I used to think... - Page 3

kitten03 · #1 05-23-2002, 09:29 AM

I used to think....

that If I ate a watermelon seed, a watermelon tree would grow inside my stomach.

that I was too skinny

that I was the ugly duckling

that It was what you did not who you know (I've learned that lesson)

that my dad was insane...now he's just a lil crazy

that I really wanted a name like Shaniquataqua

that Ebonics was really a language

lovele1978 · #2 05-24-2002, 10:14 AM

I used to think....

Things would get easier after college

That CD's were overpriced and overrated, and I would stay loyal to cassettes

That my son's father would always be in his life

That I would never have to worry about my weight

My family was the only one with so much DRAMA!!

FeeFee · #3 05-24-2002, 04:36 PM

I used to think....

I would always be a size 8 (my hips played a nasty trick on me!!)
I would be finished with my education by now
I would have celebrated at least two wedding anniversaries by now
My nose was too big for my face
I would look funny with shorter than shoulder-length hair
That my people in the old neighborhood would wake up and get out of the mess they are in.

candygirl · #4 05-24-2002, 05:20 PM

I used to think..

I'd graduate in 4 years (damn finite mathematics)

That I couldn't have any male friends that didn't want to be with me.

That I was shy. I don't know what happened. Sometimes I'll still say that I'm shy and my friends are like yeah right; whatever!

That I would never want to leave my mother's side. Now it takes a whole lot for me to go home and visit.

That I would never want to go to church when I got older. Now I love to hear the word.

That a Bachelors degree was enough. Not in my major, I'll be attending Grad School right after a complete undergrad.

XYZ sorority would return to my campus before I graduate. One more year to go and I don't think its going to happen.

I needed braces to close my gap. (Now I get compliments all the time about how pretty my smile is.)

prayerfull · #5 05-24-2002, 05:32 PM

I used to think that....

Money grew on trees.

Mommy and daddy would always shove a little extra cash my way whenever I needed it.

Husbands automatically put in their share of housework (without ever having to be asked).

My children would always behave in public.

treblk · #6 05-25-2002, 10:10 AM

- I use to think that my hair would never be long enough...now I done cut it for the ump-teenth-time

-I would NEVER leave Cali.....loving DC Metro Area
-I would be the top admin of someone's hospital..now I'm working in the education/health field for a non-profit
-my mom and I will never be close....can't go a day with out checking in on her
-my baby brother will always be a baby...he bout to be a grown azz 19 year old
-I would be married, own our own home...still hoping

Ideal08 · #7 12-02-2002, 01:10 AM

I liked this one, too!

I used to think that . . .

I couldn't live without him.
I would never get over that lost love.
it would always hurt to see him.
the pain would last always.
the tears would never cease.
I knew what was best for me.
I wouldn't be able to move on.
I wasn't that strong.
I would never be able to shed the weight.
I just wasn't that disciplined.

(Isn't good (for once) to realize when you're wrong?!)

Afrochic · #8 12-02-2002, 02:04 AM

I used to think:

I would always keep the same group of friends
If I was nice to people they would be nice in return
My mom was hard on me and she preached too much
I wouldn't make a friend on the internet because that was for weirdo losers
I would never understand the lessons momma tried to teach me
Santa Claus was real
It was the toys and gifts that made Christmas special
Church was a place to dress up and be bored for a few hours while grown people hollered
The tooth fairy was cheap because I got a dime per tooth and my friends got quarters and sometimes dollars
Money grew on trees
If you didn't pay your bills it would go away
My parents knew everything
It's not who you know it's what you know
I could eat anything I wanted without working out
That I could overlook major flaws and continue to focus on what was the bomb in our relationship
That since I was catered to, the world would cater to me
Once I got a bachelors degree everything would be smooth sailing
That since I thought I was fine, everyone should feel that way lol

By age 27 I would be in a serious relationship leading to marriage or married to the man of my dreams
30 was old
That after our relationship was over I couldn't take seeing him again
My soulmate would come in a specified package set by me (college educated, 6'0" minimum, over 200 lbs, black, nice haircut, pretty teeth, career, family oriented etc.)...but wait, that's what I want though

nikki1920 · #9 12-02-2002, 03:04 AM

I thought. . . .
I'd be out of my parent's house when I graduated from college.
I'd be married before I had a child.
I'd still have the same friends from High School.
Life got easier as you got older.
If I told him how I felt, he'd confess his undying love for me too

People would be happy for me when I *finally* became a Zeta. (naieve, I know, I know)
People on chat rooms/boards are all nice.
People on chat rooms/boards all have other motives.
I was the only Black girl who did NOT want a thug.
I'd develop some fashion sense when I turned 20. (Can some one help?)

What I've learned:
I'm smart enough, I'm good enough, and gosh darn it, people like me.

1savvydiva · #10 12-02-2002, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Miss. Mocha
[B]- that I couldn't wait to be "grown"

- that when my mother said that she didn't have any money, she really did, and was just holding out

THIS IS SOO TRUE!!!

-that when my mom said I couldn't wear colored lip gloss until I was 16, that that was SOOOO far away
-that I would have graduated from college by now with a degree in Psychology (now I am STILL in college, and just started nursing school last year!)
-that when you told someone you loved them, it was forever
-that my grandparents would be healthy forever
-that old people were boring and smelly...now I realize that they are the best educational resource that we young people have...

-that my great-grandmother's cat Mitzi would live forever...she was two years older than me and JUST died last year!

-that I would be at my ideal weight when I graduated from high school...no, when I went to college...no, when I turned 21...no, when sister graduated from high school...no, by Bike Week 2001...no, by Bike Week 2002....no, by Ochos Rios 2003!!!

-that I could handle my problems, and I didn't need anyone in my life
-that I couldn't depend on anyone but myself
-young people didn't die
-beautiful people didn't die
-loved ones didn't lie
-I would be in a serious relationship right now...and I mean serious for BOTH PARTIES!!!
-I would never be able to afford living on my own

-women who had babies out of wedlock were "fast"...now I realize that most of us who don't have children, are doing the SAME things....we just don't have "PROOF"

-your mom was supposed to be on your side no matter what

-getting $10 dollars for a birthday meant I was RICH!!!!

-that the little brushes actually came out of the bottle to clean your tub when you sprayed "Scrub n Bubbles"

-that 'dirty rice' was actually dirty

9dstpm · #11 12-02-2002, 07:37 PM

That me and my first love would get married in the biggest wedding that my little hometown had ever seen!!

That I would not have a baby until I got married or if I had one before then, my first love would be the father and the first statement would happen post haste.

That when I did have a baby at 19, no one would want to marry me and accept my son

That when I got married, everything would be all right (this applies to my first marriage)

When I graduated from college, I would leave my thankless secretary job at the hospital and get into a wonderful social work job

That if undergraduate school was easy, grad school would not be that hard (grad school is kicking my azz right now!!)

Credit cards were free money

I would get a great job after graduation and pay off my loans within 10 years or less

That I would be the most successful person at my 10 yr class reunion next year and that every guy who dissed me and every girl who snubbed me would be so embarrassed that they did when they saw me with my fine looking NEW husband and heard about my money-earnin' Mt. Vernon job!!! (Actually, I STILL could be that person considering that the majority of my classmates didn't go to college and now have 4+ kids and either never married or are now divorced and still live in the same little town!)

That I would never leave Greenville,MS or move out of my parents' house or be any other religion than my parents'.