Originally Posted By Lisann22 Yep, I found two books this one is 4000 questions for getting to know ANYONE and EVERYONE. LOL - it's broke up into 9 sections: 1. Childhood & School 2. Family & Friends 3. Fun & Sport 4. Habits 5. Love & Sex (ok, maybe we'll skip these) 6. Outlook 7. Politics 8. Spirituality 9. Work I'm going to do something a bit different with these I might group some questions together if they fit all in one day or just do one at a time. However, each day will be from a different section. Childhood & School - 1. Did you have a special place where you went to be alone as a child? 2. How did you rebel as a child? 3. What about being a child do you miss the most? ;>
Originally Posted By u k fan I'm finding these questions harder than the soul one. I don't really remember any places I went to be alone when I was younger. As one of 6 kids at home I was rarely alone. If I was out it was generally with other kids. If I really wanted to be alone I would just tend to go to my room or walk the streets. I was very unrebellious. If I was Luke Skywalker Star Wars would have been a very short movie. I did go off the rails a little as a teen, but to be perfectly honest it's not something I care to discuss here. Or anywhere else for that matter. I don't think I miss much about being a child. I'm not a very retrospective person. I tend to look forward not back. I have no regrets. I think I miss school holidays and being a kid at christmas. I have several old school friends I miss!!!
Originally Posted By Ursula 1. Did you have a special place where you went to be alone as a child? I climbed a tree. 2. How did you rebel as a child? I didn't have to. My sister was the rebel. No matter what I did, I couldn't out-do her antics. The only thing I remember doing was skipping school in High School. But even that didn't count because I had a high GPA and I skipped school with the clever kids. Half the teachers knew what we were doing and let us. I do remember being able to get away with murder because my parents were always fawning over my sister, though. I was almost invisible. 3. What about being a child do you miss the most? I miss being carefree and creative. We used to have clubs where we'd sell things (lemonade mostly) and then use the profits to eat ice cream at Foster's Freeze. I miss innocently making the neighbors invite us over to swim in their new pool. I think back now and realize how rude we were!
Originally Posted By u k fan <<<I didn't have to. My sister was the rebel. No matter what I did, I couldn't out-do her antics. The only thing I remember doing was skipping school in High School. But even that didn't count because I had a high GPA and I skipped school with the clever kids. Half the teachers knew what we were doing and let us. I do remember being able to get away with murder because my parents were always fawning over my sister, though. I was almost invisible.>>> A lot of that sounds very familiar!!!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan 1. Did you have a special place where you went to be alone as a child? There was a vacant lot next to the house we lived in. It was an area that could accommodate three tract homes, but for some reason, nothing was built there for several years. There were some big trees to climb, all sorts of room to ride bikes and even though it was usually populated with kids, from time to time you'd have it all to yourself. 2. How did you rebel as a child? I wasn't much of a rebel. I guess debating politics at the dinner table with my folks was a much of a rebel as I ever was. 3. What about being a child do you miss the most? The energy! I don't remember ever being tired. I was outside all day long in the summer, and on school days immediately after school. So I miss that, in addition to some of the people and family members that are gone now, of course.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling 1. Did you have a special place where you went to be alone as a child? Not that I remember. I didn't like to be alone, unlike now! 2. How did you rebel as a child? I "rebelled" by finishing high-school and going to college. That may sound weird but it's true. 3. What about being a child do you miss the most? I, almost instinctively, want to say that I miss not having responsibility/stress. But, even as a kid I felt responsibility/stress so I guess the answer for me is that I miss having kid-sized responsibility/stress!
Originally Posted By -em 1- Under the bed-That was my "spot" Weird I know... 2- Growing up a cancer kid makes it so but my rebel streak came from refusing to take my meds or refusing to let them take blood etc. From what I can gather I was quite an *&% when I was little... A few years ago at a 20th anniversary reunion one of my nurses commented that she was convinced the reason Im still alive today is I had so much vinegar in my blood.. 3- I dont think I miss much of anything-
Originally Posted By alexbook 1. Did you have a special place where you went to be alone as a child? Lots of different places. 2. How did you rebel as a child? Mostly by hiding in my room and refusing to participate in family activities. 3. What about being a child do you miss the most? Optimism.
Originally Posted By MissCandice 4000 questions? That should keep us busy. 1. Did you have a special place where you went to be alone as a child? I could always be found in a tree, reading or writing. 2. How did you rebel as a child? I had a strict mom that I was a little scared of so I was too afraid to rebel. 3. What about being a child do you miss the most? Nothing, I hated being a child. I was incredibly shy, fought with my sister all the time, we were super poor half the time, and I was depressed a lot. Now I am not shy, I talk to my sister every day in a friendly manner (mostly), and I am not usually depressed. I am still poor though, grrr!
Originally Posted By Lisann22 1. Did you have a special place where you went to be alone as a child? My bedroom was my sanctuary along with our backyard behind the shed. I set myself up a bed and I'd go there to read as it was shady. I hung my pictures and things against the shed wall. It was grassy and had the fence on the other side where I'd put my frozen glass of coke, etc. 2. How did you rebel as a child? I was a good kid growing up, the responsible one, took care of my sisters and cousins at a young age. I rebelled as a young adult BIG TIME. 3. What about being a child do you miss the most? A lot of my childhood felt really stressful at times due to family issues - not my immediate family, other relatives. I'd say being so athletic having the ability to play outside for hours and run forever and ever. Maybe like Kar2oonman - energy is a better word to describe it.
Originally Posted By DAR 1. Did you have a special place where you went to be alone as a child? Just my comfy bean bag chair in the corner of my bedroom 2. How did you rebel as a child? I was an angel. 3. What about being a child do you miss the most? Not having to worry about everyday things I do now. Bills, work, dating. I could just be a kid.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Childhood & School - 1. Did you have a special place where you went to be alone as a child? Whenever available I would be in a tree or a tree fort or on a roof or some other vantage point where I could see the world, but the world couldn't see me. Great place to cry, too. 2. How did you rebel as a child? I didn't. The only time I rebelled was when I met/dated/married my husband. 3. What about being a child do you miss the most? My dachshund that grew up with me. When my Dad was home and wasn't overseas fighting wars. Falling asleep knowing that Mom and/or Dad were still awake and I was safe. Feeling safe falling asleep in a car and driving through fog or rain with my parents. My Dad.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 1. Did you have a special place where you went to be alone as a child? Sitting on top of bales of hay in the barn (assuming that I could be considered "alone" with the steers or ponies). Walking the trails in our woods. Sitting/laying on my bed, reading. 2. How did you rebel as a child? I can't remember rebelling. 3. What about being a child do you miss the most? The absence of the omnipresent feeling that there's something else I should be doing.
Originally Posted By alphabetmom 1. Did you have a special place where you went to be alone as a child? I would go play in my room, later I would to my room to escape my step dad. Although there was absolutely nothing special about my room. 2. How did you rebel as a child? I really didn't rebel either. The only thing I can remember was once I didn't say thank you. I can't even remember exactly why, just that I asked for something and she said no but gave my sister what she wanted. Later my mom told me how very disappointed she was in me. So, my rebellion backfired on me. 3. What about being a child do you miss the most? What I miss most from my childhood is my grandma.
Originally Posted By crazycroc Did you have a special place where you went to be alone as a child? As a bedwetter, I would have to wake up early and run to the laundromat to wash my sheets and my blankets. If my mom found out that I had an "accident", she would hang the bedsheets out the window. Unfortunately, one day I didn't make it on time, and my mom hung my urine-stained sheets out the window, when I was walking home with a girl I liked. Umm...what was the question again? Oh yes, my time at the laundromat was a time for inner-peace and introspection, I learned a lot about myself, and about others. How did you rebel as a child? I was always a risk taker. When I accompanied some family friends on a trip to Hawaii, I made a bet that I could jump over the shark that they kept for some reason in an underwater cage in the middle of the bay. I had never been on water skis before, but I thought that I would lose my cool if I didn't go through with it. Well, I did it. And I was wearing my leather jacket when I did. So, I guess that made me pretty cool. Eventually, I settled down with a woman, her daughter, and became a teacher. This woman taught me what it meant to be a man, without having to do dangerous things. What about being a child do you miss the most? I miss being a small, African-American boy, being raised by a former football player pal of my dad, and his wife whom I called, "ma'am". We had such great times together...except when I burned down the house. But, that's another story.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle 1. Did you have a special place where you went to be alone as a child? Just my room really. Also, I would go swimming every afternoon for 6 months of the year and I really loved the peace. 2. How did you rebel as a child? I didn't really rebel either. I guess we don't have much of the rebellious spirit as a group! 3. What about being a child do you miss the most? Long school holidays, Christmases with all my cousins, and my Grandad, who died when I was 7.
Originally Posted By mickeymeg Did you have a special place where you went to be alone as a child? I would climb a tree in our back yard or climb up onto the roof of the house. The climbing is pretty calming and I like to be up high. I still really like to climb stuff. How did you rebel as a child? I am another one who was not much of a rebeller. I spent high school with my hair every colour of the rainbow, but that doesn't really count as my Mum was the one who dyed it for me. I skipped classes from time to time, but mostly with a silent ok from the teachers. I wore a lot of really loud hats. I did my own thing and never cared what anyone else thought. I guess I am just kind of boring in the rebellion area. What about being a child do you miss the most? I can't say there is a lot that comes to mind. In most ways I still am a kid, just in a bigger body with the ability to be responsible when needed. I kept all the good parts of being a kid and just incorporated them into an adult life. I still have a playroom in my house =) I would agree with what a few others have said and wish I still had the never ending energy that goes along with childhood.
Originally Posted By The IRONMAN 1. Did you have a special place where you went to be alone as a child? My grandad's pond that was in the middle of a field of cotton most of the time. 2. How did you rebel as a child? You name it, I probably did it. 3. What about being a child do you miss the most? The way a grilled hamburger tasted. Man was that good back then. Also just paying outside. Kids dont play outside anymore. Riding bikes and how could I forget, kissing Lisa Marie Lee when sh would come to our town for 2 weeks during the summer to stay with her grand parents. (Sorry Lisa if you happen to read this I know I said I'd never tell.)
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 1. Did you have a special place where you went to be alone as a child? When I was younger it was my playhouse in the backyard. My brother built it for me I didn't so much play in it as re arrange it. One week it was a store, one week a home etc. Later it was my bedroom with my blacklight and my posters. Nothing radical, I think they were a bunch of swirls that maybe meant something but I was too uncool to know. The radio would be tuned to the local station where kids would dedicate songs to their friends. It was romantic and sometimes funny I did a lot of room re arranging too. 2. How did you rebel as a child? As the very youngest, I was always the kid who was just there. I had a little suitcase under my bed with a can of fruit cocktail and a can opener, some other things that I can't remember but it was my "in case I feel like running away" suitcase. I don't think anyone ever knew. In high school I smoked a bit and drank some on the weekends but my parents never knew because I wasn't one of "those" kids Mostly it was quiet rebellion. Come to think of it my sister who was 4 years older than me was always caught at everything she did, so maybe I learned to be less obvious. My teen years were in the late 60's and early 70's and since I had an "older" boyfriend and was afraid of all the drugs that were VERY prevalent at our high school I lost a lot of friends and it made me kind of a loner in high school. 3. What about being a child do you miss the most? I miss having my mom make dinner I miss hanging out and playing with the neighbors until the street lights came on. I guess just the stress free feeling of not having anything on my shoulders.
