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Bubba
09-20-2014, 04:35 PM
Do you ever think that you that you could have been really great at something if you'd been exposed to it at a younger age? Some thing that you never tried that you might have had a natural aptitude for?

For all I know, I could have potentially been the greatest baseball player of all time. However, growing up in England I've never played a game of baseball in my entire life even though I love the sport. Or maybe I could have set a speed record for making crocheted bobble hats... who knows?

So what do you think you might have been amazing at given the chance?

~*~Celes~*~
09-20-2014, 05:59 PM
Cooking. My mom was usually more of a hamburger helper kind of mom so I didn't have a big influence on creativity there, but I'm working on it now. I'm a pretty good cook :D

Shorty
09-21-2014, 07:55 AM
Maybe possibly potentially acting. I was exposed to and involved with local theater and productions quite a bit growing up, and my father was pretty well-known within the theater community. My very first audition ever I got only by the chance that the director knew my father. But my mother resented the fact that it took so much of his time away, and when they divorced I was forbidden from pursuing it.

I think that if I had a true chance I might have done alright at it. But it was a dream I more or less had to throw out the window by age twelve, so c'est la vie.

Shiny
09-21-2014, 08:33 AM
Playing piano. My parents didn't want to pay for lessons so now I'm just playing things by ear or making trout up as I go. It's a lot harder to learn things the older you get. I was however exposed to ballet and tap dancing which I quickly discovered I had no passion for and sucked at. Ha! xD

noxious.sunshine
09-22-2014, 01:12 AM
I really wish I'd stuck with things I started.

Like swimming. I did it for 10 years, but got tired of it and quit.. I -really- wish I hadn't. And piano lessons, but the only reason I quit was because my teacher moved and I really liked her. Got tired of private art classes. And gymnastics I wanted to keep on with, but the gym I was taking classes at ended up being too hard for anyone to get me to what with my mom's work schedule and my sister being off in college.

MissH
09-23-2014, 05:26 PM
A Disney Princess.


Damn you, real life.

Mirage
09-23-2014, 08:08 PM
martial artz

i really enjoy it, both as a exercise and as a competitive sport. If I had been exposed to it at 8 years old, maybe I wouldn't have been that "fat unathletic kid" in class for my entire life. The only real options where I grew up were skiing or football. I hate skiing and I dislike team sports. Fighting, however, fills me with a lot of excitement, and I definitely see it as something I could have stuck with.

I really envy the younger members of my current club, seeing them as skilled as i am, while at the same time being nearly 20 years younger than me.

Marky Tee
09-23-2014, 09:07 PM
i'm fairly certain i could be the worlds greatest porn star if i could just get the chance!!

Crop
09-23-2014, 10:49 PM
I coulda had class! I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it.

Ayen
09-25-2014, 05:43 AM
Nothing really comes to mind. I'm lucky that I found out I had a talent for writing as young as I did.

sharkythesharkdogg
09-26-2014, 05:24 PM
It might have been fun to try my hand at stunt work, distance shooting, and minimalist camping/outdoors stuff.

At least camping isn't out of the picture, but I think I would have made a pretty good "scientist-in-the-field" and I've always enjoyed documentaries. I watched so many when I was younger.