Question of the Day - Tuesday, November 12

[cassiopea]

Hello hello! Happy Tuesday


Pardon the slight delay, yesterday ended up being a little hectic. All is settled though!





What are you scared of as an adult that you weren’t scared of as a child?





Something as simple as falling down. So many things I was able to get away with as a kid with tumbling and jumping, but now (Even as someone who is physically active and in their 30's) falling and hurting myself sounds so daunting lol

Also I found making friends as an adult can be tricky. While it wasn't the easiest as a kid either thanks to dealing with a lot of bullying, making new friends as an adult is a lot harder than it seems for a long variety of reasons.

 

[mani]

The obvious one is the process of aging and all that that entails... as a child you think you're immortal.

I also don't swim in the ocean in such a carefree way as I did as a child... Too many stories of shark attacks will do that.

 

[vampiric_conure]

Swimming in lakes. I was so carefree as a kid. Now I KNOW what's under the water

 

[SueLinda]

Hello hello! Happy Tuesday


Pardon the slight delay, yesterday ended up being a little hectic. All is settled though!





What are you scared of as an adult that you weren’t scared of as a child?





Something as simple as falling down. So many things I was able to get away with as a kid with tumbling and jumping, but now (Even as someone who is physically active and in their 30's) falling and hurting myself sounds so daunting lol

Also I found making friends as an adult can be tricky. While it wasn't the easiest as a kid either thanks to dealing with a lot of bullying, making new friends as an adult is a lot harder than it seems for a long variety of reasons.




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That kitten is adorable!! That's why I put the laughing icon.

 

[SueLinda]

As a child, I was fearless. Now that I'm older (and wiser?), not so much. I wouldn't say "afraid", just a lot more cautious than I used to be.

 

[neely]

Not exactly a child but as a student in college I used to hitchhike with my friends since we didn't have a car. Nowadays I wouldn't think twice about doing that, too many weirdos out there.

 

[di and bob]

I think things through more now. I never walk backwards anymore since my broken wrist, (raking) and i drive more cautiously. I used to burn off tires, race people, go 100mph, etc, when I was young and invincible. No more, now I know I could die!

 

[fionasmom]

In general, having an accident of any kind. As I kid I just did not think about anything happening no matter what I did and now I see all the dangers and consequences. So getting on a roof, jumping down from a height, riding a bicycle very fast, skateboarding, etc.

 

[catloverfromwayback]

Same as mani said - aging. I'm sixty and my health is deteriorating.

 

[aliceneko]

Also agree with deteriorating health - I'm disabled and chronically ill, and am worried of having to permanently use a wheelchair or have my mobility limited even more (it's already pretty bad as it is).

 

[Norachan]

Politicians, immigration officers and tax inspectors.

 

[misty8723]

Politicians, immigration officers and tax inspectors.

In my case, mostly politicians.

 

[MonaLyssa33]

A recent fear is tires coming off semis. My brother-in-law's cousin's wife was killed when a semi lost a tire, flew over the median and crashed into the windshield killing two of the three people in the car. I was in Baltimore this morning, driving to the airport and a semi was smoking and it made me start freaking out about a tire flying off.