<-------Is Seventeen. Anyone remember how lame sixteen was? Sweet sixteen and I went out like, three time every month. Not saying it wasn't fun, but those sweet 16 movies are increadibly misleading (where's my awesome road trip full of money, girls, fun and trouble? You owe me!). Anyways, Seventeen is cool, school is ok, and I'm probably going out later, for downtown calls my name.

I'm 14 right now, I'll be 15 not long after Christmas. I currently have no job, although that may change. I am thinking about applying to be either a bagboy or a stockboy at one of two large supermarket stores, both of which are fairly nearby my house. One is only a half hour bike ride, while the other is a 45 minute bike ride. The second one pays $1.25 more than the first, so I think I'll probably go there first. I am currently single, and I actually prefer it that way. I am a deeply private person. (private enough that I don't go to one of my parent's homes anymore unless I am forced to because I have to share a room with an obnoxious melodramatic younger brother) Girlfriends generally want to know something about you other than your name. (Hehe) I do have a few female friends, but nobody I go out with. I currently have 5 dollars and small change. I own a computer, but it is made of random parts my dad collected over the years. All of my clothes are either from Goodwill/thriftstore, too small, or are closeout sales from a decent store. I will maybe be able to drive when I turn 16, I figure I'll start dating more when I have a car. Cars are cool, and I'll get my liscense before any of my friends do, so I may have to at least be a chaufuer(sp) for a while.

hmm since everyone does updates I guess i should to. I'm still single and can't complain since i ahve college to pay for. and i just had a $275 doller reduction in my bank accounts. sigh, you gotta love addictive hobbies. I'm sure I will wuv my shrimpies ^ ^ all 57 of them.

Wow, you're all so young! So many teenagers!

I'm 36, turning 37 late November. I'm the first vote in my age range

I'm happily married, have two children (who are 4 and almost 6), mainly good health, a job which I enjoy more often than not, and many good friends who we catch up with regularly. So, I'm pretty happy with my lot (if not the state of the world at large).

Oh, and being a vegetarian, I have no tuna either

As of now it is almost my 16th birthday (the 23rd) and I just might finally get the computer I've obsessed over getting for two years. (I have to use public ones...). Though it is still unlikely.....


I just might get WoW and no computer though...

Im 16 and also have no gf... Come from the UK!! which makes a change from most of u americans . I dont understand have some of u have barely any friends, i have loads!, not boasting or anything.

It's because we're Americans. See, even we don't want to hang out with ourselves.

I might be getting a job soon. There's a place that will hire me a few weeks before my birthday, if they still need help. I know when I'll be old enough to work there because my mom's boyfriend works there, (he has two jobs, one of them is there) and he asked for me.

Huzzah! All gather around and rejoice!, for I have been gifted my new computer!

Woot! congrats

Congrats on the computer. Is it a good one?

I still have no job. (Damn those strict child labor laws! They're meant for people who don't live on three hours of sleep a day anyways, they shouldn't apply to me!)

My computer is painted <autocensor, not actually painted> up. It hates me. Every forty minutes or so, or whenever I leave my computer, and it isn't actually opening a new page, it dissconnects from the internet. I found a way around needing to restart my computer to regain my internet connection. Now I just have to run MSN messenger, it tells me I can't connect, and they can try to repair it, and so far, it almost always works.

And as for your new slogan, no thank you.

Well It is somewhat good, I lag on WoW extremely in IronForge (lags beyond the ability to function). The internet is good and it is much better than I suspected. I have no job as well, this was a family gift (we recived cash from the goverment over some obscure thing) and they bought all 9 kids this one computer. As you might guess it is highly contested.

Ah. So, it's decent, but not top-of-the-line.

Te way I explained my computer to my friends is like this: "When it works, it's better than the Pentagon. When it crashes, it brings down the economies of small countries with it." That's a bit of an exxaggeration, naturally. If I had a computer better than the Pentagon, they'd kill me and take it. If I brought down the economy of a small country, they'd hire an assassin as soon as their economy was up again. I seem fairly alive to me, so obviously I exaggerated a bit.

My mom and dad live sepparately, and they each have a computer at their house. My mother's computer gets about one frame an hour on Morrowind, to give you an idea of how bad it is. It has internet, broadband in fact, because it's only a bit more expensive than AOL, and we can use our phone and it's much faster. At my dad's house, we have three computers. One is my dad's, the other two are mine. Kind of. The one is for everyone, but I'm the only one who uses it, partially because I'm the only one who ever gets a chance to. My two younger siblings are only here mornings and nights. I don't sleep nights, and I'm here for a few hours after school. The other computer, the one that really is mine, is a gift from my dad, his old computer which he totally destroyed, and bought a new one and gave this one to me rather than fix it. He managed to total the power source. How he did that is beyond me, he is an IT guy, and has worked with computers his whole life, but he managed to wreck this one prettty well. I did manage to get it working, after wrestling with getting all the parts back inside, installing Windows XP Pro, getting all that stuff set up, and the power core blew again. It works every now and then, if I'm really careful to jiggle the switched just right, but mostly it sits there.

Oh, and we also have a Commodore 64, which is currently being used as my doorstop, because my idiot brother broke my door by running into it repeatedly untill the doorknob broke off on both sides, as well as the lock and everything else. I think I had it locked, and I wasn't home, and he didn't know that, and he wanted to ask me something. Or something like that. Or maybe I was home, and he ran into it repeatedly because he has ADHD and seventeen different mental issues. Either one works.

My mother's computer, I never use. That's the kiddies' computer. I never touch it. The only thing I do at my mother's house is sleep (I'm there from 5 pm-9 pm, I don't sleep much at night) eat dinner, and wash dishes every other day or so, when it's my turn.

I can see how having nine kids and one computer can be a problem. We don't have that problem at my house, because at any given time, we have one computer that works, and only three kids, instead of one. If we're at my mother's house, I'm sleeping, my sister is on the computer, and my brother is playing violent bloody horrible games. Or my brother and sister switch places, I don't care, I'm asleep. Or my mother plays solitaire and the two of them fight over that is cheap is a multiplayer game. If we're at my dad's house, I'm on the computer, and they're sleeping, or they are watching the TV.

How do you manage schedules with the nine kids? I mean, for me, I can manage this as a schedule because we never have more than two people fighting over a computer, but with nine? The way we used to run it was we each got half hour turns, but that sucks. I mean, what can you do in half an hour? Not much. Much longer than that, though, and you have people using the computer all the time, and some parents don't like that.

My family used to use half hour turns, but now we've switched to an hour.

Anyways (back on topic), I am indeed still 15, I do however (as of yesterday) have Ninja Gaiden Black. 'Tis super awesome.

I thought the forums were a bit older being so mature, seems like 13-17 is winning, but then I have huge prejudice on all 13 - 15 years old people

I'm 19 myself.

no car, no license and especially no girlfriend

but then I have a job, I have money and especially a good computer

Edit: Man, that sounds pathetic.. poor me...

Yeah, I know how you feel. Most of my friends are about 20.

Im 18... Im starting to feel old here

As well you should.

Oh dear oh dear..if YOU feel old...hmmm..what shall I feel then....?? ....Ancient Methusalem?

We should feel... dead.

Well said.

No, you should just feel... mature.

Well lets see here..

I'm 25, no girlfriend (by my choice. I'd rather be single than end up with an airhead), I keep my time happily occupied with writing, gaming of kinds, tending my garden (though it's coming into the season where I need to start preparing seedlings for next year), and keeping general tabs on the forums here at W4O

You know, I've met girls who weren't airheads. Many of them. I have met many airheads as well, but a great deal of girls that I've met are deep, pkilosopphical, even. I guess it just depends on where you look. It's harder to find them, as they are (often) the ones who are either already married or dating or men haters. A couple of my friends are girls like that.

I still have no girlfriend, although I hang out with a couple of girls. I don't go out because I have no job, and can't afford to go anywhere. Neither can they. Once I get a job, and maybe a car, I'll start going out more. The girls I hang out with are pretty deep thinkers, as deep as I am, sometimes more. I don't hang out with people for being pretty (beautiful, whatever) but I'd say they look nice as well. Not the most beasutiful girls in the school, perhaps, but they are kind and smart and share my sense of humor and look pretty as well. I also hang out with a couple of guys, all of whom are also broke. I hang out with everybody in small groups, rarely more than two at a time, because I dislike social interaction in large groups.

I'll be getting a job in a couple weeks! (maybe)

You have a garden? That is very nice....I like plants but my so called garden doesn´t have enough soil to grow anything but heather and some succulents that don´t need so much.....

Minque you could try the wonderfl, though not as handy world of aquatic gardening ^ ^. Though thre are a few aquatic plants out there that are edible. though don't ask me what they are. Still aquatic gardening is amazing, you would not believe how many species of plants there are out there.

Yes....I actually could, since I do have a small aquarium...with two big tiger-coloured flat fishes ..we call them scalares....thay just had kids so the pot is crowded at the moment..

Now you are right..there are a lot of beautiful plants to grow in water!

scalares or Pterophylum scalare are most commonly called angelfish . What size is the aquarium?

As for plants, well the angelfish will love them, especial broad leavedplants since they can lay their eggs on the surface.

I am not proclaiming ALL women airheads, but the ones I have run across feign interest in my favored topics and offer more or less a vague, fuzzy reply that strongly hints they have no idea whatsoever what I'm talking about. Given my area, the intellectual and adorably smart ones are quite taken, what is usually left are the "party girls" who tend to objectify themselves and seem to have bacteria as the only culture in them. As such, I can't stomach them whatsoever. I'd rather have my skull caved in with a 10 pound sledgehammer than end up with your average Sacramento party girl. Given rather restrictive options, I'd rather continue on with my own thing.

the aquarium is small about 50-60 litres i think..and they certainly laid eggs on my juicy green leaved plants because there are a lot of children now in various sizes....

That's a bit small for angelfish >.< ut we are deviating of topic, we can continue through PMag e if you wish.

I am 24 years old, I'll be 25 on January 30. I have been married for 4 and a half years now with my first child on the way. I've been playing games for as long as I can remember, way back to the atari 2600 and Apple II+. I have a job which I enjoy, I guess. I will make writing my career when I get around to it. If you REALLY want to know more than visit my MySpace page. I'm going to bed now (it's 10:45am but I work the dreaded third shift, I'm a vampire).

To Sir Radont: First I wish you all the best for your child to come! It´s a big occasion to have your first child! (I´ve 3, btw). Then I have visited your "space" and I liked what I read.

Another thing!

In the poll I read that we have 1 member under 13...... hmmmm could it be a typo?

They could have parental permission minque

Hmm... who could this mysterious youngster be....

15? wow, you sure don't look it in your photo's....you look old for your age...


Me? I'm a happy 16. (you know it's a great age when they start giving you sexual health talks. proper ones. )

20 years old, turning 21 in 3 months.
Has 2 jobs, waiter + financial advisor , i enjoy them both to a certain degree
has a car -> Audi A4 which my dad got me so I can go to university easier and faster. and we live in canada, u know how its covered in snow for 5-6 months.
has a gf -> which is in hong kong right now to be with her family for the holiday til jan 8 2006. and i miss her a lot
has a good computer that i paid for myself
also have a notebook that i paid for myself
studies economics in university
hmm what else...
i was wasted last nite, and i plan to get wasted again on the 24th!
thats about it, im out~

A whopping 28 here. Old by most standards I imagine. We have several people in our team who are 40 or older though, which feels great. Means that gaming will probably be fun for the rest of my life.

Update on myself, I guess.

I'm now fifteen with a girlfriend, but still no car (have to be 16 to drive here anyways, so no big loss) or job as of yet, although I'm looking for a job. There are two supermarket chains near here, no more than an hour bikeride away, so I'll be trying to get a job as a stockboy or bagboy in one of those two places as the first places I look for work.

My girlfriend is a girl I've known for a couple of years, maybe four or five, although we were just aquaintances untill this year. We've been pretty good friends for a couple of months now, and I finally got the courage to ask her out.

As long as Kindred is, I might as well update as well.

I'm sixteen and still have no job, permit, or license. I'm confined to my home most days when I'm not at school. I'd like a job, and the only thing that is keeping me away is the forced human interaction, which won't stop me for long until I desperately need the money and job experience.

I am fifteen with a girl friend, no job, and legally i can't drive here. (Stupid connecticut) Though i heard in some states you can drive at fifteen, or at least get your permit.

Yep, like good ol' Missouri.

I'm still fifteen, no girlfriend (although both closer and farther away from it), I do have a car (I have four months to fix it up before I turn 16), and I have been shunned by society.

I might as well add the girlfriend part, but trust me, it's pretty confusing.

There was this girl I met (the first person I met) upon moving to a new town. We instantly became friends, but you could just tell there was something more going on. I liked her very much, but being the coward I am, never told her (though I was certain she felt the same). Unfortunatly a year later I moved again, never telling her how I felt.

We stayed in contact over AIM, and so the friendship remained intact. Another year later through the urgings and mediation of a friend in common we admitted our feelings for eachother. We decided we aren't quite dating YET, but as soon as we meet again, which will be constantly over the course of several months, we will cement the relationship. In the meantime we won't be persuing anyone else and like I said... are not quite dating.

It isn't permanently a visiting relationship, I've learned I'm moving back there (completly not my decision, yet I bless it) and that's when things will be a bit more normal.

the update:

still single. no girlfriend nor will I have one. I am gay.

there are a few prospective guys though

and I am broke -_- going to work 20 hours this semester and save up some money.

I am curious when this thread switched from being forumite ages to personal life updates. Regardless, I just realized I voted in the poll but never posted in the thread.

I am 28 years old, and like the very brave Megil Tel-Zeke, I am gay. My boyfriend and I have been together for just over three years. He doesn't understand my obsession with TES, but that's his loss. Right now, I'm trying to save up money for a new computer so that I can actually play Oblivion when it comes out.

Hmmm.. well...

I'm not gay

Sorry guys I'm off the market.

Anyways, the other day I met this awesome girl.. Good god.. she blew my mind to say the least. We've been talking on the phone in-stuff, and I just found out that she goes to my school.. but I didn't know that.. I've been there for 3 years to, go figure.. Anyways.

I don't plan to ask her out, because, if I have a any fear, then that fear is the fear of commitment. Me and relationships just don't work out.. I can't figure it out, I mean, as long as the girl and I are just close friends I'm cool and I can play my pimp game , but if we make things official, I sweat all the small stuff.

Eeek, marriage is going to be horrible...

Alright i may sound like some idiot, however if you really like the girl, and don't feel uncomfortable around her, then you'll know if you should really go out with her. Just make sure nothing changes if you go out. Like me and chelsea (my gf) we were friends and then stayed the same once we started going out (only now we can be that much closer, sexually of course not, because not before marriage)

This is were my problem lies.. I am a extremely out going guy. So, while I don't really feel uncomfortable around her, I'm just not built for a relationship (maybe atm, I'm not sure). Something holds me back, but I can't find what that is.

I've upset a few girls because of my problem....