r/MadeMeSmile • • 17h ago

Wholesome Moments Her smile made me smile

Taken from Danielaa Marie on ig

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u/Alternative_Jury_540 17h ago edited 2h ago

I’ve noticed as I’ve got older just how much kids make me smile.
When I was younger I never really thought much about it, but now I’m nearly 30 I find their innocence really heartwarming.
Funny how that changes with age, haha.

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u/BonolotaSen23 17h ago edited 17h ago

When we were young, we wanted to grow old and now we want to be that child again.

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u/Ill-Personality178 13h ago

Funny how we spent childhood wishing we were adults, only to grow up and miss being a kid again.

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u/DuckWithBrokenWings 7h ago

I'm autistic with ADHD, being a kid was an absolute nightmare. I really appreciate being an adult with control over my own life.

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u/musiquescents 11h ago

I miss it everyday. And I think more and more of the times I was a child.

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u/randmbull 10h ago

it only gets worse as u grow older. When you're middle aged you'll miss being 20s. Then when you're old you'll miss being middle aged. And finally when you're geriatric and can feel death approaching, you'll miss being alive and well irrespective of age

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u/Alternative_Jury_540 8h ago

Yeah I can feel how the progression of age is a merging of being a kid teenager and whatever I was as an adult into something combining all those elements and I’m not really enjoying how my head is unravelling and I’m thinking of mortality, children how I’m living and dying alone my habits are killing me and how limited, selfish,awful people are including myself.
I preferred it when I didn’t know anything and was accepting of wherever I was on the sociopathic spectrum and had zero self awareness.
Growing up to then fall apart mentally like a wet cake is not an enriching experience so far.
30 is going to be the peak off the edge I’m sure pahahah.
Especially as all of my twenties I basically just bummed around.

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u/gulligaankan 58m ago

Fuck, your a depressing person. I just turned 40, I love my life. I don’t want to be young and so insecure about myself. All that drama when you are young? The lack of money? Or being a kid and being forced to do want your parents decide?
There is always the risk of experiencing nostalgia and believing every thing was perfect when we were younger. But seldom they were that better. But maybe you are that person

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u/randmbull 56m ago

seems like you were a broke loser in your 20s so you don't miss it. Most people actually had a good time during thier youth.