Momma Told Me Not To Come

[Misty_Morning]

So...I was sitting here thinking...

Thinking about all the dumb things I have done in my life that I was warned about NOT to do.

At one stage I was young and stupid, though I wouldn't have admitted it then...

Later, I was proud and stupid, though I wouldn't have admitted then...

Now....I am just stupid. I have no excuse, although I try to find one.



So, this got me thinking about all the misakes I have made in my life. But I take them with a grain of salt cuz I was living and learning.

Some of my mistakes have been quite fun, while others have been life shattering.


So, I was wondering......


What lessons have you learned the hard way? Those that folks warned you about, but you ignored?

Be honest...it's just us...

 

[Misty_Morning]

"Want some whiskey in your water
Sugar in your tea
What's all these crazy questions they askin' me
This is the craziest party there could ever be
Don't turn on the lights, 'cause I don't want to see"




Been there....done that....

 

[rgraham666]

My hardest lesson is that most people are hypocrites. They'll talk until they're blue in the face about things and how they should be done. Then they do the exact opposite.

Don't get too upset about it any more. It's just people being people.

But I stay away from most of my species because of it.

 

[Misty_Morning]

My hardest lesson is that most people are hypocrites. They'll talk until they're blue in the face about things and how they should be done. Then they do the exact opposite.

Don't get too upset about it any more. It's just people being people.

But I stay away from most of my species because of it.

I learned that lesson the hard way....unfortunately...I am still in the learning process.


But ya know what?



Not everyone is that way. And one honest person makes up for a shitload of dishonest.......





BTW...*hugs* to the gentle giant

 

[starrkers]

That the biggest talkers are the smallest actors.
Still need that one beat into me now and then.

Getting into the mess can be a lot of fun; getting out of it again is a long hard slow slog.

Don't lend money to friends. It's a good way to lose both.

 

[Nirvanadragones]

Trust. Or rather, not to. I used to naturally trust most people, until they proved me wrong. I'm not like that anymore. I'm much more cautious and careful.

Investing in relationships/ friendships. I've learnt that I do not have an endless amount of "me". Even though I would love to be able to give of myself unconditionally, spreading myself thin is not the answer, regardless of the question.

Interesting thread, Misty. I was having a conversation with someone about Lessons in Life earlier.

 

[human_male]

Nothing like that for me. I did what I was supposed to do and still somehow fucked it all up miserably.

 

[oggbashan]

Thinks...

I was told:

1. Motorcycles are dangerous and racing them across country is suicidal.

2. Rock climbing without a rope is dangerous and potentially fatal.

3. That horse is mean and hates people.

4. Trying to beat the Royal Marines on their own assault course is the way to get injured.

5. Climbing cliffs with a 200lb woman on your back, when intoxicated, is not sensible.

6. Surfing 30 foot storm waves when less than competent is not good.

7. Playing rugby with Australians is hard.

8. Setting a speed record, that stood for 10 years, for traversing cliffs around an island, without a safety rope or any artificial aids is dangerous. The record stood for so long because only a few idiots would attempt it.

I was injured doing items 1,2,3,4, 6 and 7 but NOT 5 or 8.

The radiologist's report forty years later "Your spine shows signs of massive repeated trauma." I wonder why?

Og

 

[Oblimo]

"No one tells me when to come!"
--Buttercup, The Powerpuff Girls

 

[SeaCat]

Mistakes? I don't now if I would call them mistakes. I have done dumb things, many many of them but mistakes?

Married at 18. I loved her and still do even though our marriage lasted less than a year. Her family still laught at the pictures of us together and still invite us to visit them on a monthly basis. (They laugh because she was six feet tall and I'm 5'6")

Raced 750 cc bikes at 18.

Climbed mountains, Ice and Rock. Sometimes with sometimes without safeties.

Trapped Muskrat in swamps. (Fell through the ice a time or three.)

Worked on a trawler in New England.

Was a volunteer Firefighter.

SCUBA Dove in a wetsuit in waters below 50 degrees. (The lowest was 38 degrees.)

Body Surfed in 15 foot waves.

Hunted wild Boar with a lance.

Snow Camped.

Walked from one end of Italy to the other.

Eaten Pakistany Curry

Lived with a Romany Family for a month.

Did a Shark Dive.

Chased wild pigs on a Mountain Bike.

Taken my wife to a nude beach.

Taken my wife to a nudist resort for a week.

Ridden half wild horses.

Raised a Bobcat as a pet.

Drank cheap Tequila.

Lived in a tent for two months.

Moved to Florida with absolutely no prospects down here.

Taken out a Fire Ant Nest with Gunpowder.

Burned out a stump with an Oxy-Acetaline Set up.

Need I go on?

I like to play.

Cat

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I don't think I have learned any important lessens. I feel like a child among adults still.

 

[Misty_Morning]

Open up the window
Let some air into this room
I think I'm almost chokin'
From the smell of stale perfume

And that cigarette you're smoking
'Bout scared me half to death
Open up the window, sucker
Let me catch my breath






yeah, we have all been there......



so tell us......

what did you do that mamma told you not to do....

 

[TE999]

Hmmmm...where to start...?

Drink

Drink and drive

Skip school

Date girls younger and older than me

Have sex with same

Run with the 'wrong crowd'

Hang around the local drive-in restaurant

Get into fights

Smoke

Ride motorcycles

Goof off in school

Join the Air Force

That's it for now. I'm sure to think of more.

ps: It was a way to have fun.

 

[Chantilyvamp]

so tell us......

what did you do that mamma told you not to do....

She was so busy yelling at the other sibling I think she forgot to tell me not to do anything... Well maybe a few but she tod the others not to do lots of things that I naturally did without her knowing.

Though she did tell me I wasnt going to live in italy for the summer and I sure enough did. (she had signed the permission slip afterall)

I went mudding with my friend up mountains you should not go up.

I rode the wild horses.

I drank way to much.

I left home and found my way.

I went to see him against all odds.

I married him without permission or her having met him!

But I guess the biggest thing was ...I became myself without her advice or any input. I followed my heart and my needs.

 

[human_male]

I don't think I have learned any important lessens. I feel like a child among adults still.

Me too.

 

[starrkers]

Most of the stuff I've done, mother never told me not to do because it never occurred to her that I would even consider doing it!
Though I DO remember her safe sex talk: "If you do decide to, you will do something about it first, won't you?"

 

[BradBigBrain]

Here's the most important lesson I've learned and it's a lesson I stick by every day:

Hot pan, cold oil.

 

[sutherngent985]

After learning a lesson the hard way about telling Mom about something BEFORE I do it, I wait till later, then I might bring it up.

When I was about 20, a friend offered to sell me his motorcycle. My wife at the time said 'You have to tell your Mom cause Im not calling her from the emergency room'. I did, and needless to say she had a fit about.

When I began skydiving some years later, I didnt tell her I broke my ankle landing until probably 5 years later...better move.

 

[Missdemeanour]

So...I was sitting here thinking...

Thinking about all the dumb things I have done in my life that I was warned about NOT to do.

At one stage I was young and stupid, though I wouldn't have admitted it then...

Later, I was proud and stupid, though I wouldn't have admitted then...

Now....I am just stupid. I have no excuse, although I try to find one.

But now you can ADMIT to being stupid!

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

THE HARDEST LESSON?

For me it was learning that if it's important enough, do it yourself. Dont wait for help. One person can change the lives of millions.

AND

Ninety-nine percent of the boogie-men I fret about never bother me; it's always the things and people I least expected to be a problem.

 

[Stella_Omega]

"Hanging around with that girl can ruin your reputation!"

My mother never said that, my agent did. Sure enough, she went and made sure of it...

 

[Vermilion]

My mama always *always* told me not to trust people so implicily and not to continuously throw myself into things feet first... I think I'm still learning <sigh> I know I shouldn;t do it, but don;t - realise til I get hurt - that I have been...