what if you could go back in time and talk to yourself?
By Naylani
@Naylani (111)
United States
March 14, 2009 7:47pm CST
I know this is a freaky concept, but I recently was wondering what if I could go back in time and talk to myself or my parents in the past? What would I say to them? You know those great movies like "Back to the Future"? The idea of seeing my mom and dad back in the 70's looking so young with me as a little child would blow my mind. I think the first thing I would want to do, is give my little child self a big hug. I guess because I know the hardship to come. Oh I wouldn't tell them who I was, because I'm sure they wouldn't believe me, but I would love to talk to my mom and dad to get a sense of who they were as young people. Now at 35, I have very few clear memories of that time, but to actually be there and watch myself as a baby...and as a toddler, then childhood, and then as a teenager. I'm not sure how I would feel. How would you feel mylotters? What would you say? What would you like to know?
4 responses
@grandpa_lash (5225)
• Australia
15 Mar 09
I never listened to anyone else, why would I listen to me? But just to look, not even slightly interested.
Lash
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@bunnyhoover (406)
• United States
15 Mar 09
At the point of physical interaction between myself and my past self, the entire universe would just collapse into a singularity. Then I wouldn't be able to go back in time because in the past there would only be a singularity and no future me to give time travel a shot. There would be no physicist to create time travel. There would be no marshmallow peeps to devour. So at the point that I would have time traveled the whole continuum would begin again and past me would once again be introduced to future me, then we would hug, then comes the singularity. But, once again since past me doesn't exist and future me never happens and I don't travel back, the whole thing would begin again as if the time travel never happened. Then comes that stupid hug again. Damn i just wrote myself into a paradox..
@cobrateacher (8432)
• United States
15 Mar 09
What a concept!
If it were possible, I'd try to improve the relationships in my family. I'd try harder to get my parents and siblings to accept me as I am and not resent me for being different from them. I don't think I could ever be like them, as I hate their basic values, but I'd probably try not to be so messed up by it all. They'll always be narcissistic social-climbers, andI'll always dislike that, but maybe I could find a way to make peace and not have to opt out of the family completely, as I did,
@CJscott (4187)
• Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
15 Mar 09
If it were possible, I think I would try to encourage my mother to take a more active roll in preparing me for life. Read the bible more, because in recent years I have found that it contains a load of useful information. And that is about all. Aside from that, I would want to intrude as little as possible, never know what might slip, and cause unforeseeable consequences.
