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? asked in Entertainment & MusicPolls & Surveys · 2 months ago

Have you ever gave up doing something you were really good at and enjoyed?

I am an accomplished classical piano player.  I stopped playing because I am older now, and no one wants to give old farts lessons to improve.  You had a parallel situation that you encountered in your life?  I also am held back because I don't have college degree; which means everything in many people's minds.  

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 months ago
    Favourite answer

    Yes, well I had to give up ice skating and skiing,   after a bad fall,  and I broke my ankle . 

    Just didn't seem prudent to keep pushing my luck- 

    As one gets older......you stop putting silly things on your feet that make you unstable. 

    and bones just don't heal as fast past a certain age.  You start rethinking doing all these unnecessary  crazy things. 

  • ?
    Lv 6
    2 months ago

    Yes - sex.   But I didn't give it up by choice

  • Anonymous
    2 months ago

    Yes ice hockey. I nearly played at the university level in Canada, and also got to 

    practise with a minor league team in the US. Various injuries took a toll so too did

    determination to hopefully and finally complete my university degree. The final nail

    in the coffin though was politics - I am liberal & many in that sport are conservative. 

    Not just economic eh, but rather to the point of supporting and/or defending trump.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 months ago

    Yes I have. I have given up on drawing.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    2 months ago

    I liked ice skating as a kid but I was better than my sister so to avoid problems at home my mom had us both quit

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