# Are you living the life you thought you would? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 12, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-living-the-life-you-thought-you-would/212749 "2003-11-12T02:58:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-living-the-life-you-thought-you-would/212749/21 "2003-11-12T20:16:06Z")
No, I’m living a better life than I thought I would. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-living-the-life-you-thought-you-would/212749/22 "2003-11-12T20:59:00Z")
I’m just shocked I made it. I figured I’d off myself before I made 18, and when I passed 18, I was stuck with this “Whoa!” feeling that hasn’t left yet. ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-living-the-life-you-thought-you-would/212749/23 "2003-11-12T21:08:29Z")
Yes and No. Some things have turned out how I always wanted them to. I’ve got no ties to anything. I don’t own anything and I’m single with no kids. That was pretty much what I had hoped. For the other part, I’m considerably wealthier than I ever expected to be and I’ve travelled a large part of the world which I never expected to do by now. So, life is so much better than I though it would be. I’m happy with it. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-living-the-life-you-thought-you-would/212749/24 "2003-11-12T21:32:25Z")
Not really. I thought I’d be a lot more settled at this point. Who knew that so many people feel aimless in their twenties? I thought you were supposed to have things all worked out career and love life-wise immediately after college. ha! As a kid I gave my “adult life” a good deal of thought, very silly thought. When I was twelve or so this is how I thought life would turn out: - I’d graduate from high school with good grades when I was 18 - I’d finish college at 22 - I’d get married at 23 - I’d have a baby at 25 - And I’d publish a novel by 30 Did the first two, still not even close to the next two, and hey, I’ve got 3.5 years to work on the last one 😃 ---
**Author:** ![YellowTail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5ac83/32.png) [@YellowTail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YellowTail)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-living-the-life-you-thought-you-would/212749/25 "2003-11-13T00:44:29Z")
Well, I never became a rock star. But I still play guitar. I’m a lot fatter than I thought I’d be. I’m amazed at all the stuff about life I’m just now figuring out. I’ve got all the boring stuff: job, house, blah blah blah. I guess the best thing is that I’m independent and don’t feel like I’m under someone else’s thumb. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-living-the-life-you-thought-you-would/212749/26 "2003-11-13T02:25:08Z")
Actually, I guess it has. I never did have any clear direction with my life, but I knew I was shy and unlikely to marry. I haven’t, although I greatly regret that, seeing the happiness my parents had. I hoped I’d have some career devoted to animals, and what I have is a not-so-great job to support my 3 dogs, horse and cat. I didn’t expect much from my life, and not much is what I got. StG ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-living-the-life-you-thought-you-would/212749/27 "2003-11-13T04:01:39Z")
I would say yes I am pretty much where I thought I’d be at this point. Although getting here was not the slow steady progression I had expected. It has been nothing like I hoped it would be though – no lottery win, finding that 1 in a million stock, finding out I was a “lost” Kennedy/Trump/Gates or meeting, say Pam Anderson, & she finds me irresitable, or I’m discovered waiting on Speilberg’s table & he needs me to play, say the Tom Hanks part, in Saving Private Ryan. Silliness, or as Homer summed it up: Homer, is this the way you pictured married life? Yeah, pretty much. Except we drove around in a van solving mysteries. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-living-the-life-you-thought-you-would/212749.md?page=1)