That little fuckhead got me into this mess.

I just want to hug him and tell him and anyone his age that “teenage/school years are the best years of your life” is a bold-faced LIE.

It gets better.

It gets WAY better.

14 y/o me would be pretty damn jealous.

i transitioned, my 14 year old self would cry from joy

I’m playing video games all day every day. He would be amazed. It’s adult me knows it’s bad

He’d probably give suicide a lot more consideration.

Look, I’d like to see that little shit do better.

Unironically think they would be proud. I clawed my way out of the depression pit and am working on the plans I had since I was younger.

Actually probably yes.

honestly if I met my 14 year old self I’d give that kid a hug. they wouldn’t accept it, but wow did they need it. turns out shit does, in fact, get better.

I’d say probably. But would be very sad in how little we ride bike now (used to be all the time, year round, rain, snow, or sunshine). But we’re not yelled at every single day! Got a good job that even teenager me would think is cool.

I would just encourage 14 year old me to knock my dad out until he figured out I wasn’t his beast of burden to yell and scream at. The last time he laid hands on me was 14. At the time I didn’t realize I physically intimidated him.

I think 14 year old me would be most disappointed that I’m no longer catholic. She’d probably be a mix of angry and excited that I’m trans. Shocked and confused when I explain to her that her parents’ marriage is really really bad and she’s going to need therapy for the way her dad treats her. Then she’s going to be kinda pissed when I tell her that her dad is right about her needing to do better in school, it’s just that he shouldn’t be yelling at her until she self harms about it. She’ll be proud I’m still friends with her friends and that I got out of Ohio to somewhere cool.

Oh then she’s going to be incredibly disappointed I married someone with tattoos, especially since I’ll call her a classist little shit about it, and that I never had kids.

I’m an incredibly lucky man

I’ve led a life that even I sometimes have to remind myself isn’t a dream

I have loved deeply, been married, divorced, engaged again to the person who is my best friend

I have travelled, seen amazing things, lived in a few countries and experienced things I couldn’t have imagined

I have studied at university, as well as getting a trade and progressing a very long with that

I have been wealthy, I own some stuff that the younger me would think is pretty cool, but I have few material possessions now because “stuff” doesn’t really matter to me

I have lived in some of the biggest cities in the world, and now I enjoy peace and quiet in one of the most beautiful places in the world

The porn I create has tens of millions of views, I’ve done things that are wild, creative and on occasion, sexy

I’m the luckiest bastard on Earth