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i’m nostalgic about literally everything but my childhood holds such a special place in my heart. i do believe that those years were the best of my life, not because of the rose coloured way a little girl sees the world, but because it was all much better back then. everything felt colourful and exciting and genuine. i couldn’t wait to become like the teens / young adults i saw on tv and looked up to but then i grew up and everything was just different and i’ve missed it all ever since. anything and any media from the 2000s i come across gives me such a bittersweet feeling, all the other comments on this post as well :’)
Feb 22, 2025
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I am the most nostalgic person I know. It is sort of a curse at times because I often romanticize parts of my life that should not be, but there are highlights to it too. I love finding things that made me happy as a young kid especially. There was a kind of magic to the world that only existed in the early 2000's that is still somewhat accessible through indulging in nostalgia. I made a whole Pinterest board of memories from my childhood. I can guarantee that if you were a kid in 1994-2009, this board I created will encapsulate some really fun memories of your childhood (especially if you were a girl)
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🎥the internet was not in our pockets and our brains were way fucking healthier for it.
nothing was instantaneous either. i think we all had a LOT more patience. like i ordered my prom dress off the internet and we got SCAMMED HAHAHAH like that shit doesn’t really happen now. like ordering things offline was like a MYSTERY. it was so crazy
i remember having the school phone book they’d publish every year and it was just everyone’s names & phone numbers (i think you could opt out or whatever) but if i wanted to have a play date id have to go to the phone book look up the name and then go to the oldddddd school ass phone with the twisty dial up numbers and they’re parents would answer and i’d have to be like “hi mrs. mom is your son there can i talk to him?” i’d literally call my childhood crush and we‘d talk on the phone all the time but he’d ignore me at school 🙄
i also remember like i could come home from school and it didn’t feel like i was still easily accessible to everyone. i could get away and like recharge properly each night. kids don’t have that these days and it’s soooooo fucked. the more i learn about phones and the more i teach kids, the more i sound like a conservative. im like LET THEM PLAY OUTSIDE ALONE, tell em to come back when the street lights come on!!!!!! NO PHONES until 18!!!!!!
if i could i would change the law that lets ppl market their products to kids under 12 or something. i’d make kids being given phones under 14 illegal.
another funny anecdote from the early 2000s was that in middle school, lil wayne released the carter III and i CALLED MY STEPDAD from school and said you need to pick me up so he took me to newbury comics (irresponsible) we BOUGHT the CD and i blasted it in his car on the way back to school 😂
oohhhhhhh my god also the WAY i would just sit in my room and look up lyrics on AZlyrics.com and just sing the same 4 songs over and over until i learned all the words. or like listen to the song and write out the words if they weren’t up yet 😭😭😭😭
i also opened my diary and there was an entry from like 2011 and it just starts “I love tumblr.”
i also have a lot of sweet memories of going to blockbuster with my mom 🥲 i can still smell the smelly smell and see the rug inside there and i’m half as tall as the VHS shelves 😭
there’s soooo much more, i cherish my childhood now even tho i was neglected as fuck. it was a very special time and i’m very lucky i got to experience that.
nothing was instantaneous either. i think we all had a LOT more patience. like i ordered my prom dress off the internet and we got SCAMMED HAHAHAH like that shit doesn’t really happen now. like ordering things offline was like a MYSTERY. it was so crazy
i remember having the school phone book they’d publish every year and it was just everyone’s names & phone numbers (i think you could opt out or whatever) but if i wanted to have a play date id have to go to the phone book look up the name and then go to the oldddddd school ass phone with the twisty dial up numbers and they’re parents would answer and i’d have to be like “hi mrs. mom is your son there can i talk to him?” i’d literally call my childhood crush and we‘d talk on the phone all the time but he’d ignore me at school 🙄
i also remember like i could come home from school and it didn’t feel like i was still easily accessible to everyone. i could get away and like recharge properly each night. kids don’t have that these days and it’s soooooo fucked. the more i learn about phones and the more i teach kids, the more i sound like a conservative. im like LET THEM PLAY OUTSIDE ALONE, tell em to come back when the street lights come on!!!!!! NO PHONES until 18!!!!!!
if i could i would change the law that lets ppl market their products to kids under 12 or something. i’d make kids being given phones under 14 illegal.
another funny anecdote from the early 2000s was that in middle school, lil wayne released the carter III and i CALLED MY STEPDAD from school and said you need to pick me up so he took me to newbury comics (irresponsible) we BOUGHT the CD and i blasted it in his car on the way back to school 😂
oohhhhhhh my god also the WAY i would just sit in my room and look up lyrics on AZlyrics.com and just sing the same 4 songs over and over until i learned all the words. or like listen to the song and write out the words if they weren’t up yet 😭😭😭😭
i also opened my diary and there was an entry from like 2011 and it just starts “I love tumblr.”
i also have a lot of sweet memories of going to blockbuster with my mom 🥲 i can still smell the smelly smell and see the rug inside there and i’m half as tall as the VHS shelves 😭
there’s soooo much more, i cherish my childhood now even tho i was neglected as fuck. it was a very special time and i’m very lucky i got to experience that.
Jul 20, 2025
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⭐When I think about it, I think most of my nostalgia stems from being a child because I was unequivocally aware that I was filled with joy and trusting my present state. I was able to thrive in naivety because I was around people who had my best interest at heart. I didn't feel heartbreak simply because I was a child and had no purpose to date. I never felt true betrayal (even on the contrary of my second grade best friend randomly becoming my third grade bully...or attempted bully). My friends lived next door and on hot summer days we stayed outside from sun up til the street lights came on. Riding around the neighborhood on our bikes, buying candy from the corner store, then playing hopscotch with the bigger kids across the street. The nostalgia to truly feel free from the complexities that I face daily with interactions.
I look back and my sisters and brothers were always around. I think about the days where we danced and sang songs. Never aware that that day was the last day where we are under the same roof, laughing and mocking but with so much love in our hearts that we don't care. We just feel good.
I look back and my sisters and brothers were always around. I think about the days where we danced and sang songs. Never aware that that day was the last day where we are under the same roof, laughing and mocking but with so much love in our hearts that we don't care. We just feel good.
Apr 24, 2024
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