Where did the time go?

[nbiol]

It seems like just yesterday I watched as she walked across the stage to get her high school diploma. She is two years older than me and at that time, I wanted to graduate so badly. I didnt know what I was talking about.

Honestly though... How in the world did time go so quickly? I was looking on Facebook and saw she had engagement pictures up. Wait. Hold your horses. ENGAGED? YOU JUST GRADU---- oh wait...you're in your third year of college. Woah nelly... where did time go?

I guess reality is finally starting to sink in that all of us are growing up. I guess I still feel young becuase I'm a teenager and will be for another 2 years. well... year and 5 monthsish But no seriously. All my friends who were older than me... which was most of my friends in high school ... are all getting engaged/married/have gotten married. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Reality is biting me in the butt.. and yet my stubborn denial side is saying "but I'm still a little kid!!! I'm still a little kid!!!"

Anybody else feel/felt this way? Its kinda weird to be honest...

 

[kittysbecute]

Yeah, it's weird. Lots of kids from my graduating class are already married or engaged. But I don't think it's the majority yet.

 

[PrettyLittlePrincess]

I know a few people from my graduating class who are married now. My childhood best friend is married with a baby now.

I felt the "I'm a little kid!" feeling sometimes my first year out of high school. It made me feel bad about myself-like I was immature because I was living in a dorm instead of an apartment, didn't know what I wanted to do with my life, wasn't engaged, etc. On the other hand, knowing that people my age were doing these things made me feel a little awkward about my life.


But this summer it hit me that I'm always going to be myself, no matter what happens in my life. I don't think there's a single point when we're "grown up." I think things just change as we go through life and we learn different things with every new turn in the road. If that makes sense and isn't too cliche.

 

[littlecoda]

I have alot of single friends still.

 

[WhiteMageGirl]

I know how you feel time flies so fast, even faster when you graduate years early. I felt so wierd, not being able to drive, not being able to get a job, being too young to vote or have consensual sex. I was still basically a kid when I entered the world of half grown adults. Now that I'm a half grown adult I wonder where the person I'm supposed to marry is hiding or if I will ever marry.

 

[K9_Trainer]

I agree. Being 18 is really weird. I still feel like a kid and feel so young and like nothings changed since I was 15, but I'm a legal adult, I can vote, I can get married and do what I want. It's really strange. I just graduated this last may too and as glad as I was to finally get out of highschool, now I kind of miss it

Luckily most of my friends are younger (and still in HS ) so I haven't gotten completely smacked in the face by reality.

Now I just have to think about how in 4 years, same amount of time it took me to get through highschool that went so fast, I will have graduated from college....What will I do? Where am I going to live? What kind of job will I have? Am I going to have a boyfriend or even a husband at that point?

 

[WhiteFaith]

I feel old when I look at how fast the years go and my age.
But inside I still feel like a 16 yr old!
Now life gets serious, from here on!