Home environment

what was your home environment like?
Did you live in the suburbs, or in the city growing up, or partially growing up?

Are you the type of child that needs companionship when you're alone?

For myself, I could keep myself occupied by myself, creating stuff in my head, and then forming something, and then making it.

I never got bored even by myself.

did you watch the stars outside your window, and make a wish?

I was a military brat. Grew up on bases and suburbs. It was fun for the most part.

i've heard alot of U.S. citizens are military brats.

my family and i lived in the tropics for awhile. it was very beautiful. that's a nice vid, huldra.

Posted by lisabethur8
i've heard alot of U.S. citizens are military brats.

Yep a good chunk of us are. It's fun. I loved it.

I used to keep moving from one state to another, but I lived in decent cities.

I had a very interesting childhood, my parents remark. Until my 7th birthday, I used to surround myself with friends from everywhere. Around the age of 8, something happened and I moved away from most friends. My whole view about companionship changed. I no longer liked surrounding myself with people and my parents still do not understand what happened then. Nor do I.

Ask me, I love being all alone by myself. Though, I hate it sometimes, it is now an intrinsic part of my life. People ask me why and I always smile. My closest friend and my gf knows some of my deeper aspects, the rest see me as I present myself and often it is my choice.

Not sure, if anybody here can relate to it. But, I know most Aquarians deep inside feel like I did.

Oh yeah, my parents even today are confused about my real self. I find it staggering. Its like they know everything about me and then something that I do that shocks them all these years and even today. Haha.

Even my gf tells me the same. But they all like me nonetheless. 🙂

Posted by febaqua
I used to keep moving from one state to another, but I lived in decent cities.

I had a very interesting childhood, my parents remark. Until my 7th birthday, I used to surround myself with friends from everywhere. Around the age of 8, something happened and I moved away from most friends. My whole view about companionship changed. I no longer liked surrounding myself with people and my parents still do not understand what happened then. Nor do I.

Ask me, I love being all alone by myself. Though, I hate it sometimes, it is now an intrinsic part of my life. People ask me why and I always smile. My closest friend and my gf knows some of my deeper aspects, the rest see me as I present myself and often it is my choice.

Not sure, if anybody here can relate to it. But, I know most Aquarians deep inside feel like I did.

hm i was really snooty (snobby actually) when i was little. People loved me, liked to be around me, and i loved dancing, singing and entertaining when i was little . My parents showed me photos too, and vids. And i was dancing and singing and other children would be surrounding me, and we'd all have lots of lols. but personally, only a selective i allowed close to me. i'm very very picky who i want to be with. So i attritubute that to being "snobby". My mother said i was very very snobby in the way that i wouldn't allow anyone to play with my toys and my stuff. I was highly possessive of them. So yes only a SELECT few got to be around me. Maybe i got it from my grandmother,who knows?

so, no, i didnt feel the same like you. I didnt allow everyone into my world. I was highly selective. That's not very aquarian is it??
just telling the truth here.

my view never changed over the years. Even in college, but for some reason, i like being around the outcasts, the down-trodden, the ones who were not "fit in." Maybe that part is aquarius. I have a soft spot for the underdog.

maybe what you experienced are "Progressive" planets?? I keep reading in astrology that over the years, people do this and that due to Progressions.

that's why you had all those friends from everywhere, and then when you moved, transits changed that, and you changed.

for me, i've Always been who i was. I'm very selective.

and i'm still drawn and have Always been drawn to the outcasts and the downtrodden/ the underdogs. so that never changed.

anyway i thought of this video when Huldra posted hers on Cape Cod:

Yeah, I allow everyone at first to be my friends, and then slowly only get close to select people whom I am very sure are worth it. Others mostly understand that over time, I spend lesser time with them. If someone comes along despite me having shown signs of moving away, I consider it and I will consider getting back to them. More like a wait and watch when I am not sure about a friendship.

Haha, talking about toys, I once fought with my sister and my cousin who were distributing my toys which I got for my birthday. Remember it like yesterday on how I was then. I was around 10 then. 😉

Thanks Lisa for bringing this topic, you have made me remember my childhood. 🙂

Talking about the underdog, I always love betting on them to succeed in life. I back them and befriend them simply because they are being tagged as underdogs. I love taking on bullies basically.

I grew up being moved around a lot but always by the country side or in the remote areas growing up. I preferred to be by myself and my imaginary friends haha. Still remember trekking through the forest or going down by the beach to collect weird looking things on the way.

Wasn't til about 8 y/o and onwards I was moved into a big city and it felt so claustrophobic. Still then it was a big city after another. Til I left home around 15 and I did my own travels around europe. There's never been a place where I could call home but I think I prefer it that way. The little things in this world keeps me entertained.

For now I still prefer the chaos of the city, it keeps my mind distracted.

Posted by febaqua
Yeah, I allow everyone at first to be my friends, and then slowly only get close to select people whom I am very sure are worth it. Others mostly understand that over time, I spend lesser time with them. If someone comes along despite me having shown signs of moving away, I consider it and I will consider getting back to them. More like a wait and watch when I am not sure about a friendship.

Haha, talking about toys, I once fought with my sister and my cousin who were distributing my toys which I got for my birthday. Remember it like yesterday on how I was then. I was around 10 then. 😉

Thanks Lisa for bringing this topic, you have made me remember my childhood. 🙂

you're welcome, febaqua. It's nice to look back and see how we are.

Posted by CaptainPimp
City life my whole life. Never moved or went to far out of my city. Love to travel yet barely do 🙂. Never even left the country.
I've always been a loner type. Had a few good friends as a kid that i would spend most of my time with. By highschool i slowly drifted away from them too.
I am too attached to the personal schedule i make for myself daily. Read that/do that whatnot to make time for other people 🙂
I have very less spare time mostly because i choose to, and despite being able to be alone for long periods of time i do need to socialize.

I use these forums/no strings attached. 😛
My pals when they rarely come back to town, my familly and my GF mostly 🙂. Co-workers, nah. (guess i'm picky)
+1 Aquafeb, also take on the underdogs side everytime, mostly because i like a challenge 🙂.

dxp is kind of slow, and hard to load, then it's fast and not slow. lol

you never left the country? You said you live in Romania right? (eastern europe) so, do you take the public transportation alot?

hope you got around looking for a suitable roommate to help with bills btw (from the other topic we talked about)

I lived in many different states in the US as a kid, moving about every year, though often the moves would be between Las Vegas & Atlantic City — my mother deals casino games and is very unstable.

I was the villain of my childhood & not many lasting friends but a few good ones. By villain I mean I was always having ulterior motives, doing something bad, or plotting pranks.

I never felt like I fit in. I'm Ukrainian and truly did not mesh well with the Americans I experienced. Oregon, Florida, California, NJ, just some of the places but i was always a crazy outcast.

Oh yeah, I went with my mom on long road trips too seeing the country. And we did go to Mexico often during our days in San Diego.

Posted by augustmoon
I lived in many different states in the US as a kid, moving about every year, though often the moves would be between Las Vegas & Atlantic City — my mother deals casino games and is very unstable.

I was the villain of my childhood & not many lasting friends but a few good ones. By villain I mean I was always having ulterior motives, doing something bad, or plotting pranks.

I never felt like I fit in. I'm Ukrainian and truly did not mesh well with the Americans I experienced. Oregon, Florida, California, NJ, just some of the places but i was always a crazy outcast.

Oh yeah, I went with my mom on long road trips too seeing the country. And we did go to Mexico often during our days in San Diego.

that's sad about your mother, it sounds like she's a gambler. (since you mentioned instability) probably why you were typed as the "villain", since you learned some ways to have these motives.

Also sounds like my Capricorn uncle's ex-wife, who had a mother that was a gambler and would take her out of school, (she missed so much school) so that she would help her gamble. It soundes so selfish of her mother to do, but it happens in the world.

Posted by Nightcap
Good topic lisa 🙂

Like Augustmoon, I moved around a lot when I was a kid. Lived in Northern California, Klamath Falls, Ore., Grand Junction, Colorado, Greensboro, North Carolina, Bangor, Maine, North Central New Hampshire..before my parents bought some land in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Our nearest neighbor was a half mile away, so I spent a lot of time playing with my brothers and reading everything I could get my hands on. I mainly focused on school and sports living pretty far away from my school friends. I prefer to live in medium sized towns with lots going on or if a city, one that doesn't seem like city as much some others (ex. Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Boston).

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This is where I went to school 🙂

that's beautiful. the lake looks so peaceful and gorgeous to live close to. All that fishing and boating to do. And swimming. Sounds like a great place to raise a family. the housing /neighborhood looks, very calm and relaxing.
Definitely would do alot of reading, and painting by the lake. It's like a vacation there, a vacation in your backyard.

I've always lived in the city. I never get bored. I love quiet time alone and when traveling I like to visit remote places and be close to nature. As much as I love nature, I would always need to live in the city.

I spent many summers growing up, high up in the Alps. It was heaven to me, I miss it and try to get back there when I can.

Posted by Huldra
Nightcap, love that town 🙂 If you're still up there, we're practically neighbors!

Lisa, I also found another interesting video:

https://vimeo.com/75181703

that's really beautiful. 😄 i like it.

the lighthouse effect is so haunting too.

guess the vid can't be quoted lol

Posted by aquapiscescusp
I've always lived in the city. I never get bored. I love quiet time alone and when traveling I like to visit remote places and be close to nature. As much as I love nature, I would always need to live in the city.

having the city nearby is really handy!

I wouldn't want to live in the deep farming countryside where our Leo aunty lives with her Pisces husband. They have a beautiful farm countryside home, with trees lining their long driveway to their home. It's so remote and so far away. And the neighbors look so far away. it's nice to have access to the city though.

here is a virtual walk in the english countryside:

I was born in a minor city and we lived next to a lake in a huge house that looked like an observatory that my mum designed. I loved that house because I could get lost in it.

Ive always lived near water, when i was 5 my family moved to a country beach town on the mid north coast of NSW and I grew up amongst subtropical rainforest and beaches...3 years later my parents divorced

Family life was a bit stressful because my dad was an abusive drunk jehovah's witness and mum was a stressed out single parent with a career raising 3 kids with me being the middle devil child, I was extremely impulsive; I set my parents bed on fire when I was 3.

I was left to my own devices as a child, I would talk to the television, mirrors or imaginary friends and play with lots of lego and My little Pony, Horses were my thing back in the day.

We were always going to the beach, camping or out on the boat fishing.

This was my best friend growing up

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Posted by The_eleventh_sign_11
I was born in a minor city and we lived next to a lake in a huge house that looked like an observatory that my mum designed. I loved that house because I could get lost in it.

Ive always lived near water, when i was 5 my family moved to a country beach town on the mid north coast of NSW and I grew up amongst subtropical rainforest and beaches...3 years later my parents divorced

Family life was a bit stressful because my dad was an abusive drunk jehovah's witness and mum was a stressed out single parent with a career raising 3 kids with me being the middle devil child, I was extremely impulsive; I set my parents bed on fire when I was 3.

I was left to my own devices as a child, I would talk to the television, mirrors or imaginary friends and play with lots of lego and My little Pony, Horses were my thing back in the day.

We were always going to the beach, camping or out on the boat fishing.

the observatory house sounds cool. Same here, living near water. We live near water now. The only problem is the misquitos in the summer.

Last summer we were bitten by them alot (was more usual last summer than the ones before for some reason) so this time, i came prepared, by buying some misquito nettings and misquito screens for the doors/windows. And bought some of those candles that misquitos hate for the outside garden when we sit outside.

sounds like you're a very imaginative chid.

oh my goodness. this looks like a design yacht house for Bill Gates.

(actually commentors say it's never been built, but the design is pretty cool)

Only thing is, what if there's a TYPHOON? I've lived in the tropics and i know what it's like.

oh didnt show

personally it seems too extravagant,

I like simplicity.

this looks really quaint. living in a boathouse. (this one is in London) looks a bit crowded though.

Posted by Huldra
Pfft, we're Bruins fans here 😛

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