The Eighth Rule

Rule Number Eight

Be Careful What You Ask For… You May Get It:

Can you remember when you were a kid (maybe you still are) and the goals you worked so hard for, to become a teenager, to get your first kiss, to drive a car, to own a car, to get out of the house and get your own place…. Now look where you are! Feeling old, wishing you were younger, bitching about the high cost of insurance and gasoline, never getting enough (if any) vacation time, trying to make enough money to pay the bills! Too many times we let our impulses direct our future, don’t get married just because the sex is good, don’t ask for fortune it may cost you time to smell the roses, asking for fame may cost you your loved ones. Maybe the old K.I.S.S. method is a better idea than we thought…

"I want to grow up to be a real Hollywood star!"

"...yay?"

To be entirely honest, I don't have a lot to add to this one. Literal Genie angle aside, this rule taken straight is the one I most wish I'd known way back when. There's nothing quite as depressing as realizing you have buyers remorse over shit you would have killed for as a kid.