5 Things No One Told Me About

News Flash ~

This life is the only one you get!
There are  a few merciful do-overs in life.

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That's the good news!

For the fortunate ones, childhood is the best part of life. Needs are met, sometimes before the need is actually felt. Those fortunate children are born with everything they need to start life as a whole, fully formed person. Born into a 2 parent family, planned for, prayed for, wanted & bathed in love from the start. Often it continues on through adolescence into adulthood. This is the ideal, anyway!
It's a great start in life!

Now, to the "meat" in this post. 

Things no one told me about, or maybe I was told & heard yet it went unheeded.

~ No one told me that sugar & dairy foods were so very bad for my health! Ice cream was nearly a dietary staple in my parents home. Candy was everywhere, all the time. Even when actual food was in short supply.
Dairy foods & sugar contribute to belly fat as well as many other maladies. Most often, dairy products & sugar are served together. Such as ice cream, puddings, cheese cake, etcetera.
As a result, continuing to indulge the same as I had in my childhood, led to my struggle with obesity.
BTW ~ I overcame the struggle to become a gymfox! Ha ha!

~ People will lie to you, use you or worse to get what they want from you.
Living in a small town from early childhood to the age of 18, from a large family. Family members surrounded me for the most part. Of course, it was a less than ideal family life & there were members of the family to be wary of, yet, relatively safe. Or, unsafe, relatively. Pun intended!
Nothing prepared me for just how much evil is out there in the world. Leaving my parents home, I thought that most people were basically good, a hug, as a greeting was just standard.
Oh buddy! I had to curb that!

~ Guys will do just about anything to get laid. 
Lie constantly, spend money. "Fake a relationship" tactics are very common.  Learning this, then re-learning after divorce was such a difficult, painful lesson. 
P.S. Am still learning, always learning. Players are quite skilled!

~  Breaking a sweat is good for you!
Remembering things I was told from as far back in life as I can remember, I was told that it was bad to sweat. 
No. 
I was told that it was bad for a girl to be seen sweating!
As a result, strenuous exercise that would keep me strong, healthy & fit with a toned body was something I avoided. It was later in life that I began to got to the gym on a daily basis. Sweating, grunting, leaving the gym looking like a hot lil mess! :)
Going forward is best, happy I dispelled that destructive myth. 

~ People do NOT get what they deserve.
People DO get what they negotiate for. This is why attorneys can make a living. Many, though not all, are masterfully trained negotiators. 
Of course, with cameras placed everywhere in today's world, people are less able to lie, abscond, burgle, rape, murder, cheat on spouses, without being discovered. Accountability is more likely.

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These are just the top 5.  There is so much more to learn, then re-learn in this increasingly complex world.