I know we've had posts about all the naive, immature, "cute" things we used to believe as children. How about the things we believed later on, when our minds we're halfway developed?

For me...things like....
-I thought going to college meant you graduated and walked right into a job. And for my major (Computer Science), I thought it meant I would get a 90K job straight out of undergrad.

-I thought celebs or even semi-celebs could get ANY girl they wanted

-I thought I would never ever have gay friends. In HS, I remember telling someone, "what's the point of having a gay guy as a friend? They don't like Rap, Sports, or girls. What would we have in common?"

-I used to think that a good amount of women and even some guys would save themselves for marriage. Like, I would think that less than 1% actually do it now...but I thought the number was more like 10-15%.

-Until I visited message boards at 16-17, I thought White people who loved Rap loved Black people, and had no chance at being conservative. Rap music .com completely proved that wrong for me.

-After 2001 and especially 2002, I thought the Lakers would win at LEAST 5-6 more straight championships.

Until an embarrassingly late age. Probably into my twenties. Public school.

i dont have colors
my mmsic:
www.soundclick.com/sylana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brb8g8f18xE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NgNuVHrEKI

-The Suns would win the championship.

-Being "good" and following all the rules would ensure success.

-If your personality is enough, looks don't matter.

>-The Suns would win the championship.
>
>-Being "good" and following all the rules would ensure
>success.
>
>-If your personality is enough, looks don't matter.
>

Things done changed (c) Biggie

>-The Suns would win the championship.

http://www.espn.go.com/photo/2007/0514/nba_dime_395.jpg

BRUH

lol like to look back and shit

I used to think mixed girls looked the best, and that they looked this good because it was a reward for us bringing different races together.

*runs and hides*

'What do you think about interracial dating?'

"...you want my real opinion?"

'yes, you can be completely honest'

"Man, I think brothers be lost"

the whole table got silent and you've never seen me on MTV

>the whole table got silent and you've never seen me on MTV

>"Man, I think brothers be lost"
>
>the whole table got silent and you've never seen me on MTV

>'What do you think about interracial dating?'
>
>"...you want my real opinion?"
>
>'yes, you can be completely honest'
>
>"Man, I think brothers be lost"
>
>the whole table got silent and you've never seen me on MTV

and i remember even making posts about it in my Divine Sheba days lol

"Whoa, what do you think I am?" I know she only kissed the tip exactly once. Meanwhile, I'm staying after school to eat pussy for 2-3 hours a day, lol.

>"Whoa, what do you think I am?" I know she only kissed the
>tip exactly once. Meanwhile, I'm staying after school to eat
>pussy for 2-3 hours a day, lol.

HA, getting those extracurriculars in, telling your folks you got practice for your nonexistent club

Even if it wasn't in public (ha)

(until i had enough of my ex being a lot a bit of crazy).

fuck them shoes breh.

was based on the amount of time spent in the car and not the distance driven. This was for like a few months after I got my license. For some reason the whole idea that distance is what matters was mind boggling to me. I assumed if I spent 20 minutes in the car, no matter how far I got in that 20 minutes, my gas level shouldn't be any/much lower.

My pops was like ..... the fuck is the matter with you.

(Edit: I understand that there are other variables involved in gas mileage and shit ... just speaking generally here about my initial assumptions on the matter)

but it's more a personal quirk/funny thing I have about "dress codes" and uniformity and shit like that.

Decade or two later and I still haven't quite figured it out lol

http://i.imgur.com/I33dz9T.jpg

hope that helps.

- That college would be like a Different World, Class Act, TLC (Baby Baby Videos) etc...

- In err religion.. Ghosts.. (Humanoid) Aliens... I still look for proof.. but I don't NEED it for my moral compass or life fulfillment

- That I was smarter than I was (Ivy League engineering will humble your ass quick fast)

- That the East Coast was the only region that needed to exist in rap

- That I would never NOT wear a condom.. lol

- That I didn't know anyone gay.. (them college reveals of high school friends is certainly the path to enlightenment)

or if they just weren't as comfortable to come out back then.

Like Middle and HS....I really can't recall any gay guys in the entire school that were openly gay, although 5-6 have come out since then. Some were expected, some were shockers.

Yea think it's just comfort with coming out....

imo alotta shit was closeted back then.. even musical likes...

cats couldn't be a "Rap head" and openly like say nirvana or fiona apple etc.. now being eclectic is typical..

just because NOBODY else would say some shit like that if their favorite group was Westside Connection or Bone.

lol...

but yea.. you learn a whole hell of a lot

>or if they just weren't as comfortable to come out back
>then.
>
>Like Middle and HS....I really can't recall any gay guys in
>the entire school that were openly gay, although 5-6 have come
>out since then. Some were expected, some were shockers.

I went to a performing arts school, so they were always clear and abundant.

not only was I sharing a room. I was sharing a tiny room after having my own space in a house

lol.. yo them first few months of college can be a reality check for that ass

"What do you mean where's Humpty...(pulls nose out of pocket)..he's right here!"

lol

I figured they'd all be arrogant. And that they would only date Basketball players, celebs, rich guys. And that I would have to become rich to ever have a chance with one

man all my friends were like fuck that shit I aint eating no pussy. Mean while I had girls giving me free word of mouth advertising.

i dont have colors
my mmsic:
www.soundclick.com/sylana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brb8g8f18xE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NgNuVHrEKI

like, that they were almost impossible to find on the street, and that they were a whole nother level of good looking.

When girls from my HS and then college started appearing in videos, it was usually the finest ones, but I realized that they put on the perfect makeup, outfits, and hair on them to make them look like they did in videos. I almost felt like they couldn't exist in real life.

How can I say it...like if there was a kid who was 16, 6'4, great at ball, had a great family background, and a great personality...I figured that the 5'1, fat kid who got bullied and got no play would eventually end up having just as good of a life somehow. And in some cases, this happened, but when I hit my late 20's, I felt bad seeing people who had it rough in HS still have it rough.

over whites.

tried to create the fake race war shit in 03-04, I didn't believe it.

Well in LA .. think there is a high speed chase at lest 4-5 times a week..

so when i was taken out of my typing class in HS i was like
cool i don't want to be a secretary

my dad was like you will need that class
i was like dad i'm going to college
i will have a secretary who will need to know how to type
and he will be a man


~~~~
When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
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You cannot hate people for their own good.

confused me...she said "crack is wack, I don't do that cheap stuff" then said she did cocaine five min later....I was like wait...you just said you didn't do it?

my first gig at an agency in Richmond a white woman said "I think the guy who used to own our office space does crack"

I responded: well, I seen him doing lines with the owner of a club the other week

her: pffft, I'm not talking about powder, that's nothing, I MEAN CRACK!!!

I gave a her the 0_0

Man when you're a kid, everything you asked for was answered with or ended in "Do you pay bills?", "When you pay some bills around here you can _______x!!"



I started working at 14yrs old and paying "rent" to live at home. I never had a say in anything or got what I wanted.

I was naive to how regular casual sex is

also I thought that everyone who you would get "serious" with was ready to settle down without bringing anything crazy to the table

would be with you...whether she really wants it and begs for it, or whether she's casual and not trippin either way."

I was LOST when a girl would have sex with me, but then be like "wait, you thought I wanted to be serious with you?" and STILL want to have sex.

>For me...things like....
>-I thought going to college meant you graduated and walked
>right into a job.

it didn't used to be so hard to get a job after college.

HAHahHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

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"There's a fine line between persistence and foolishness..."
-unknown

"To Each His Reach"

this brings back memories...not good ones

She won't want a nice guy until her kids by niggas that go by the name "Black" are grown.

Man I didn't learn that lesson til my 30's.

>I didn't learn that lesson til my 30's.

ouch

>HAHahHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
>
>

this has been my experience:

http://www.thisisyourconscience.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/nerd1.jpg

last forever.

what's the point of an agreement if it can be broken?

in September of 12th grade. Two weeks later, she said "you know what sucks though? We will probably have to break up when you leave for college next year!" My immediate thought was "wait.....we're still gonna be together that far ahead???"

we cheat. And not necessarily unhappy with the woman or the relationship?

I love growing up and getting older as my thoughts and perspectives change, and that is the most refreshing aspect of my humanity, that I am never locked into any steadfast belief structure.

Some men never actually TRY to be faithful. They think it's okay to cheat and that's why they cheat.

i used to watch every tuesday (i think it was) when she was on oprah pushing her fancy common sense.
and you couldn't tell me oprah wasn't it.

i don't really really like her no more.
and iyanla is like that auntie that talks crazy but she be right sometimes.
i fucks with her for the comedy of it.
i'd say how i really feel about oprah but i don't want damali coming for my head!
(lol jokes)

im 34 now and roughly the same person but with a lot of major firmware upgrades

they were like 32.

time aint shit and at a certain point we're all just kind of a the same level

i look at an early 20s person and they think im so far away in age and I think "you say that now...but you really are not, time moves fast as shit"

>time aint shit and at a certain point we're all just kind of
>a the same level
>
>i look at an early 20s person and they think im so far away in
>age and I think "you say that now...but you really are not,
>time moves fast as shit"

A 25 yr old single dude without kids ain't really that different than a 35 yr old dude in the same situation, just 10 yrs older.

This only applies to responsible parents tho

>-After 2001 and especially 2002, I thought the Lakers would
>win at LEAST 5-6 more straight championships.

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/d-fj0OFhB9g/0.jpg

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1032/1418770594_2370f2e356.jpg

good thing I came along when I did smh

that it never hurts to help someone, and that helping them naturally
put you in good graces

that ppl were generally trustworthy

that i'd repay my student loans in 3-5 yrs.

that gpa was as important as graduating

that having street smarts was an indication of ones blackness

that backing down from a fight made one less of man

that blood is thicker than water

that my mom was just eccentric

jesus

that drug addicts were weak

that i was considerably smarter than my peers

that brand name clothing actually meant something

that those adults who weren't wealthy were morons or not worth listening to.

that i'd figure out how to be this super confident tony robbins like winner upon graduating college

that affirmative action was b.s.

that pussy belonged on a pedestal

.

And that the people in charge knew what they were doing.

Man was I wrong.


my avy: Deep in your heart, you know he's right: http://coreyrichardsonneedsajob.com/
my hustle: http://SupaSoulSounds.com

*RIP: John T. "220v" Richardson, Blessing Benson, and Dilla*

Got to travel free, kickback in an office all day, telling people what to do, getting paid 6-8 figures...while janitors did the "hardest" work and got paid minimum wage.

>-I thought celebs or even semi-celebs could get ANY girl they
>wanted

same here until Ray J tried to holla at a friend of mine & got clowned. I feel like anyone from the LA area has a story bout Ray J hollering at a friend or friend of a friend. six degrees of Ray J

>-After 2001 and especially 2002, I thought the Lakers would
>win at LEAST 5-6 more straight championships.

couldn't tell me nothing...thought we were bout to ride that wave the whole decade

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"And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful." ~ 2 Tim 2:4

with hard work and education, everyone can succeed.

that could transcend all

LOL

That there was nothing wrong with you (I mean there's probably a bunch of shit wrong with you but not THAT)

or

That there is no hell?

i first accepted that God must've made me this way. i later realized there is no hell. then i accepted that God doesn't exist.

I'm happy for anyone who comes out on the other side of that.

not be gay.

like, on my face crying before God and the whole 9 yards. all of that. over and over.

but my struggle was relatively easy compared to what some of my brethren and sistren have gone through. still, it was awful. i am grateful that my struggle was mostly philosophical and that i wasn't put out of my parents' house or my terrorized at school or anything like that.

saying they dont, thats fucked up!!!


i dont have colors
my mmsic:
www.soundclick.com/sylana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brb8g8f18xE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NgNuVHrEKI

I still believe this a little. LOL

anything to salt the game of a muhphucka much older than me at one time or another.


Now I'm that old dude that someone is saying to some 20 yr old "He'll give you worms".

my life would be fairly easy because I am "a good person".