# How have you betrayed your younger self? (Please read criteria in OP before posting!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [October 23, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-betrayed-your-younger-self-please-read-criteria-in-op-before-posting/1024230 "2025-10-23T18:45:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 77
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-betrayed-your-younger-self-please-read-criteria-in-op-before-posting/1024230/77 "2025-10-31T14:28:30Z")
Here’s a post by me from a couple months ago in a sorta similar thread that makes the same point a little differently. There’s more discussion by others in the next few posts. > [@How did your home living situation change as you got into your senior years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-your-home-living-situation-change-as-you-got-into-your-senior-years/1022398/27): > > I did not find it emotionally stressful. Just a lot of work & hassle. Which is what led me to my advice of dripping it out slowly and steadily, not waiting until an impending move forced a mad slapdash 24/7 flail to dispose of stuff. It takes all kinds. Late wife and I used to sorta collect books. Or rather gather books; there was no curation & no “complete the set” thinking. At one point we realized we owned 1000 books we had never read and in all likelihood would never read. Books were a … Re-reading a bit more of that thread, it’s interesting how much overlap in the stories told from a very different OP. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-betrayed-your-younger-self-please-read-criteria-in-op-before-posting/1024230)._