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I’m writing a cheesy time travel short story where the protagonist meets themself at various ages, it’d mean the WORLD if y’all could help me by answering: What would your younger self think of you? What would they say, and how would you respond?
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Anonymous 1w

My younger self would be pretty impressed, I turned my dream into my career and overall have broken out of the cycles I was in. Idk what they’d say, but I’d tell them to keep focused on the passions that have led to where I’m at now

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Anonymous 1w

I’ll try saying what I remember what I heard from my older self when I was younger. Or is this not how this system works?

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Anonymous 1w

This is a juicy idea, best of luck on its development! To answer your question, my younger self would be appalled at the things I’ve been through, wary of me for what I’ve done, but also proud of me for surviving & thriving in my circumstances. I was an articulate kid & I can likely hold a conversation with my past self using my current vocabulary, the conversation would likely be side-by-side & during parallel play, not face to face.

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Anonymous 1w

They’d be disappointed. I used to be a high achiever because I placed a lot of value on superiority. When I got over that I stopped trying so hard

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Anonymous 1w

My younger self would probably be fascinated, and then cry themselves to sleep praying the rosary because I’m not Catholic any more and they would be terrified of ending up in hell because of it

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Anonymous 1w

Disappointment. I used to be so kind and empathetic and now I struggle with those things

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Anonymous 1w

I think my younger self would be proud but sad. I’ve done a lot that I can be proud of and fought to be where I am and be as happy as I have been, but she would be sad to know what it took to get here and I know she would’ve wished a different future for me. I really like this question! It’s something I think about a lot and my mindset for the past few years has been to do what I can to become someone little me would’ve been proud of and I think I’ve achieved that, for the most part.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

This is super helpful, tysm

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 1w

No that’s EXACTLY how it works

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 1w

Thank you!

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 1w

Understandable

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

Lmao this is great, ty

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