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[Barracuda]

Thanks a lot guys. It's not that I'm ashamed, I wouldn't mind telling people about it (Save for my parents of course), it just seems to be going a bit too far, like it's becoming a crutch. You're perfectly correct, I enjoy smoking, but the cloves aren't really doing it for me.

Your advice has cleared my mind a bit and I've decided to try and space the last two out as far as I can, then give it up until I'm able to approach it with a lot more self control. My friend always smokes a variety of different things so I'll eventually just give a regular one a try. The only other thing I have to go by is a menthol.

 

[GaryyC]

Yea right now is the time to quit. Once you become hooked it'll be alot more difficult to do so. You'll be doing yourself alot of good. Be strong!👍

 

[GT Pro]

I know birds that are 14,15 goin out with 17,18 year olds, its not really that weird over here.

Women's expectations are skyrocketing, in my area anyway. There are at least half a dozen girls in my year level or below at ages 16-18 who are dating 24 year olds, and almost exclusively at atleast that age. It's quite sad, actually.

 

[Glanza-V]

I've been smoking for a little while now. I don't know why I do it, at first I kinda just wanted to do it every now and then, but it's becoming an issue.

Here are the main details, I've hid them so you can choose to read them or not.
I started off buying a pack of Djarum Blacks (my friend gave me one, I liked it, although they seem a bit girly) and had one every week or two, then I gave it to my friend to wait till my birthday. I had only had three but my goal was to try and only have one every month, yeah right. I got them back on my birthday and I had let my friend have nine so I had eight left. It started alright, had one on my birthday, but from there it got bad. I found reasons to have one just about every other day last week. Monday came and I set apart time to have one in a private place like I was doing before I picked up my sister, but today I found myself parked to pick up my sister and deciding to go for a small drive and have one in my car (Absolute no-no for me). I've been a bit down over something really stupid lately and tonight I just snapped. I went for an hour walk in the rain and had two right after each other. I don't want to do this anymore, it's just ridiculous. I don't even really get any enjoyment out of it, the nicotine rush knocks me out of the park and I end up feeling like complete crap for a good 20 minutes afterward. I only have two left, but I'm too reluctant to throw them away. If I keep them I'll probably end up having them tomorrow, and if I give them to my friend for a while I'm just going to feel the same way later on. I know the general opinion will be to throw them away and stop, and I agree, but I also don't want to stop. I have terrible self control, I'm such an idiot.

All My mates smoke,I'm 15, I just didnt see the point when we were 12, it doesnt get you on a buzz like other things.. But it's up to you, dont do something just because it was said on a forum.

 

[Barracuda]

Well I'm semi disappointed in myself, but from here on should be better.

Yesterday I started one, threw it out because my friend (another friend) gave me a better one, then had my last one just to get rid of it. Why I've been wicked stressed the last few days is because my best friend and I haven't been on the best terms. I owe him money and he wanted it, but we worked it all out today and we're back to normal. I just needed one so I went and bought a pack of camel crush and had one. My plan is to have one on saturday, then wait till next saturday to have another. If I can keep it to one a week I think I'll be able to keep it under control, then maybe move to more time in between eventually.

 

[VEXD]

I dont want to butt in here, but if you can wait a whole week in between cigarettes, then you can wait a whole decade.
There really is no difference.
Having an addiction to them will get you out of bed and smoking before you can see the clock on the wall in the mornings.
Having one every saturday, and planning on increasing the intervals in between those days is just as pointless as smoking an entire pack in 20 mins every 10 years or so.
If you are at the stage where you can choose to not smoke, then you are the envy of nearly every smoker out there, and you should just stop doing it. Now.

There's no benefit to smoking, unless you count rotten teeth, bad breath, less energy, all the related diseases and an inability to satisfy women as plus points in life.

No offense intended, please don't do a Sureboss on me.....

👍

 

[Barracuda]

I'm kind of on the fence between going out of my way to have one. Today was a weak point, I really wanted one. There may be no benefit but the benefit to me is that I like it, and an upside to keeping it to one a week is that I'll have something to look forward to. For some reason it actually makes me pretty hungry. I just ate about an hour or two ago and it feels like I haven't eaten, but I really like water and have no desire to drink soda. This could prove to be a good thing, I literally can't stop myself from drinking soda.

We'll see how things go, you never know what could happen.

 

[Casio]

Women's expectations are skyrocketing, in my area anyway. There are at least half a dozen girls in my year level or below at ages 16-18 who are dating 24 year olds, and almost exclusively at atleast that age. It's quite sad, actually.

16-18 year old Women like 20+ year old men because those Men have money to buy them things, cars to pick them up from school with, and can buy alcohol for them, which 16-18 year old men can't, which also makes them cool around their girlfriends.

24 year old men like 16-18 year old women, because all they have to do to get young sex is pick them up from school once in a while, and bang them before mummy and daddy gets home from work. They don't cost much money because a $9 movie ticket is enough to make them happy, and they don't have to be seen out with them because 16-18 year old girls aren't old enough to club, leaving the guy to pick up whoever he wants on weekends.

Morale of the story: Males, 24 > 16.

 

[Sureboss]

I dont want to butt in here, but if you can wait a whole week in between cigarettes, then you can wait a whole decade.
There really is no difference.
Having an addiction to them will get you out of bed and smoking before you can see the clock on the wall in the mornings.
Having one every saturday, and planning on increasing the intervals in between those days is just as pointless as smoking an entire pack in 20 mins every 10 years or so.
If you are at the stage where you can choose to not smoke, then you are the envy of nearly every smoker out there, and you should just stop doing it. Now.

There's no benefit to smoking, unless you count rotten teeth, bad breath, less energy, all the related diseases and an inability to satisfy women as plus points in life.

No offense intended, please don't do a Sureboss on me.....

👍

Listen to this man. Or he'll kill you in a wrestling arena.

 

[VEXD]

*Raises eyebrow*

👍

 

[Christian_C]

16-18 year old Women like 20+ year old men because those Men have money to buy them things, cars to pick them up from school with, and can buy alcohol for them, which 16-18 year old men can't, which also makes them cool around their girlfriends.

Morale of the story: Males, 24 > 16.

It's sad really that people are valuing things like money and the ability to buy alcohol more than wether they actually like the person or not. There are a few good examples at my school where 14-15 year old girls are seeing guys aged 18+ just because they can buy them things like jewelry and alcohol. Not to mention the other reasons like sex and because they want to out do their friends because they are shallower than a toddlers paddling pool.

Edit: I don't know I may be biased in my opinion mainly because things like this make it even harder for me to get a girlfriend than it already is because of how short I am for my age about 5"0" - 5"2" and im 15.

 

[GaryyC]

tonight was my first night taking a shot... i hated it...but i will admit i enjoyed kissing one of my closer friends tonight

getting drunk the night before moving to your future university is not a good idea..

 

[Rykon Zero]

Well, considering the school year is starting, I feel that I should tell this:

Not once in my life, have I ever tried in school.
I don't ever study, and yet I get A's on my tests.
For projects, I merely twiddle around with it and I somehow get an A.
As for homework, I have almost no problem with it, except when I don't pay attention.
And I am not saying these things because I have a big ego, it's that it worries me. I never feel like I'm better than anyone, I'm happy to be around people, and I never feel like I'm unhappy.
I am never challenged in school, and it worries me that school really is a cakewalk, and that I will never meet anyone as smart as me.

 

[Turbo Lag]

Stig, I used to be like that too. I never tried in school yet I could get good marks without studying once. However after I moved to my current school, it's been much harder competing with other peer's marks. What I'm trying to say is, there are smart people out there, it's just your school seems to lack them.

 

[Rykon Zero]

Any school I've been to. I even got a high school grade test and I aced it. And this was last year, I'm only in 9th now. (High school doesn't start until 10th here.)

EDIT: Haha! I was looking through the old posts in this thread, and I was noting the sheer idiocy which I displayed. I have never tried to commit suicide, I have never had a girlfriend, and I'm going to invent a time machine so I can go back in time and hit myself over the head with a shoe at key points.

Oh, also, yes, my voice is lower than a soprano. (Oh yeah, HGH.)

Note: If you were not here two years ago, this will not make sense, and i suggest you skip over this part.

 

[Legendary]

And I am also like that, I have few people to compete with, there are around 2 or 3 people that I have to at least try to compete with and they are my friends. I do not study, I dont do much of the Maths homework, I dont try much at school and I get my test results back wondering how the hell I get A's. How does that work?? I pay alot of attention in class and get as much as I can do in class but when it comes to doing anything at home I probably will slack off it or wait till the last day.

At the moment im in 9th grade and there really isnt any need to study but I really need to start getting into the swing of things for senior high school, I realise that the home side of things will be harder but I will deal with it when I get there.

 

[McLaren]

Well, considering the school year is starting, I feel that I should tell this:

Not once in my life, have I ever tried in school.
I don't ever study, and yet I get A's on my tests.
For projects, I merely twiddle around with it and I somehow get an A.
As for homework, I have almost no problem with it, except when I don't pay attention.
And I am not saying these things because I have a big ego, it's that it worries me. I never feel like I'm better than anyone, I'm happy to be around people, and I never feel like I'm unhappy.
I am never challenged in school, and it worries me that school really is a cakewalk, and that I will never meet anyone as smart as me.

Do not assume that your school grades solely relate to how smart your fellow classmates are.

 

[ExigeEvan]

It's sad really that people are valuing things like money and the ability to buy alcohol more than wether they actually like the person or not. There are a few good examples at my school where 14-15 year old girls are seeing guys aged 18+ just because they can buy them things like jewelry and alcohol. Not to mention the other reasons like sex and because they want to out do their friends because they are shallower than a toddlers paddling pool.

Edit: I don't know I may be biased in my opinion mainly because things like this make it even harder for me to get a girlfriend than it already is because of how short I am for my age about 5"0" - 5"2" and im 15.

Evolution and relationships in society have had little to do with whether you like someone untill very recentley.

For example, on a primitive scale you chose partners on strength and ability to provide. Then people began to marry for wealth and then often because a child was involved (shotgun marriages).

Attraction rarely begins with personality, first attraction is often a supericial thing.

And the only thing to worry about being 5ft at 15 is the tremendous growth spurt you're gonna hit over the next few years.

 

[Rykon Zero]

There are things I can tell. Almost all of the 'Gifted' kids I was with in elementary school were not there because of honest sheer intelligence like I was. I could tell they were being pushed by their parents. And now, I can still tell the kids that are being pushed, and those who possess true intelligence.

I sound like a crazy ego-fed loony.

 

[Turbo Lag]

I don't believe that anybody is born intelligent, I think it's the small age education and certain influences that determines this.

 

[McLaren]

There are things I can tell. Almost all of the 'Gifted' kids I was with in elementary school were not there because of honest sheer intelligence like I was. I could tell they were being pushed by their parents. And now, I can still tell the kids that are being pushed, and those who possess true intelligence.

I sound like a crazy ego-fed loony.

I'm sorry, but when you get older, you're going to look back & realize this is nothing more than a bucket of crap you're spewing.

You can not act like no one is smarter than you, or that you know who is & who isn't intelligent just because you get good grades without "effort". For one, effort is a bit subjective. You may find studying for 2 hours as no effort, while another student might. Secondly, as I just said, grades do not solely reflect intelligence.

I was an A- average student, & I sucked at anything math & science after elementary. I struggled and nearly failed 3 times. However, I succeeded above most of my classmates when it came to any class that was computer related. I was an A student in CAD, Business, & Networking classes in high school. So, comparing report cards, you might appear smarter than me, but reality would show that you just knew something(s) better than I did. Thus, unless you know everyone's grades in every subject, I suggest you drop the "I know".

And while you might be trying not to sound like an egotistic loony, the truth is that you are when you say that you know whose being pushed or that you will never meet anyone as smart as you. And when you act like that, you'll find reality hurts, esp. once you get into college.

 

[Rykon Zero]

I already took a look back to my previous posts. They reminded me of what I did, and how I acted. I know I opened a can of worms saying the egotistical stuff, but what I needed was a person to up and tell me this stuff. Thanks.

And as for the kids, they were always on edge. They freaked out when they got anything lower than an A, and they always pushed themselves to the limit, which was where they were at at all times. On the other hand, there were kids who got similar grades, yet were calm, relaxed, and didn't have problems with B's, or sometimes C's. And they most definitely did not go into panic attacks when mentioning their parents while they looked at their grades. (Seriously, there was a girl who fainted when I asked her how her parents would feel about her B+.)

 

[ExigeEvan]

I already took a look back to my previous posts. They reminded me of what I did, and how I acted. I know I opened a can of worms saying the egotistical stuff, but what I needed was a person to up and tell me this stuff. Thanks.

And as for the kids, they were always on edge. They freaked out when they got anything lower than an A, and they always pushed themselves to the limit, which was where they were at at all times. On the other hand, there were kids who got similar grades, yet were calm, relaxed, and didn't have problems with B's, or sometimes C's. And they most definitely did not go into panic attacks when mentioning their parents while they looked at their grades. (Seriously, there was a girl who fainted when I asked her how her parents would feel about her B+.)

I think you're confusing "natural intelligence" with abit of common sense.

I have a friend who was going to get all his Biology A-level papers remarked because he got a B, even though he was already accepted for Medicine at his first choice Uni and it made no difference, except would have cost him ~£100.

 

[Lucas]

I'm two years away from finishing school (this year and the next one), and still I don't know what to do with my life...

I'm embarrased to say this, but I would like to be a racing driver when I grow up...
That doesn't mean I will be one, but I would certainly like to be one, or at least, race a car for a lap, even if it was just one.

I have never drove before, which is the second reason why I'm ashamed of say I want to be a racing driver, when I have no idea how hard it must be to drive normally in the first place.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

Any school I've been to. I even got a high school grade test and I aced it. And this was last year, I'm only in 9th now. (High school doesn't start until 10th here.)

Grade school is supposed to be easy.

 

[Sureboss]

I'm two years away from finishing school (this year and the next one), and still I don't know what to do with my life...

I'm embarrased to say this, but I would like to be a racing driver when I grow up...
That doesn't mean I will be one, but I would certainly like to be one, or at least, race a car for a lap, even if it was just one.

I have never drove before, which is the second reason why I'm ashamed of say I want to be a racing driver, when I have no idea how hard it must be to drive normally in the first place.

I only just know what I want to do, and I'm approaching 22. Many don't know until their 30s/40s what they truly want to do. You will find something.

 

[G.T]

You'll probably find, even if people don't admit it, most people don't have any idea what they want to do as a career even when they've left school. They may start their first job at a corner shop or alike and then it will show them what they like and dislike about it, and then will move onto something completely unexpected to see what that is like instead.

I'm not sure how the system works in Argentina, but here we leave school at 16-17, then move onto college for 1 or more years and then people start to receive an idea of what they may want to do. Some people can't even be accepted into their desired job properly until they've finished college and gone through university for 4 years, and then they decide what they want to do afterwards.

I don't think you have anything to worry about. I presume you're 16? You still have a while yet to decide. I wanted to be driving instructor of all things, and then realised I'm good at computing so went through a college computing course and finished studying there, and will continue it at university. But sometimes I wonder if I want to become a journalist of somekind - maybe a car journalist - because I do have an interest in it and the attention to detail they would require.

But I think I'm just going to stick to what I do best. Studying computing at university I might find I like web design or a subject related to graphics. I'm not sure yet, that's why I'm going there. And I'm nearly 19.

 

[Only_in_f1]

I'm just going into my 2nd year of my 2 year college course and I don't know what I want to do after.

However, its no big deal. While I'm finishing my course im taking a short course in Web Design, and FA Referring badge and maybe an FA coaching badge.

Just see what the future brings.

 

[Duke]

Well, considering the school year is starting, I feel that I should tell this:

I am never challenged in school, and it worries me that school really is a cakewalk, and that I will never meet anyone as smart as me.

Wait until you get to college/university. It will make high school look like kindergarten, if you're doing it right.

 

[Danny]

Wait until you get to college/university. It will make high school look like kindergarten, if you're doing it right.

This.

If you're used to even a moderately relaxed workload, you're in for a doozy of a time at Uni.