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Apr 15 2009 - 10:00am Zac Efron is all over the place these days promoting his new movie
17 Again. The title alone has got me thinking about my teenage years, and while I have no complaints about my past, I don't think I'd want to relive high school. The carefree lifestyle would be nice, but I could go without the drama and the uncertainty of being a teenager.
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NO. I was just saying to my boyfriend yesterday that I would NEVER want to be a teenager again. Yuck.
1I would, I had great time in high school and cramming for tests and hanging out with my friends definitely beats out working and paying bills.
2Yes - I loved being 17. In fact, I think my "true age" has been 17 for a while now even though I'm in my twenties!
3No! Me and parents did not get along around that time compared to now, we are very close. Plus high school sucked, no thank you
4No. I enjoy being in my twenties. Life is much better than it was when I was younger, though I had fun. High school years were not the glory days. Everything I have done and experienced since then has been amazing.
5Sure, why not? I've been feeling old and bogged down with responsibilities lately. It would be fun to be young and carefree again!
6My high school years were torture. The only reason I'd like to be 17 again would be so I could actually enjoy it, because now I realize that the math exam wasn't going to kill me, and I'd never see 90% of my classmates again after graduation, so who cares?
7Lord I hate being a teenager; just a few more weeks to go. @_@ Although wonderful things did happen to me at 17. Hmm. But no.
8God I hate Zac Efron! Okay after that said: I like being 16
although I would like to live on my own and not with my parents but I enjoy my life as a teenager
9No. Thank. You.
10With all of my current knowledge and wisdom I would love to be 17 again.
11At 17.. hmm i was modelling, acting.. had amazing boobs (which somehow have dissapeared now in my early 20's) was skinny but curvy, could dance all night without having to take off my heels, I used to party all week, I could chainsmoke through 2 packs a day and still run my staircase, every man i wanted to be with me, i didnt care what people said or thought...
Actually no i like the boring old me now.
Sometimes I miss the days of my memories.. and some of the people and freedom. But I dont miss school, having to ask before doing anything..being so naive..
12Only thing i REALLY miss is the self assurance I had back then. Anything seemed possible.. now im so negative everything seems impossible!
No. It was fun at the time, but I don't like to live in the past. I'm a wiser, stronger person now.
13I'd like to be 17...just not a repeat of MY LIFE at 17!
14No way I'd want to be a teenager again. I loved my mid-twenties, and I'd go back to that in a second... but I did not enjoy the painstaking teenage years.
15i would love to be 17 again IF it lasted only a short time. maybe a few weeks. i remember it as emotionally exhausting to worry about the social clique rules, applying to college, dating, etc. if it was just a few weeks with no consequences; weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
16you could not pay me enough to be 17 again!!!!! (unless of course, I could be 17 knowing what I know now about life)
17Not really.. teenagehood was fun enough the first time around, but I like being old enough to drink and living on my own.
Also, university > highschool.
18Yes!
19If I had been a completely different person [thinner, hotter, more confident, not carrying baggage from my younger years of peer torment], then maybe.
But otherwise, HELL NO.
20No way! At 17 I was going through a very tough time. I would never want to be a teenager or child again for all the riches in the world.
21yah man. i had an awesome time in highschool.
22hell no!! now, 25 again? I would take that in a second!!
23I turn 25 on Friday and if I could I would be 17 again. I didn't a have a drama filled teen life and high school was a blast. I would go back only to make a single change. I would go to Yale instead of UT. I still received a great education but I think that my life would have proceeded to where I always thought it would be had I taken that opportunity. I guess hitting my quarter-century milestone with only one regret is pretty good.
24On a side note: My mother turns 50 this year and my older sister turns 30. We all have our milestone birthdays this year which is kind of cool.
i think i'd like to do things differently, it was senior year & i don't think i cared enough
25BUT i like most of where i am right now with my relationships with friend and family...
Heck no, I love my 20s!
26no thanks! 19, 21 yea sure
27uh no to 17 21 again why not.
28you have way more freedom in your 20's. High school was fun but too much drama plus you had to stay in school for like 7 hours a day. that stunk.......
29Well, I'm 19 and absolutley NO!! I'm happy with my age
30Sure, I'd be 17 again, if a) it were for a short amount of time, and b) I had all the wisdom and knowledge I've gained in the years since then. I'd try to enjoy my high school experience a little bit more (I had a lot of fun in hs, but I also spent way too much time fretting over the little things).
31i did love being 17 but not as much as i love being 19 and being in college. i wouldn't want to be 17 again, i loved high school and all but i don't want to do it again.
32only if i knew then what i know now.
33Yes and no, it'd be nice not to have all these bills. Ha.
34sure, for a day maybe so that i can have an excuse to be silly and careless with my friends.
35nope...life has gotten so much more exciting each year..now at 32 i know there is so much more to be done and accomplish
36no but I would love to be 21
37Being 17 was a good year for me, so I wouldn't mind.
38Hell, no! Sure, I was thinner back then, didn't have stretch marks and had all the confidence and optimism back then but I'm in a really good place right now- married to Mr. Right, beautiful house, beautiful child, living on a tropical island, business is going good. Long before getting to where I am now in life, I have dated some jerks and losers who sapped my life force in the past. I wouldn't want to go through that again.
39No. I had terrible drama that year I would never relive. I would go back and do my first semester sophmore year over again though; I would make it so much better than it was.
40Absolutely NO WAY! I was a fat, dorky teenager with no boyfriend who played clarinet in the school band. Yeah, I was REAL cool. I look about 20 times better now than I did back then, I feel a ton better than I did back then (no more asthma or horrific cramps), and I now have a good-looking, sweet husband. So yeah, I'm really liking my 20's a LOT more than being 17.
41Um, at age 17 I was at one of my worst points with my eating disorder and in the summer of that year I lost two friends, two weeks apart, both unexpectedly. Not for love or money would I go back and do it again!!
At 20 years old - I'm thin but HEALTHY and eating disorder free, and happy with my body and in my own skin, I'm in love with a wonderful man who I want to spend my life with, doing awesome in college, and happier than I have ever been. Why on earth would I want to change things?
42Yes! 17 was one of the best years of my life. (Then again, I'm only 19).
43Nope, not in this day and age.
44Only if it were a second chance. Otherwise, no!
45Hell no.
46I'm only going to be 22 this year but other then going back to actually do my best in school - I would NOT want to relive those days. Nooooo thank you!
47NO WAY! I hated being 17. Sometimes I wish I could forget 6 or 7 years of my life...
48I don't think so. Remember how stressful it was waiting to hear from colleges and getting ready for graduation. But then again, Senior year was pretty awesome!
49Well... I am 17. Personally, I would much rather go back to my 16th birthday if I had the option. I turn 18 in a few months and I think college will treat me much better than high school did. When I was younger, I always thought that 17 was the best age to be because you'd be a senior, you could drive, etc. but I am looking forward to experiencing other things besides HS of course.....definitely wouldn't want to stay there forever. You have to get older sometime.
Although I have to say, who wouldn't go back to some point in their life if they could? I'm sure everyone has a certain period in their life that was particularly good for them, which is what the movie is based on I would assume.
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