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Nov 27, 2007 7:16 PM CST At my age....
wikked
wikkedwikkedAjax, Ontario Canada655 Threads 4 Polls 6,091 Posts
My youngest daughter just recently found out that the "tooth fairy" does not exist....she was absolutely devastated....

What have you come to realize "at your age" that shattered any childhood dream you may have harboured?
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Nov 27, 2007 7:18 PM CST At my age....
wikked
wikkedwikkedAjax, Ontario Canada655 Threads 4 Polls 6,091 Posts
BTW...for me it was that one really cannot "live" off love....and that knights in shining armor exist only in fairy tales....moping
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Nov 27, 2007 7:22 PM CST At my age....
Dknew
DknewDknewBarrington, New Hampshire USA262 Threads 10 Polls 7,077 Posts
Yup and princesses only exist in our minds
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Nov 27, 2007 8:01 PM CST At my age....
countryboy67
countryboy67countryboy67Kingston, Tennessee USA10 Threads 186 Posts
The tooth fairy doesn't exist!?! Crap, I guess I got these dentures for nothing!laugh
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Nov 27, 2007 8:04 PM CST At my age....
skippr
skipprskipprvacaville, USA454 Posts
wow What about Santa?confused
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Nov 27, 2007 8:05 PM CST At my age....
shipoker55
shipoker55shipoker55St. Petersburg, Florida USA211 Threads 2 Polls 9,362 Posts
I've come to realize women can be as mean and harsh, and hateful as men!! I used to think they were a kinder gentler gender
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Nov 27, 2007 8:07 PM CST At my age....
Willowsway
WillowswayWillowswayNew Hamburg, Ontario Canada8 Threads 251 Posts
that happily ever after only exists in fairy tales.sigh
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Nov 27, 2007 8:35 PM CST At my age....
MusicEqualsLife
MusicEqualsLifeMusicEqualsLifeEdison, New Jersey USA19 Threads 3 Polls 448 Posts
found out that love doesn't exist at all. all those songs, movies, etc. are just lies.
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Nov 27, 2007 8:50 PM CST At my age....
constanza
constanzaconstanzaLA, California USA28 Threads 1 Polls 5,159 Posts
I was pretty disappointed when I discovered Santa wasn't Santa;
and that adults didn't have all the answers laugh as a child


The one "illusion" which has definitely been shattered is that we are not immortal;
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Nov 27, 2007 9:29 PM CST At my age....
wikked
wikkedwikkedAjax, Ontario Canada655 Threads 4 Polls 6,091 Posts
That when they said "until death do you part"....they didn't necessarily mean our mortal lives...they meant the death of all the dreams you had tied up in that marriage...
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Nov 27, 2007 9:33 PM CST At my age....
mbcasey
mbcaseymbcaseyNorth Myrtle Beach, South Carolina USA68 Threads 7 Polls 16,449 Posts
I will never be married and have kids of my own....

Those dreams are now a shattered reality...
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Nov 27, 2007 10:44 PM CST At my age....
DadofDucks
DadofDucksDadofDucksWentzville, Missouri USA9 Threads 2,123 Posts
I guess Im not old enough to learn some of these lessons. I still believe in eternal love and marriage vows lasting "til death do us part.."\I still believe in princess and knights in shining armor...


I plan to take those dreams to the grave with me if I must but damnit Im holding on to them...hug kiss hug
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Nov 27, 2007 10:46 PM CST At my age....
ericthall
ericthallericthallAsheville, USA7 Threads 1,284 Posts
when i bite into a york pepermint patty i get the sensation....


well... at my age i'am just glad to get a sensationlaugh
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Nov 27, 2007 10:49 PM CST At my age....
curlywolf
curlywolfcurlywolfmontreal, Quebec Canada402 Threads 7,052 Posts
I'm learning that I can't always keep hurt from the ones I love and it sucks.moping
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Nov 27, 2007 11:02 PM CST At my age....
HzChld
HzChldHzChldSomewhere in the middle, Oklahoma USA55 Threads 2,779 Posts
I believe those things also Dad...I really do. I also believe that "happily ever after" really does exist. smile hug
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Nov 27, 2007 11:33 PM CST At my age....
DadofDucks
DadofDucksDadofDucksWentzville, Missouri USA9 Threads 2,123 Posts
The dream aint dead yet lady....hug
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Nov 27, 2007 11:57 PM CST At my age....
HJFinAZ
HJFinAZHJFinAZSun CIty, Arizona USA870 Threads 1 Polls 17,068 Posts
Abe Lincoln once said, "we all have the right to be as happy as we want to be"..wink

hug
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Nov 27, 2007 11:58 PM CST At my age....
HJFinAZ
HJFinAZHJFinAZSun CIty, Arizona USA870 Threads 1 Polls 17,068 Posts
Elvis once sang, "Follow your dream wherever your dream may lead you"..wink

hug
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Nov 27, 2007 11:59 PM CST At my age....
HJFinAZ
HJFinAZHJFinAZSun CIty, Arizona USA870 Threads 1 Polls 17,068 Posts
I remember a movie that asks, "what "if" this is as good as it gets"..wink

hug
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Nov 28, 2007 12:01 AM CST At my age....
HJFinAZ
HJFinAZHJFinAZSun CIty, Arizona USA870 Threads 1 Polls 17,068 Posts
Elvis has left the building.......grin

hug
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