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06-15-2009, 10:17 AM
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I don't know if I would call this my "bucket list" but it was/is important for me to learn to live on my own, and do some things for myself. I was admittedly pretty spoiled growing up, and then lived either in my sorority house or with roomies for all of college. There were just a lot of things I never really had to take care of for myself and I'm glad I've had some time to live on my own.
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06-15-2009, 11:59 AM
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I don't know if I would call this my "bucket list" but it was/is important for me to learn to live on my own, and do some things for myself. I was admittedly pretty spoiled growing up, and then lived either in my sorority house or with roomies for all of college. There were just a lot of things I never really had to take care of for myself and I'm glad I've had some time to live on my own.
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Yep. The only thing I would say is live alone - not just to learn to take care of yourself, but to look around and say "this is MY couch. MY apartment. Arranged MY way. I chose it, all on my own, and no one else did." That's a feeling that you don't get if you go from parents to college housing to marriage.
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06-15-2009, 12:19 PM
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Yep. The only thing I would say is live alone - not just to learn to take care of yourself, but to look around and say "this is MY couch. MY apartment. Arranged MY way. I chose it, all on my own, and no one else did." That's a feeling that you don't get if you go from parents to college housing to marriage.
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I totally agree.
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06-15-2009, 12:22 PM
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Yep. The only thing I would say is live alone - not just to learn to take care of yourself, but to look around and say "this is MY couch. MY apartment. Arranged MY way. I chose it, all on my own, and no one else did." That's a feeling that you don't get if you go from parents to college housing to marriage.
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YES.
I don't have a bucket list per se, but I definitely wanted to travel and live on my own before I started a family.
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06-15-2009, 12:22 PM
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Yep. The only thing I would say is live alone - not just to learn to take care of yourself, but to look around and say "this is MY couch. MY apartment. Arranged MY way. I chose it, all on my own, and no one else did." That's a feeling that you don't get if you go from parents to college housing to marriage.
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Completely agree. I've learned so much about myself, my style and my habits by living on my own.
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06-15-2009, 12:32 PM
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I should add... My "before kids" bucket list never got to happen because the little darlings surprised me with an appearance a couple years before I was ready. I can honestly say now though, I have a "once the kids are in college" list going and it's getting longer by the day. 5 more years 
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06-15-2009, 04:26 PM
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Yep. The only thing I would say is live alone - not just to learn to take care of yourself, but to look around and say "this is MY couch. MY apartment. Arranged MY way. I chose it, all on my own, and no one else did." That's a feeling that you don't get if you go from parents to college housing to marriage.
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Yep. My grandma got married when it was pretty common for women to go from parents and directly to marrige (or dorms to marriage), and she has always told me the same thing.
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