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I've probably had that feeling from time to time but I'm pretty well-rounded most of the time. I don't ignore aging, I know it's happening and I know I'll be old someday and I know that it's not a "forever" kind of someday - it'll happen bit by bit and eventually I'll be 30 and 40 and 50... I don't try to ignore it.

At some point, I think I realised I wanted to look forward to it while simply enjoying whatever age I was. Right now, 22 is great, 23 will be great. 30 will be great when I get there and so on. I don't look back fondly on my childhood or teenage years. I remember at the time thinking it couldn't get any better than 16 and now, I just think, "Man 16 sucked compared to 22!". I'm always learning and gaining life experience and I consider that a measure of my greatness, so I never want to go back. When I'm in my 30's, I'm gonna think, "Wow, I was so naive when I was 20" and it's gonna be the same at 40 and 50 and 60.

I'm always talking about how I can't wait to be in a home, one of those cool ones where I can have tea with the other "old people" my age and talk about how stupid the kids these days are.

One thing I think that allows me to be so positive about aging is that I do take steps NOW to do the things I know will seem important when I'm looking back on them. I procrastinate a lot but I make sure I'm always moving forward even in small ways to achieve the really special things. I try to always remind myself to be good to my other half, enjoying my cat while she's still a kitten, I'm always reminding myself to keep studying Japanese and thinking about what the next important step in my career is.

I made an adventure game and even though I have other adventure games I'd like to make, I know it's more important I get an RPG out of my system. I may never do anything else so I'd like to do the "big Two" before I work on other things. I made a comic and even though I always thought I'd do that forever... doing that one really did satisfy me and I'm rather glad I don't spend all my time doing art anymore. I feel quite satisfied with what I've achieved in that area.

I make sure I don't become one of those people that believes for some reason that they have to climb everest or visit France or bungee jump ... all of which are fine but are just examples of things that people often think they need to do to be a complete person just because other people talk about them.

I think if you know yourself truly, and even in little ways take steps to do the things that truly satisfy you, no matter how silly and small they may seem, you'll be fine. I'm very happy working towards having a home and a happy life with my boy.. er, fiance. I've always thought that if I found out I was dying right now, I could take it well and wouldn't spend my time feeling like a failure in life because of things I hadn't done. I've lived my life the way I feel is right (on the whole) until now so I'm always hovering around a certain level of satisfied.

Annyong, Dave! ^_^ How cool... what's your impression of the place so far? I can't wait 'til I'm in your position, being all overwhelmed by a new country.

Isn't it amazing what happens when a woman tells a man what she actually wants instead of complaining about  the man not caring enough to  guess correctly.   

Well, I've done my share of that, too

Toothpaste for dinner is great - it's on my -list-

You should see my cojones - HUGE!

Thanks again everyone! Wow, I feel like a celebrity. Maybe I should propose more often ^_^

Tonight is telling all the "folks" *gulp*

Aww, thanks guys ^_^

I'm pretty darn happy about it, and he just keeps remarking about how unexpected it was, which makes me feel all cool because I'm one of the minority now.

Plus, this is VERY convenient because noone has to buy rings guessing what the other would like.

*ahem*

I did the deed and I'm now engaged

Thanks guys ^_^

Unfortunately, I only have about 12 days before I'm out of the country so there's no time to organise a romantic holiday. I've been trying to do this for months but I've been stressing about how so much it's never happened.  I keep thinking, "Wait for the right time, wait for the right time" but I don't know when that is.  My parents are arriving tonight and there'll be NO time to do it when they arrive. He's just told me he's coming back from work to do some banking at home for a bit... I planned on having a ring by now but you've convinced me it's not so important.

Maybe I should just do it now before I put it off again and again and it never gets done. (It's not like I don't know what the answer will be, and yet it's still scary!)

Well, what would you guys like if you were on the end of it (and er, a serious offer, not a 4 year old ^_^)

I was reading something today where a woman was talking about women proposing to men and suggested buying him a watch or something instead of a ring. I read another women gave a bracelet. I was a little surprised because I guess I'd never thought about it in that much detail but I must admit, it seemed a little weird to me. I've never had a problem with women proposing to men, but I never thought the "rules" would be much different. I can see the reasoning though, because men typically just wear one ring whereas I guess some women expect an engagement ring -and- a wedding ring, so you propose with the former.

For the record, I don't... I just picture having one ring. I guess for me it feels a little more special that way. That's just me though, and I'm not saying either way is better or worse. I'm not much for jewellery really so I don't like wearing too many things at once.

Anyway, back on topic. Has anyone here proposed to a guy or know someone who has? What did they do? It's sparked my curiosity because I never thought of doing it with anything but a wedding ring.

Actually, this'd be cool for me too. Me and my boyfriend recently bought matching webcams so we can keep in touch when I'm gone, but it'd be great to talk to friends as well sometimes if they have webcams too.

Yay! Thanks ^_^

Now, the rest of you - get off your asses and get some free stuff!

Just wanted to chime in - faaaantastic art! This is on my list of games I'm looking forward to ^_^

Eggie, you have two very awesome choices there ^_- Namely 3 and 4.

(I'll start - just because of the recent discussion about this, we might as well make an effort to tone it down)

Well, number one, it's another thread where you're working on yet another game without having completed one yet.

Secondly, Futurama fonts have been around since... well, the start of Futurama. Most people know about them and if they wanted them, they'd have them already or they know they just have to type 'Futurama font' into google.

Of course you didn't know this, but you really do have to think at least twice before starting a thread like this. Take into account your age and realise that unless something is really new, most people here have been around much longer than you and already know. I'm not trying to be a bastard here, but it's a fact. You -are- very young and haven't had the life/internet experience most people here have, so you just need to consider whether what you're posting has a good chance of being something people will already know about/care about.

Just slow down... and question just how important it is that you start a thread. Yes, I'm giving you special treatment here because as I said, you're too young to be able to judge the way most can whether a post is really something people want to read or not.

Thirdly, it's been said before but you have to fix your use of punctuation up. People just plain don't want to read posts like this that are written like a teenage girl's email, with "hey" at the start and very little use of capital letters at the start of sentances.

No, no, it's real. It's been advertised in all sorts of mech design and architecture magazines

I want you all to sign up so my boyfriend can get a copy, because it won't work unless 100,000 people sign up before August.

www.x-cad.net has an offer on now where if 100000 people sign up before August, they'll get a free copy of a new Mechanical Design program. I've been assured this is quite... the thing. I don't know crap about it to be honest, but if anyone's interested, go sign up and tell your friends!

I agree, a lot of it is just nostalgia and perception. I haven't been a member here for very long but I've been a part of some other pretty great internet communities in my time and I've experienced being there at the beginning in the golden days and years later having to get used to all the younger unknowns "taking over". I'm not here to stick up for them, or myself, and indeed there are many levels of "new generations" here, but as I said, I think a lot of you older members have buggered off of late and maybe you should start contributing in a way you think is appropriate to set the standard. There have been a lot of stupid threads lately, I'm guilty, but part of it happens like a snowball effect. Particularly with new people, they see a few silly threads and learn that it's okay to start them and before you know it, we have tonnes of them.

That said, I think most of the threads in the gengen forum right now are pretty average/fine.

In regards to whoever made a comment about DG - my god, I miss him like crazy around here! He was one of the few people with a genuine sense of humour who was never stupid or silly, just witty/clever and even if you didn't agree with his point of view, you had to respect his style ^_^ I thought, anyway. Knowing him in RL helps too because I can tell you he's a really decent guy. I think the place NEEDS someone like him because it's become a little humourless and serious lately, despite all the "silly" threads.

And Yufster, I see what you're saying and I know you're meaning it in a general sense, but I've certainly seen a couple of your threads in the past and thought, "Geez, what a pointless thread". I'm not trying to attack you, but I'm just saying.. you know... stones and glass houses We're pretty much all guilty of it.

Also, just because I'm on an advice-giving role here, I think there are two good ways to deal with people we think are too immature here - 1) Set a good example 2) Ignore them

I also have to say, if you want some decent discussions on the forum, why don't you start one yourself? Can't wait around expecting everyone else to.

We were all going nuts with the big topic discussions a few months ago and got it all out of our systems, I think. Noone dares bring up another thread about religion or drugs.

Perhaps we can also take it as a sign that people are working on their games...