my Graduate of Theology degree from Liberty and decided to go back this fall for my Bachelor's in Religion with a minor in Christian Counseling, have been serving as a pastoral intern at my church (and soon to be an associate pastor), and got a job as a freelance reporter at a local paper!
Congratulations!

God bless
 
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