How would you get along with your younger self?

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Imagine you could travel through time and get the opportunity to interact with a younger version of yourself from a decade ago. Would both of you be as close as siblings? Would you have changed too much to get along with your younger self? Would the fact that you're interacting with another version of yourself from a different time period be too much for the two of you to handle? Let us know how the two of you would get along!

For me, I think the results would be a mixed bag. Me and my younger self from ten years ago would share our passion for gaming and might even have fun playing with each other. However, I would be put off by my younger self's fairly short temper and he probably wouldn't be able to handle losing very well if I won against him constantly (though if I won against him, I could say he technically won since we are the same guy). Plus, we don't start conversations with others very easily, so we would have a tough time "bonding" with each other. Overall, I think the results would be interesting, but I doubt that I would develop a strong relationship with the younger me.
 
Since he's me, I'd show no mercy in verbally ripping him apart. The imbecile.

I suppose I'd get along with him really well in some ways too tho.
 
It probably wouldn't work out well for me. I don't seem to interact well with younger kids, and I don't get along with people who have similar personalities to my own. That's exactly what dealing with a younger version of myself would be like, and it would not go very well for either of us.
 
I feel like I'd be annoyed at myself, but we would share the same interests.
 
Interesting thread!
I don't think I would get along with my younger self very well, to be honest. And I don't think younger me would like current me, haha! I'm a completely different person now, in a good way. Though I was a lot funnier when I was younger... IDK where my randomness and funniness went. I miss it D:
 
I feel that I'm too young at the moment to have a meaningful conversation with myself from ten years ago. I don't think he would understand anything I'm saying, and I think the advice I would want to give him would be too harsh for someone that age. I'd probably just write all my advice down in a journal that he can read at his digression.

Not to mention that I don't like children, and wouldn't want to be anywhere near such an energetic child as myself. At the age he would be at, he hasn't made any mistakes, so I can't really kick him in the right direction. All I can really leave him with is some words which I can only hope will help out in the future.

But yeah, I don't really know. Maybe we could go out and grab a burger or something?? I don't share many interests with myself from ten years ago.
 
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I dont really know honestly, I think Id want to be friends but might get frustrated at how my younger self used to be.
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Same. I think it'd be frustrating talking to ten year old me about things he hasn't experienced or cares about. If I was 40 talking to my 20 year old self, that'd be far more interesting.
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This exactly! I don't think I would even know how to talk with my younger self, because he would be a completely different person. I was depressed for a long time, and angry at the world, and had no real idea of how to survive in the world. Now that I think about it, I'll try to give teenagers a little more of a break, because the transition to adulthood, especially for kids of helicopter parents like in my case, can be pretty rough for some people.
 
Interacting would be somewhat annoying because I am stubborn, and I am still stubborn today. Although, a key difference in thought process is:

Younger self: There's got to be more than this. I'm pretty sure all the good stuff are locked up somewhere in a secret place.
Current self: No. If it isn't there, it isn't there. Done.
 
I'd probably give my younger self warning signs about life in general, and how most people in real life just don't care XD; I would also tell him to not be as much of a gossip haha.
 
I'm literally the same person as I was when I was younger, but more mature and quiet. I'd probably commend my younger self for not following the crowds and for following her own interests. xD
 
I think over all i'd get along with her pretty well because I haven't drastically changed. My sense of humour has been pretty consistent at least. I might be frustrated at how ignorant she is and what a smart arse she can be but I'd like to think she could be good company regardless :b
 
Well, this sure is an interesting question.

I'd tell my younger self to get a fucking haircut, because holy shit, I absolutely refused to get one until I was nine years old. That's when I finally gave in, and by then it was down to my ankles. Yeah, he(I?) probably wouldn't like me after that.

But I don't really like young kids so I probably wouldn't like my younger self.
 
Considering that I've pretty much stayed a kid my whole life I probably get a long with me from ten years ago. Though young me would probably be all "What's wrong with you? You're all blah..." because I was really hyper as little kid and also thought the world was a great place as opposed to now where I have a short attention span and see the world as being a terrible place so that might lead to young me give me all kinds of greif about that :sweatlol:
 
I might. It would depend on how old I was.

A ten year age difference would be a yes, as would a twenty year, to a slightly lesser degree. Granted, with my twenty year younger self I would probably get a bit exasperated; I was dating my ex at the time and knowing then what I know now would make it hard to bite my tongue. But I would try to advise my younger self at that point and explain a few things that I may not have understood while I was that age, like why my mother acted the way she did.

All in all, I think we'd get along.
 
I'd try to advise him. That kid grew needing some guidance and everyone around him failed on this. If I could choose, I'd go to my 16 years old self and leave him at 18.

Also, "stop using hair gel" and "haha, idiot, you said you'd never get inked, look at this!"
 
LOL, I'd probably end up advising my younger self as well, like not worrying about what others thought of her too much. And if young enough (like ten to twelve), I'd plead to her to exercise regularly and grow up a few more centimeters when she still can. Probably we might not get along from the start but after some conversations I think we'd get along. xD
 
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I have vague idea that it will end up my younger self who would advice me... lolz..

I used to a naive idealist in a realist world.
 
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