I will be 20 in 18 days.

[ccharles000]

I will turn 20 in 18 days and I have questions. What was your 20's like and is 20 really all that different than 19?

[madeline_con]

1. Yes, your butt will begin to sag immediately!

[ccharles000]

4. I hope not I like my butt

:)

[fizzgig]

2. 20 wasn't all that much different than 19

i'll be 28 next month and my mid-20s were really, really cruddy.

[Quantess]

3. 20 is more corrupt than 19.

Just kidding.

[MrSlayer]

5. Ah 19. My band was playing out, naked parties, lots of personal abuse.

At 20 I lost my hair, gained 400 pounds, inexplicably started attending BINGO parties and had first experiences with E.D. Yes, 20 is much, much different than 19. It's like that one year does for fifty.

:P

[DFW]

6. I remember that--had my "over-the-hill" party when I turned 21

That having been said, my 20s were definitely cool.

Found my stride in college, really. Was considered sort of a nerd before that, got featured in
a photo in the school paper in my one and only year at a prep school called "Freaks, Jocks, and
Zeroes." Needless to day, now decades later, their requests for alumni contributions fall on deaf
ears.


But I was already in college at 20. Learned to play 12 string guitar like Leo Kottke, balalaika
and Russian music, started to travel seriously on my own, met my wife-to-be in a cabaret in (West-)
Berlin, got recruited for my job by the outfit I'm still with (now as station chief for Europe),
had no health worries, made enough salary to do pretty much anything I wanted (modest aspirations helped).
Traveled to Europe a LOT, also Asia, the Seychelles, Cuba, plenty of places in North America, finally
moved in with my wife-to-be at age 26, haven't looked back.

You won't notice the difference from the day before to the day after, but it'll come, believe me.
It won't hit you in the eyes like a sledge hammer, but there will come plenty of times when you just
look around you and say hey, this is WAY cool.

I turned 20 exactly 37 years ago, and remember it like it was yesterday.

Gotta admit, I had one hell of a good time in my 20s. I hope you do too!

[bigwillq]

7. You'll see more of a change at 21

Assuming you like to go to the bars or clubs. I had a lot of fun in my 20s. In my early 20s. College was awesome, and so was the nightlife. But towards the later part of my 20s, I was tired of the bar/club scene. I just did it for too long. I had my fun, but the thrill wasn't there anymore.

Besides that aspect of it, I think during your 20s you really find out who you are as a person. It's interesting to see yourself grow and change.

Enjoy! :) :hi: