Ah, looking back. It probably was very different living than telling what one thinks one remembers. I think we end up with what we wanted or needed in some way or we would have actually done things differently back then. I think you are doing a little escapism with your thinking these days as being a father and taking care of a family are going to be a whole lot different from what has come before?

Our youth is full of learning exercises and our experiences aren't that broad because of our youth. Living together like you did, brother/sister/puppies is always going to have a bit of a nostalgic air when you remember? If it's good (or bad) there wasn't much else to compare it to so it tends to take the air of being all good or all bad. It wasn't like that.