The Fetal Diaries #7: Make mistakes or be warned?
I’m a teenager. Teenagers, stereotypically, make the hardest choices. Make a huge, bad mistake at this point in time, and the rest of your life’s pretty much screwed up. Get pregnant - or get someone pregnant - as a teenager, and life WILL be hard, unless your parents let you mooch. Neglect studies now in HS, and drop out eventually; you end up with a not so good job. Get into drugs and you’re messed up once you’re addicted. Well, you guys get the idea.
But what would be better? That you learned from your mistakes, or that you didn’t take risks because you’ve been warned previously? See, I have friends in Calgary being, quite frankly, stupid. Stupid, cause they won’t listen to me. Me, who’s trying to protect them from making the same mistakes I’ve done, so they won’t get hurt. But then again, they have their own lives, and I think the best way to learn is to see it for yourself, rather than seeing it happen to someone else.
I really wanna help em, but they never listen. Why? Because, they’re teenagers, and stereotypically, teenagers are hard headed and quite deaf. I know that sometimes, I am. But then, I don’t do those things. I do stupid stuff, but at least I know I won’t be hurt. But when something’s hurting em, why keep on going with it? Why not stop right?
I used to be frank with em, but they only get mad, and listen to me less and less. But I still care. Blah, guys, I need help 
Okay rant over, thanks.
Kristine aka fetus (or foetus).
December 27th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Mmm, yeah good points again lol. But see, I have tried that with her, sooo many times, for different situations.
I will try, when she does run to me again..
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December 27th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Haha, ingrid, yupps, i try not to be annoying. There are people that annoy me when I have problems and I try to use their advice, however I see it fit.
And yupps, I see the consequences of drinking a lot. However, I’m a non-alcoholic.. so I don’t think I’ll be worrying about that hehe.
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December 28th, 2007 at 7:34 am
Lots of good points here and my fingers are itching so I’m going to comment here as well XD And ’sides I miss talking to fetus! :D
Giving advices…that seem to be one thing I’ve always done as a teenager. I was not a typical or stereotypical teen. People will call me goody goody but whatever.
And like Maira said, I think it’s our nature as TCKs to give advices because we know what’s out there. But also like Dan said sometimes one just need to fall in order to feel the pain - verbal pain doesn’t do squat as we all know already.
If I find that someone is going to make a mistake I will say something but I leave it at that. At least I let them know what they will need to expect and what I thought of their problem. If they don’t listen or not take it that is their issue to deal with.
Sometimes, I don’t think others chose not to listen. I think they heard you but they still want to know what it REALLY is like. They want to experience it themselves. We just need to respect their choice and let them do it. Other times, they aren’t sure who is right. An advice coming from another teenager is not the same as advice coming from an adult. Of course, teenagers don’t care where the advice comes from, if you tell them not to do it, they’ll go ahead and do it anyways LOL
But, in the end you get to say “I told you so!” XD (Anyone saw Will and Grace?)
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December 28th, 2007 at 11:18 am
“Giving advices…that seem to be one thing I’ve always done as a teenager. I was not a typical or stereotypical teen. People will call me goody goody but whatever.”
Haha, yeah that’s what I’m like.. I try not to force em anyways. I just worry too much.
And I liiiike that phrase, ‘I Told you so,’ although I never really watched will and grace…
Then again, there’s also that ‘Other times, they aren’t sure who is right. ‘
I do think like that, I’m always confused, and I’m sure I’m not the only. The only thing I don’t get is when the solution is sooo obvious.. ah well.
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