All work and no play

makes a dull boy

(is that it, i dont know)

close enough

makes Homer go crazy.

the urge to hug this poor little thing is so strong, I want the act of hugging itself to be at the speed of light.

Good! It looks like he might need one ^^

Ugh, man I can relate to this. Especially throughout child. Really connected here.

Unfortunately a pretty common experience ^^"

it is indeed. regardless, a nice touch :)

Well hello there existential crisis.

But now's your chance to live the childhood you always wanted ^^

What's even worse, is when you are a twin and are like this. My brother and I both got college degrees while still in high school. We both got honors in high school. The only difference being he got high honors. If I wasn't a twin, it would have been fine. People were proud of me, but I was/am always compared to him. My achievements were great, but my brother is living proof that I could have been better. What's even worse, is the one time I did better than him in something, no one cared. My school district has a competition similar to a spelling bee, but for math, called math field day. I made it on my school's team all four years. Every year I got better and better, until I came in first place in my final year. No one in my family came to the awards ceremony to see me win. The only time they ever came, was the time my brother competed as well. My parents used to always talk about how my brother got third place in the district spelling bee, but didn't care that I came in first place in math field day, a few years later. Sorry for the rant. This is such a relatable page to me and it just hurts to read. It's very well made.

Yeah. I'm still trying to accept the fact I’m not my twin, and that's ok. Ironically enough, one of the few family members I actually care about is my twin. We still are part of the same close knit circle of friends. One time, I actually told my twin about how I feel and how I sometimes hate them, because everyone loves them. They apologized to me, saying they were sorry, which is stupid, because it wasn't their fault at all. I sometimes get thoughts about how much I hate them and probably developed an inferiority complex, but I am working through it, and that's a good thing. I try to stay positive, but sometimes it can be so hard. One day I’ll get better.

That hurt to read. I'm sorry that happened to you, but yeah Grifs advice is solid.

That's really rough, I can't begin to imagine how that must have felt growing up. I guess the only piece of advice/comment I can give is that you're still you, the atoms that makes up who you are, is different to your twin. No matter how similar you may look, you're you, and they're them. The only comparisons you should make is against who you were, and look! You were the Math Field Day Champ! You rose up through those years and you ended with first place! No one else's achievements can take that away from you, that first place is yours, and everything else you'll ever do, good or bad, wins or loss, are yours. I hope things get easier, and what Grif says to 100% true. Best of luck ^^

all work just ruined his childhood llifeit something need help him bring back his childhood life make him back happy again

oof, mood

now theres the baseline of the artical he can write on this exp later
how this intervew turnd into an exp that helped him unwind relax and be happy again

Oh my god I wanna hug him so bad right now.

I definitely started to cry when I realise how much of my childhood I missed out on

So many hurt souls not knowing any better when they're young that they should do what makes them happy and have fun. Instead, a lot of us seek affirmation and recognition at the cost of our personality and maybe even humanity. This was my childhood basically and still haven't gotten the chance to experience some stuff that I've missed out on.

Puts hand on shoulder you are not alone my friend

Awwww,he needs a hug.

Oh... :<

Wow this page hit me in the feels

Now is your chance to have the childhood you never had dude! You can play all day and not have to worry at all!

U_U I feel this page more then I should. Big mood for sure

This is going to be the most relatable feeling there is

What's odd is that I experienced all the positive sides that he experienced without any of the negatives.
But yeah, excellent comic!

Ow, that hurt to read. That was pretty much my childhood, but it got to the point that i was good enough that it was then expected for me to be coming out top, so the praise stopped because that was considered the normal bar and thats where it fell apart from me

It kinda sucks to say that this part of the comic is based on a mix of my writers and my own childhoods, plus a bit extra. But same here, I didn't get praise so much as I just didn't get punished and I was sure growing up that eventually, if I was good enough, I'd get praised. But even when I got to the top, the praises never really came. The most I ever wanted growing up was consistency, ya know? ^^" Yeah, I'm thinking I should put a bit of a trigger warning up here.

Ooooof, super been there. Maybe its a generational thing?

My parents, dad especially, seemed to think that the way I’d know I was doing well in his eyes if if he’d stop being angry and ignore me instead. I think I was supposed to have gratitude for his lack of anger? Welp instead I got resentment for never being good enough (plus an unhealthy dose of obsessive overachiever)…

I really feel for everyone who’s been there, or who’s been trapped in that loop of praise for things they disliked~

*hugs*

I feel like it is for my parents at least, which makes it hard since I totally get why they're like the way they are. But I also think at some point people need to take responsibility for their own actions as well.

I totally feel ya by the way, I acted out so much as a burnt out teen because negative attention was still better than no attention.

Huh... I guess maybe there's an element of that in my teenage missadventures.

*hugs*

Jesus I was expecting something like this when I started reading it like 15 minutes ago but man am I triggered now and almost wanting to curl up into a ball and cry. F, I gotta write a journal about this now

Yeah, that is hitting a little too close to home. It's a real challenge to move your mindset from target oriented achievement collector to a more happiness-in-present-time one...

Oof, that one hit me right in the heart. Looking in a mirror can be real hard sometimes ^^;

Really fantastic work with this comic so far <3 <3

*sigh* I know that feeling too well

One thing to keep in mind, kids.

If you don’t have time to make friends when you’re a kid, you can always make up for lost time by making friends on FA as an adult, because FA is full of adults who are basically kids.

Just discovered this and I love it.

Same, seein this page in BabyStars favourites turned me onto the comic and just started readin it from the beginnin and got to here and had to leave some comments cus gods does this feel so true to me

I think most of us have something that took at least part of our childhood. I know mine definitely wasn't the worst but there were definitely bad parts.

Why was my earlier comment deleted?

Apologies if this comes off as rude, but I don't need to explain why I did as I'm allowed to hide any comment I want. I understand you're trying to look for help but I don't appreciate you posting about it on my comic.

Okay. I understand. I read others comments and thoght it was okay. Sorry to bother you.

The first thing that came to mind when I read this page was the saying "missing the forest for the trees" not sure if it's applicable but I feel like it is. This to me seems like tunnel vision, you focus so much on the end point of your aspirations that you end up becoming miserable on the way, but you just keep telling yourself that "its for the best" "it will be worth it in the end"

This moment. the realization. this is soul crushing, and I know more than a few people who have been in that place, both mentally and emotionally.

I just wanna give this poor guy a hug and assure him that he's not alone. Very well done, I'm thoroughly enjoying this comic ^^

He needs hugs stat

Speaking as someone who was a "gifted student" when they were younger... OOF.

Yep the ol' Gifted Programs of the 1990s. Good idea on paper... -_-;;;

God this hits too close to home

omg he never had the childhood he wanted. man i feel bad for him

Literally went through the same thing. I understand this all too well.

This hits so damn hard. I feel it in my every fibre of my being. All of this bullpoopy; it took our childhoods away and got us nothing but sorrow and empty gestures.

I really feel this page

putting a TW for childhood sounds so silly but it really makes a lot of sense
i'm one of those people who're the reason it's there so that's probably why

For whatever reason, this comic popped into my head and I had to reread it. This page really does hit just as hard on subsequent readings.

Aww! I'm really glad that it's still got such impact, thank you for the comment! <3