I've never understood people that yearn to be a kid again. When I was a kid, especially when I was in high school, I desperately wanted to get all that over with and become an adult. And when I became an adult, things were rough, but I felt so much better for so many reasons.
As I've aged, this sentiment has only been further reinforced by my experiences with aging. Not to toot my own horn, but I've been aging well and have gotten more attractive the older I get (so far). My social skills have improved so much, I was painfully awkward and unable to successfully socialize as a young person. Holy fuck, I actually have real friends and relationships now, it's amazing. Yeah I got responsibilities, but I can actually do things I want to so long as I stay within the confines of those responsibilities, definitely not something I had as a kid either. And honestly, I'm a much better person, which I won't get into too much, but I was closer to being right wing in my younger days.
Sure, it'll stop feeling so great at some point, but I'm kinda past the point where most people start to say getting old sucks and you know what, I say no, it's pretty cool actually.
I feel this pain going to every thrift store. All the clothes my size are always gone and all that's left are larger ones. Which I take to mean that people are losing weight and trading in their old clothes for new ones, which good for them if that's their goal. But there's never anything left for me but the odd clothes nobody wants and I have to go shopping for new clothes, which is even worse.
I was thinking of a recent experience of going to the store trying my usual size, trying one size larger, trying one size smaller and none of them fit. Like I fit in the clothes but it's just kinda like being tangled in a net, unable to raise my arms, stuff like that. It's just a terrible cut for me.