do you ever wish....

Kimberley · 07-10-2006, 02:35 PM

that you could go back in time and live say 100 years ago when there was still so much open space? i know it would have been an extremely difficult life, especially if you were a pioneer, but it would also have been much more simple. i wishi could have lived then and in medival times it would have been hard, and could be cruel, but it would have been interesting. atleast to me know it would be, probably if i lived then it wouldn't have been interesting.

07-10-2006, 02:40 PM

I'll tell you what I wish for.......I wish I could back in time 10 years so that I would be able to afford a house. With the house prices in California I don't think I will ever be able to afford to buy a house. I'm afraid I will rent forever.

07-10-2006, 02:44 PM

It's funny you posted this...I always tell people I was born 100 yrs too late. I would have loved to live long ago - rough life or not.

07-10-2006, 03:04 PM

Maybe 20 years

2bearsmom · 07-10-2006, 03:11 PM

For the land and cost of living factor...yes, but I can't imagine not having modern conveniences...so I think maybe 50 years back is as much as I could handle!

caitlyn&michaelsmom · 07-10-2006, 03:42 PM

I don't think I would have liked living that long ago. There were too many problems such as sickness to deal with then. The prices of things sound nice but people back then probably thought things were expensive and unafforable just like we do today.

JSEVEN · 07-10-2006, 05:49 PM

To be honest...it's not for me... I like living in the present b/c my ethnic...I am second generation being filipino-American. My parents are first generation meaning that they came into the USA during the early 70's. My dad was in the Navy, served during the korea-war and etc..total of 24 years. My mom had a hard time b/c she had language barrier and American custom to get use to. It is really hard on them b/c they grew up in Philippines where it took so many years to get rid of ex-president Marcos. Growing up was hard on us...traveled alot from Okinawa,Japan,Guam,Washington State and then we finally settled on Oahu,Hawaii...Honolulu...was best years during my childhood life.

Especially for my mom...she got use speaking english to a point where she doesn't have an accent. You know what.... I really never knew how poor certain areas in the Philippines until I visited many years ago. Meat was like luxary item for many families...most of my mom's families ate vegetables and rice b/c meat was expensive back then and still is. Only the rich and well off families can afford buying meats, American goods and etc... I tell my kids how lucky they are to have steak,ground beef,pork and etc...

My dh is actually 3rd generation filipino-american....his grandparents were farmers who were brought down from Philippines to island of Maui, Hawaii and also he has family in Canada. My mother in law...she grew up L.A. during the Watts riots...near Compton, CA. She saw her old high school burned down and etc...

So...I don't really mind living today's life.

cj's mom · 07-10-2006, 06:37 PM

I guess I would not mind going back but I would not want to know what I was missing.

If I could I think I would rather have been an adult at the time my parents were bringing us up. I remember the way things were or at least seemed to be and have a tough time understanding why we still don't do that type of thing. Life a little slower, more family time, neighbors who knew each other.
That type of thing.

bennis_mama · 07-10-2006, 07:13 PM

I want to live in the fifties...my husband and i joke that we were borne past our time. We're really simple in our lives, except i don't know how I'd do w/o a dishwasher...!!! or starbucks, but if i didn't know what i was missing....

lamby248 · 07-11-2006, 06:05 PM

I wish I could go back to the 50's. I think that is a cool era..