Being a cap as a kid

you know how they say capricorns are old souls and even as children they can be mature beyond their age.....well, do capricorns ever feel like they're missing something then? i would just think the sense of responsibility would be so heavy if i always felt like that or that i would get exhausted with people fairly easy.

I would say we feel as if our surroundings are missing what WE have to offer. Its very oppressing

my childhood was definitely NOT carefree, but i made it that way as much as i could i think. definitely one of those little girls off riding her bike, playing with lil brother and sis, treking through the woods, building forts, swinging on vines (oh yes), playing 'make-believe', catching tad poles and frogs, climbing trees... u name it. my parents were somewhat disciplinarians, but growing up through a divorce when i was only 6, and a nasty separation thereafter (the kind where they've only said a few sentences to each other since) didnt make for an easy childhood. i was taken care of, but ultimately left alone.

old soul? i dunno what classifies an old soul really, but mmm, looking back on myself as a kid and the way i viewed everything that took place in my life, i was much more observant than reactionary. almost as if every memory i purposely saved for a later time in life when i was mature enough to make sense of it.

do i feel as if i missed out? probably my teen years and young adulthood. without trying to be a mature person, i just was. i think i was a silently emtional teen and trying to contain and channel myself just comes off looking mature. thats how i was treated and i just accepted it. i wish i had lived up my youth a leeeettle more. i think i was probably more serious than i needed to be. cappy indeed. 😉

Interesting to read all this. I have 5 year old little cappie girl. She couldn't be more talented physically and mentally - I mean the child is smart, really smart. Thing is she's as shy as they come when it comes to public meeting and greeting strangers - well, strangers to her but friends to me. She can be painfully reserved and shy at times. I'm opposite her - Aries through and through - so I try to understand - never push - give her support.

Great stuff- keep it up.

I would say we feel as if our surroundings are missing what WE have to offer. Its very oppressing

What does this mean SuperCap? I am intrigued by your perspective.

"i would say i felt more comfortable around adults as a kid. i think it's true the reverse aging thing. i was an old man as a child and i'm getting younger as i get older and my life only gets better as i am rewarded with opportunity for all the hard work i've put in from early on."

You know, I can very much relate to this as I'm getting older. At first, I didn't really pay attention to this whole "reverse aging" thing so much, thought it was just BS. But, looking back, I think it's soooo true.

I was very much a shy person as a kid and like Run262 mentioned, "painfully shy". I still am to a certain extent and people mistake it for arrogance, pfft...

"i'm quiet not shy..as i'd rather observe and listen"

I'm like that too, now!!! Although I was so scarishly shy as a kiddo, always held on to my mom, LOL.