Do you ever wish you lived in the 50s so you could just be a wife and mother and be happy?
I did live in the 50s. It was a better time in some ways but not as good in others. We have a sort of false nostalgia about past decades, we remember the good stuff but not the other stuff. TV and movies were idealized then, so we get the impression life was a lot simpler, families were closer and less dysfunctional, government worked better, etc. etc. But in fact at the time people were just like they are now. Everyone thought a nuclear war was inevitable. Everyone smoked and wherever you went you smelled it. Cars weren't as safe, highways either, so a lot more people died in accidents, even relatively minor ones. Childhood diseases were still epidemic, and everyone knew someone with polio, you used to see kids on crutches with their legs in braces, plus kids died from German measles, whooping cough, diphtheria, etc. Education was better, I think, but girls were put on the 'mommy track', and if a girl wanted to be an engineer or a doctor she'd be harshly discouraged. If she wanted to go to college she could choose between nursing and teaching, or else she was seen as a freak, almost dangerous. Divorced women were also seen as dangerous and were not welcome in some neighborhoods because all the women thought she'd be after their husbands. Blacks and Hispanics and Asians faced open hostility and discrimination. It was almost impossible for them to bring a lawsuit against white people, or even to testify in court against them. In the South a black man could get killed for looking at a white woman the wrong way. They'd done away with public lyinchings, but he could still be tortured and killed in private. Around the mid 1960s we decided that women just staying home and raising kids wasn't productive enough. We changed to a standard of living based on two incomes per family. This was partly to satisfy feminists who wanted girls to have the same options and life opportunities as boys, but also because it just created more wealth to have everyone working. Most women today don't want to be stay-at-home moms, in fact today I think there are almost as many stay-at-home dads!
What do you wish you could just get out of a vending machine?
I have seen vending machines with sandwiches and ice cream... I have seen vending machines with cell phones and ipods. I have seen vending machines with cigarettes. I have never seen a vending machine with an automobile though like a brand new ford truck. Never seen one with a good bottle of wine...never seen a vending machine that has tools like a hammer or a wrench. Never seen a Vending machine that gives automobile supplies like a tire or windshield wiper.... that would be cool.
Have you ever been so depressed that you wish you could just disappear without anyone noticing?
yes, depression comes in a wave and it drowns me, suffocating me. I was filled with emptiness, guilt and sadness knowing i had no purpose in life. i felt guilty because i was born into a loving and privileged family. i always felt that i wanted to trade my life with someone worse off so they’d be happy with this life that i have. i loved being alone but i felt so lonely, being abused in relationships emotionally just made everything worse. i had irregular sleep patterns and slept too much, ate too much or nothing at all - i hated my body.It’s been 4 years since i recovered from depression and sometimes i still get haunted by the sadness but im better. i know i’m not really answering the question but i really wanted to share how i had felt. you’re not alone. better times will come and recovery is possible. for me, medication and therapy didn’t help at all.I was a skeptical christian, wondering why pain came upon me if jesus loved me so much but it was only till one night where i couldn’t bear the pain anymore where i kneeled in my room at 4am and prayed and surrendered my heart to the lord, where i heard him and felt his presence.. a few days later, my family and friends could all see the improvement in my mood and the glow in my face. Love exists and you are loved. God loves you so much.
What does the phrase "be careful what you wish for, it might just come true" mean?
They are talking about irony in life.For example, I wished for a puppy badly a month ago. I went to the pet store. Unknown to me, an adoption service was waving the adoption fee for that one day. I was so happy to have him. My pup has hard to treat separation anxiety. If I leave him alone for even 20 minutes (he cries and howls if he his kennel or confined to a room and had great chewy toys): he will chew and destroy many items as many times as I leave.Note: The dog will stay in his forever home, I will train him by leaving for a couple minutes at a time and coming back.
Do you sometimes wish you could get kidnapped just because it might turn out to be a refreshing getaway?
I know you are just having fun but one of my friends got kidnapped. His life was ruined by these guys. They cut off one of his fingers and one ear and they mailed to his parents. That was terrible. I don't want to be kidnapped.
Do you ever wish that you could just un-meet someone?
No, never. Honestly, there are a handful of people who has caused me great heart aches and given me tumultuous times. But I had rather have them in my life cause they have taught me valuable life lessons. The past has shaped me into a better person I believe. I'm 21 and I'm proud being who I'm today. This “me” is possible only because of all those life experience I have had before and the people who were a part of it.
Do you wish that some people would just overdose on chill pills?
Like my dad.