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In reply to the discussion: What were you doing at age 18 ? [View all]femmocrat
(28,394 posts)54. College freshman ...
and working part-time as a waitress. And hoping "my prince would come" to rescue me from my drudgery and toil.
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I was almost literally having a nervous breakdown at freshman year of college.
closeupready
Sep 2014
#9
Hey Steve, I was a freshman at San Jose State College, living at home with my parents!
CaliforniaPeggy
Sep 2014
#11
Second/third year of college, two part time jobs, mourning, becoming workaholic, not coping.
politicat
Sep 2014
#19
Frosh in colege, taking classes that all were taking, since I had NO idea what I wanted
benld74
Sep 2014
#30
Living at home, working full time as a typist in an insurance/real estate office.
Arkansas Granny
Sep 2014
#33
Most of it 18 I was a sr in high school. Muscle car, money from pt job, and crazy friends.
aikoaiko
Sep 2014
#46
It's great to be a Gator. On my way to college in Missouri. Went to grad school at U/F as old fogey.
kairos12
Sep 2014
#48
I was at a concert when a friend of mine was onstage with another folk singer
pinboy3niner
Sep 2014
#58
graduating high school, joining the Air Force, being a born again Christian and torturing myself
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2014
#79