# Stuff about yourself it took forever to realize **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 12, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-about-yourself-it-took-forever-to-realize/360462 "2006-06-12T19:11:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-about-yourself-it-took-forever-to-realize/360462/61 "2006-06-15T00:03:27Z")
I realized my waist is very high when I was in my late teens. So I was way ahead of the curve on the low-rise jeans - normal jeans were always low-rise on me. The recent, fading (thank OG!) trend of low-rise jeans really sucked for me, as they would literally be falling off of me. I’d buy the highest waisted pants in the store and they’d still be 4 inches below my actual waist. Sigh. Also, about a year ago, I was driving with my sister, and we were having a Deep Discussion, and I said to her, “I think out of all of dad’s kids (note: he had 7 kids), I’m the one most like him.” She looked at me really funny, then said, “Jen, you’re EXACTLY like dad, and mom and I have known that forever!” and started laughing at me. We were 31 at the time. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-about-yourself-it-took-forever-to-realize/360462/62 "2006-06-15T20:34:46Z")
When I was about 18, my boyfriend told me how cute it was that the tip of my nose moved when I talked. I had no idea. Recently I said something to my roommates about how I want to do an art project where I draw out a map of my dream-world. They looked at me like I was crazy. So I started asking some of my other friends, and so far I’m the only person I know of whose dreams tend to take place in recurring locales. Moreover, some of these places connect across dreams, which is what gave me the idea of trying to create an map that would contain and connect them all. ---
**Author:** ![mrald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mrald](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrald)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2006, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-about-yourself-it-took-forever-to-realize/360462/63 "2006-06-15T23:07:55Z")
**MixieArmadillo** never tried the teas, I guess I need to the Melatonin didnt work. I have the teeth dream too, I have always been told it is a self image, self confidence issue. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-about-yourself-it-took-forever-to-realize/360462/64 "2006-06-16T01:41:54Z")
It’s taken me forever to realize that I’m really honest to goodness a grownup. I mean, other people my age now have grownup houses with nice furniture and guest rooms and stuff. Of course, they’re married couples, as opposed to a bachelor with two male roommates. Still, I am a fully functional independent member of society. At family reunions, I am no longer in the children’s generation. My parents’ generation is now the old people, and my generation is now the parents (even though I myself am not a parent). Freaky. Oh, and: [QUOTE=Calliope\_82] at 5’4" … I have an hourglass figure… I am a geek. And I’ve always been a geek. And no amount of posturing will make me a “cool kid.” And cool kids are boring anyway. [/QUOTE] So, did it take you forever to realize that… you’re superfoxy? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-about-yourself-it-took-forever-to-realize/360462/65 "2006-06-16T03:45:43Z")
A couple of weeks ago I discovered that most people think I’m calm and trustworthy. Apparently I exude a sort of ‘don’t-worry-I-can-handle-this’. I’m still working on believing it. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-about-yourself-it-took-forever-to-realize/360462/66 "2006-06-16T16:12:38Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] It was finding out the toilet dream was common, too. Apparently lots of people dream of bathrooms they can’t get out of, toilets that don’t work, and no privacy barriers. [/QUOTE] Yeah, and the latest one I had, even in the dream I knew I was going to encounter a whole bunch of unusable toilets. The frigging thing happens so often I’m getting accustomed to it even in my sleep! > [@Seren](#): > > That I actually have an hourglass figure. (Found that out when I was 23 and a friend pointed it out.) Mom always told me I was pear shaped and for some reason, I never questioned it. Same here. I am unhealthfully large, but I like my body in that it gains and loses weight all over, so I remain in proportion even as a big person. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-about-yourself-it-took-forever-to-realize/360462.md?page=3)