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Help me. im so confused..any help is much appreciated
im 17 but...

im growing up way to fast. im not sure if i want to grow up and be on my own and everything, or if i want to blow it all off just for a few more years...

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You have no choice, you can't stop time. Better to deal with things head on. Sometimes when you wait, it's too late.

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Hey K!
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I hope you're kidding, I don't want to do all that growing up again!
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You might be right...but I personally wouldn't change anything. Everything I've done has made me who I am today. And I actually like who I am! I might not be where I am if even just one thing changed. You know, like the movie Back to the Future!
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regaurdless you will grow and you have to face life you still have time to decide what you want to do so don't worry about the future and live for today.

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i tried to blow it off for a year. i graduated and took a year off of school. i am half way through that year and i wish i would have went to college. when you are in the 12th grade you gain all these resposabilites. they say its the easiest year but its really the hardest. it discouraged me. so thats why i didnt want to "grwo up" im living on my own not in school and paying my own bills because of the one decision not to go to school or not to "grow up" and move forward. i thought it was going to be easy to just chill at home and go to work some days. but that decision cause me to end up on my own and i had to grow up alot faster than if i would have just went to school and took the next step that most people take. so i say, whatever growing up is to you, just go ahead and do it. cause it will catch up with you either way and bit u in the tail. just have fun while your doing it and it wont be that big of a deal. it is a part of life after all
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well its never to late to go into collage. get a roommate that way you guys can both pay for the place and you can have time for school.
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Take your time. Education should be on the forefront. Find something you enjoying doing and make money. Living on your own is a huge step. Everything costs money, even water. Enjoy the time you have, plenty of time to grow up.

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im trying, but im being rushed by my family to grow up and get out.i have a time limit of 2 months
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Hey bubbs! Great advice, as always;)
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Hi C! : )
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Hi girl, I see now. That's really hard..I have a friend that was in the same situation when she was your age, she had a big family and I think the cost of everyone staying home was overwhelming for the parents, plus it's harder having adult ( kids) in the house. Do whatever you can to help, bring in some income,offer to help with bills etc. Do you have a cousin of friend you could room with?
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The question was confusing, it seemed like you had the option of waiting for a few years.
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If she's right it's a tough call, Bubbles. Nice answer to the question as asked.
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take it for what it is! i know that may sound harsh, but we should learn from our experiences no matter what they are. Im 18 and ive been through quite a bit, but that makes me the person I am, and i wouldn't change that for anything.
Keep On Keepin' On

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Life doesn't wait for anyone. It challenges us when we least expect it. The only thing you can do is LIVE IT. Live it the best way you can. You will never be remembered by what you think of yourself. You are known by what you do in life. How you changed other people's life. Help or Hate them. Be Good or Bad. You thread your own path that is uniquely you and make the best out of it.

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you are so smart!!!!
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cant even get a thank you or nuthing
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thank you
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your welcome meanie:)
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u make me cry alot.....
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im really having a bad day...thinking of just closing this account.
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why yuh having a bad day?
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wow, if i wouldnt have told you about Zach we still would be tlking... i ruin everyones day
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if you really liked me you wouldn't let what i told you get in the way of that.... so many boys have left me or even stopped talking 2 me cuz i tld them about Zach, i have been hurt so much just becuz i tell people i am a mother...... i even had to say i regret having my son which i dont but you need to understand how i really feel its not a easy life with a 2 month old son
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let's talk tomorrow okay?
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you have all this time telling me all this and you can't craete a mail so we can talk more?
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if im still @live..
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i am at nursing school and certain things are blocked, i will try my hardest to create on this weekend even if it means ignoring my son...
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DON'T talk like that...you need to sleep this thru.
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sleep what thru?
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im tired of having to cry everytime i tell someone i am a mother i should be proud...
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im not mad AT you....just need to know you are real...before anything else...its not about you
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not proud that i had a child at 15 but proud that he is mine and he is alive because i was closed to losing him and my parents were closed to losing me during his birth...
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i never said anything bad about you having a kid...
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i never said you did and you need to kno i am real doesnt me telling you prove that to you
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this is me and i have no reason to lie to you now trust me or dont trust me i dont care about myself anymore... matter of fact i never really did after what happened between me and Zachs dad
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We're on the internet, can you blame me if i doubt you a little?you are being all serious all of a sudden when i just want something that is really simple.
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okay, well it is me and i kno its hard to trust over th internet and im sorri but i just want you to kno you can trust me.
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Enjoy being seventeen. Be a teenager now. Focus on school and boys/girls. Let's put it this way, a lot of us wish we were seventeen again. Hope this helped.

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Hi C! I thought the same. After reading comments it looks like it's not really a choice for her.,She only has a few months, can't blow it off for a few years.
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you can be older and still be kid - my aunt is 27 and she still acts like shes a kid

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lol my mom is the same way -_-
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I'd Give anything to be 17 again. but you just have to keep in going.

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Here's a secret, even adults don't always feel like adults. I'm 44 and sometimes I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. I think you are normal.

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Wise words!

I'm approaching 75 and, even at my age, there are lots of those emotions. The difference between 17 and 75, of course, is that I've had time to get used to the idea that there's still a little kid inside me who wants to come out and play -- and I know when to let him out.

Usually.
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I know that feeling well Dozy. That's a beautiful thing me thinks.
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Actually, counting her birthdays, she's only 11.
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At 44 I'm now worth exactly two 22 yr olds;)
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Wish I looked like her..sort of a model for me.
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Well, look at dumb me. Bobby talked to me about his Utube stuff & I watched just a little..my bad. I figured it was just scenery. I am so ignorant...
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