{"id":610,"date":"2017-07-08T11:31:04","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T15:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=610"},"modified":"2017-07-08T11:31:04","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T15:31:04","slug":"i-couldnt-wait-to-shave-my-legs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/?p=610","title":{"rendered":"I Couldn&#8217;t Wait To Shave My Legs&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>and now I hate it&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_611\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/legs-window-car-dirt-road-51397.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-611\" class=\"size-full wp-image-611\" src=\"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/legs-window-car-dirt-road-51397.jpeg\" alt=\"legs\" width=\"940\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/legs-window-car-dirt-road-51397.jpeg 940w, http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/legs-window-car-dirt-road-51397-300x201.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/helpfulhellion.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/legs-window-car-dirt-road-51397-768x516.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">these are not my legs, but they are nicely shaved&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t wait to shave my legs when I was a kid. I thought this meant I was a grownup and I so wanted to do it. But then the first time I did it, I almost died from the blood loss..still have the scar. I really never loved doing it after that first time, and now I don&#8217;t want to do it at all. While I was shaving my legs in the shower the other day it started me thinking about other things I couldn&#8217;t wait to do and now really don&#8217;t like doing or don&#8217;t even do anymore. Isn&#8217;t it weird the things you most wanted in life aren&#8217;t really important now or you just do them because you have to.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some things I really couldn&#8217;t wait to do when I was a kid&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u00a0couldn&#8217;t wait to drive&#8230;<\/strong> OMG, I was so anxious to get my permit and drive and now I honestly would like to have a driver. There is so much more traffic on the roads these days and some very angry drivers on them. It makes me not want to drive at all. Actually I do have one, a lot of the time my dear, sweet daughter does the driving. It&#8217;s not because she is sweet, it&#8217;s because she doesn&#8217;t like my driving.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u00a0couldn&#8217;t\u00a0<\/strong><b>wait to wear a bra&#8230;\u00a0<\/b>All the popular girls were wearing one and I wasn&#8217;t yet. So every night when I went to bed I said a little prayer that I would soon get to wear one as well. And we all know how this one goes. Do they really have to make them so uncomfortable? Why in this day and age hasn&#8217;t someone come up with a bra that is so awesome that you don&#8217;t even know you are wearing one??? I think bras are manufactured by men who enjoy sitting back and smiling at the pain they cause us on a daily basis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u00a0couldn&#8217;t wait to grow up&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong>I literally said this to my parents almost every day&#8230; &#8220;I can&#8217;t wait until I grow up and can make my own decisions.&#8221; I would give anything to have them making decisions for me right about now. Or really anyone.. I am so tired of making decisions&#8230;does it ever stop?<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u00a0couldn&#8217;t wait to get married&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong>Yeah, cause that\u00a0worked out so well&#8230;either one of the two times. Not ever happening again!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;A grownup is a child with layers on.&#8221; ~ Woody Harrelson<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u00a0couldn&#8217;t wait to get a job&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong>I just wanted a job so I could make my own money and \u00a0buy whatever I wanted. Again making my own decisions about what I did with the money I made. I really didn&#8217;t want the whole &#8220;work&#8221; thing that went along with it. Now at this point in my life, I would like to find a job doing something I love doing&#8230; just for the enjoyment of it. But it would also be great if someone would pay my bills for me, so I didn&#8217;t need to use the money I earned for that. This whole &#8220;adulting thing&#8221; isn&#8217;t working so well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u00a0couldn&#8217;t wait to wear nylons and high heels&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong>Again, everyone was wearing them and I couldn&#8217;t wait to wear them too! We had those god awful contraptions we had to wear with them to keep them up. Then came panty hose, which weren&#8217;t a whole lot better. I really did love high heels and wore the 4 inch high ones every day. Oh the damage we did to our poor little feet. 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