Would you be able to live in the past?

[ashley_claire]

Jennifer travels back in time 900 years to live permanently in the past in an attempt to start over and get over the heartbreak of losing her partner. Aside from the obvious advances in science and technology that she must give up, she also worries about the taboos of the new century she is in and how she will fit in.

Knowing what we do about the past, how far back in time would you be willing to live? Could you leave everything you've ever known behind and completely start over? What social taboos associated with the time period would worry you the most?

[DATo]

The simple answer is no: I would not like to live in any other period of history.

The only agreement I would make would be the obvious one - to return to my own past without the ability to return to the present only if I could know what I know now, in the present, and could change my future.

Other than that I would be willing to return to my past with the understanding that I could not change the future provided that I could return to the present any time I choose.

Despite our feelings of nostalgia regarding the past and our disillusion with many things in the present the past, especially past centuries, were far, far more difficult times to live in, for many reasons, than the present.

[rssllue]

I could see it in some instances such as in Time and Again and the like. Harder times might be a trade-off for simpler times in certain situations.

[Nisha Ward]

Maybe if it was a period like the 1800s, but not quite as far back as 900 years, per se. Living where I do, it's a given that I'm used to societal attitudes not being what they are in other areas of the world, so I think I could adjust.