Do YOU dwell on the past too much?
As stated in my blog about pyramid schemes, I have been rewatching episodes of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. I don’t watch the episodes in order, I pick and choose episodes I’m in the mood for. Just yesterday I rewatched the high school reunion episode and I couldn’t help but wonder how many people still dwell on their glory days.
Do people look forward to high school reunions? Only being two years removed from high school, I couldn’t think of an event I’d want to go to less. Why would I want to go to an event to see a bunch of subpar athletes break out their letterman jackets? So I can listen to them complaining about how the coach “had it out for them”, 10 years removed from school. No thanks. Like I guess I’ll talk about my JV soccer goal-scoring prowess, but only if I’m asked. Gotta act like you’ve been there before.
The whole thing makes me wonder, why do people think about the past so much? Do they realize they’re living in the past or do they just think it’s normal to tell everyone about how their high school crush chose the wrong guy?
Here are some signs that you (yes, you) are still living in the past:
1. You still hold onto your letterman jacket
note: I wasn't cool enough to get a letterman jacket because I played soccer. Well jokes on them because I didn't want one anyway!
"it's a little bit of a throwback" is one of the many excuses former jocks use to break out their letterman jacket. "Wow! it still fits" could be another excuse to wear your letterman jacket for the whole week too. In the case of Phillip Rivers, he can do whatever he wants, he makes millions of dollars playing football. When talking about people who didn't quite make it because they didn't play in High School but still spent $400 to get the jacket, it's a little different.
Sure, the coach had a vendetta against you and only you so you sue the school beacuse you think you could've gone DI if it weren't for that one coach.... but that's beside the point. That same person will bring their letterman jacket wherever they go to feel validation because they ran those hallways and you should know about it damnit!
2. You give yourself a nickname and refer to yourself in the third person because you were "unhittable" in Babe Ruth baseball
I don't even know how the idea of this person came to my head. It just seems awfully familiar. Who brags about being a Babe Ruth superstar? Isn't Babe Ruth for people who weren't good enough to play for their high school team? It just seems like an awfully weird thing to brag about. And what's up with his hair???
3. You write 733-word blogs about prom when you are 26 years old
Most people don't have the platform to cry about their past, unlike some people. I think at a certain point it's a little much. Like seven hundred thirty-three words too many. Couldn't be me, won't be me.
4. You still talk about a championship from a decade ago
Typical. Sure, the mystique of the Yankees/Yankee Stadium in October is dead now but do not let Yankees fans hear that. They will immediately go on some sort of 27 rings tangent that is completely volatile and useless.
If more than one of these applies to you, you are more than likely still living in the past. Don't worry, that's not beyond repair. You just have to choose to let things go now. If none of these applies to you I highly suggest you do your best to help out those still living in the past.