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[doriswe]

You as a teenager....what sort of things did you do that would have (or did) trouble your parents?

[Deleted]

Cut school
smoked pot and other things
lied to parents
kicked out of school freshman year
ran away
drank

that should start off the list in a nice way

[cuddlyevil]

Nothing, I was a good little monkey

[doriswe]

I posted a personal ad in the paper (of a huge city) and inmates were writing to me
Drank
Skipped school

[dixienormous]

when I hit 18 I slept around.

[partiallysunny]

Something that troubled my parents when I was a teenager? Nothing. I was a good kid.

In my early twenties my parents would probably say I had too many male friends and I stayed out too late being a hooligan.

Best time of my life

[sparksfly]

I am sitting here reading of the list of things I never did.

I wasn't an angel, but I didn't do things that have been listed. I mean, I lied to my parents, and only skipped a half day of school once.

The funny thing with seeing drinking being listed, my parents didn't care. I knew where the alcohol and beer was, and they didn't care if I had it whenever. I was allowed to have a mixed drink on occasion with dinner growing up and on holidays.

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Aug 21, 2014 11:22:56 GMT -5 sparksfly said:

I am sitting here reading of the list of things I never did.

I wasn't an angel, but I didn't do things that have been listed. I mean, I lied to my parents, and only skipped a half day of school once.

The funny thing with seeing drinking being listed, my parents didn't care. I knew where the alcohol and beer was, and they didn't care if I had it whenever. I was allowed to have a mixed drink on occasion with dinner growing up and on holidays.

We were allowed to have wine with dinner on occasion as well,

but when I say drinking I mean shit faced puking getting carried home.

[sparksfly]

Aug 21, 2014 11:38:53 GMT -5 mags said:

Aug 21, 2014 11:22:56 GMT -5 sparksfly said:

I am sitting here reading of the list of things I never did.

I wasn't an angel, but I didn't do things that have been listed. I mean, I lied to my parents, and only skipped a half day of school once.

The funny thing with seeing drinking being listed, my parents didn't care. I knew where the alcohol and beer was, and they didn't care if I had it whenever. I was allowed to have a mixed drink on occasion with dinner growing up and on holidays.

We were allowed to have wine with dinner on occasion as well,

but when I say drinking I mean shit faced puking getting carried home.

I figured that is what you meant. I didn't do that until college.

[gault]

I was a good girl. No drinking, drugs, sex, past curfew, sneaking out, skipping school. Always paranoid about sticking to "the rules"

I was in enough activities that I missed a bunch of class anyway.


It was exhausting and I should have taken the stick out of my ass long before then.

[motzie]

Skipped school a few times, had a handful of small parties when my mom was up at camp. That's pretty much it. Oh, and moved to NYC at 17 and may have partied a little bit.

Eta: that sounds like I did drugs. I did not. Just drinking and late nights.

[cuddlyevil]

Oh, well I did see a guy I knew from church my senior year--I always ended up naked when I'd go over to "help him with his homework". No sex, but everything right up to it. He was my "first" when it came to oral sex, but even after a few other partners he is still one of the best (top 2). My parents never knew about it, all they knew is that I was "tutoring" him. LOL.

Once I got out of college, I kinda slutted it up a bit though.

[partiallysunny]

Aug 21, 2014 11:50:26 GMT -5 chalupa said:

Aug 21, 2014 11:47:01 GMT -5 gault said:

I was a good girl. No drinking, drugs, sex, past curfew, sneaking out, skipping school. Always paranoid about sticking to "the rules"

I was in enough activities that I missed a bunch of class anyway.


It was exhausting and I should have taken the stick out of my ass long before then.

Ditto. I should have cut loose at least a time or two

::nods::

[sparksfly]

Aug 21, 2014 12:31:55 GMT -5 partiallysunny said:

Aug 21, 2014 11:50:26 GMT -5 chalupa said:

Ditto. I should have cut loose at least a time or two

::nods::

I will sit here with you ladies.

[exploding people]

I was a boring high schooler. No smoking, no drinking, no crazy partying. I didn't even date, which may have concerned my parents a little. Maybe. Although I guess I was technically still a teenager when I started doing all the fun stuff. But I was 19, so it hardly counts.

[Deleted]

Wow
Where are all the bad girls?
I feel so lonely???

[Deleted]

I was also someone who was afraid to disappoint her parents/father. I never did anything wrong, I never drank, I never dated, I never did drugs or stayed out late unless I was at the neighbors and they honestly never cared either. I wish I could go back and do whatever I wanted, but at that time I was paralyzed by fear of disappointment and abandonment.

[sparksfly]

Aug 21, 2014 14:35:50 GMT -5 mags said:

Wow
Where are all the bad girls?
I feel so lonely???

If it makes you feel any better, I am completely jealous of those who did those thing. I was a nerdy little home body and still am. I wish I would had a wild and crazy streak when I was younger.

[dixienormous]

I was good compared to my sister. She was the loud, angry teen. I was the quiet angry teen. I hit 18 and slept around, like I said. My parents didn't care about the pot. All my mom asked is that we open my bedroom window because they could smell it in the hallway. I never was much of a drinker. I'm still not.

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Aug 21, 2014 14:56:51 GMT -5 neonpink said:

I need to add, I was good compared to my brother. He is 4 years older than me. He cut school, got caught smoking weed/cigarettes. Came home so drunk once he took his pants off in the walk in pantry and went upstairs to bed.

My parents thought I would be just like him. I wasn't I caused some trouble but never anything close to him. They were petrified I would.

I probably dated him

[margarita]

I was a very good kid. Too good. I think I was just so afraid of disappointing people, so I always fell in line. Sometimes I wish I had let go of some of that and had sex sooner and skipped school more.

I will say that I did lie to my parents on occasion, mainly to just avoid criticism or a huge fight, but not because I was doing anything remotely scandalous.

[turtle1120]

I was a good kid in high school. Honor roll, sports, national honors society. I didn't drink or party until the end of my senior year. I skipped school a lot my senior year and only got caught once but my mom covered for me.

I let loose in college and had a great time.

[sweetchix]

Aug 21, 2014 11:17:14 GMT -5 cuddlyevil said:

Nothing, I was a good little monkey

Same here. Although I talked back and fought with my sister a lot, I was a pretty straight and narrow kid.

[tiramisu]

I was a really good kid too. I didn't drink, do drugs, have sex, or party. I did go to a few parties with friends but I stopped getting invited because I wasn't doing what they were.

What would've upset my parents:
Lying about where I was sometimes
Fooling around with guys (including umm...heavy petting? I figured it wasn't as bad if they did it to me so I just didn't reciprocate)
Kissing LOTS of guys
Being around people drinking, smoking, and doing drugs.

[wrathofkuus]

There was a lot that my parents would have freaked out about, none of it particularly bad or racy. They were a bit unreasonable in their standards. The one time they caught me sneaking boys in, or hanging on the slowly spinning ceiling fan like a gremlin, they freaked the fuck out like I had gotten impregnated by four whole gangs while robbing a bank.

[starrieskies]

I was pretty good, I think. There was an occasional drink here and there, but nothing awful. I skipped school one and got caught. I smoked out a couple of times but it made me sick so that didn't last long... I did occasionally walk into school with rum in my coffee cup. But for the most part, I was quiet and calm. I didn't party, but I was never invited either. I want to worried about making friends because I wasn't planning on staying around here after graduation. I got good grades and participated in student government, basically because I figured college would be my way out of here.

[lexxasaurus]

Aug 21, 2014 14:35:50 GMT -5 mags said:

Wow
Where are all the bad girls?
I feel so lonely???

I was definitely not good. Got caught drinking, using hard drugs, skipped at least one class most days and then signed myself out of HS when I was 16. Stole street signs to decorate my room with, would just not come home some nights or snuck out of the house. I was pretty awful, so I'm glad my parents and I have built a good relationship over time... I put them through hell.

[kaneen]

My brothers still tell me they have no idea how I was the good kid.

In my family, my brothers had done so many things that were awful that I likely could have stood naked in the middle of the living room screaming, "sex me up, give me drugs!" and still been the good kid. It's all relative. I suppose I should call my brothers and thank them.

[udscoobychick]

I was definitely a good kid. Super involved in lots of clubs, top 1% of my class, etc. My parents were also VERY strict, so some of the things that would have upset them likely wouldn't have been a big deal to others:

-Would occasionally sneak some peppermint schapps from their liquor cabinet into my hot chocolate
-Missed lots of classes for semi-legitimate reasons (staying late to talk to a teacher I liked so I wouldn't have to go to the next class, taking extra time coming back from AP exams, etc.) and straight-up skipped that last couple classes of my day one Friday toward the end of senior year
-Would make up excuses to stay after school so I could go down to a local coffee shop where my friends hung out (I wasn't allowed to go because my parents thought the owner wouldn't like a bunch of teenagers hanging out there and thought there would be trouble)
-Lots of heavy petting

I also had a tendency to date guys with tattoos, mohawks, multi-color hair, lots of piercings, etc., which my parents never forbade, but they never liked it, either.

I never snuck out, did drugs, had sex, drank while not at home, etc. Lots of my friends smoked, drank, etc., but they knew that I didn't and knew better than to pester me about it lol. My parents got off easy with me and my sister!

[neonpink]

Aug 21, 2014 15:34:02 GMT -5 mags said:

Aug 21, 2014 14:56:51 GMT -5 neonpink said:

I need to add, I was good compared to my brother. He is 4 years older than me. He cut school, got caught smoking weed/cigarettes. Came home so drunk once he took his pants off in the walk in pantry and went upstairs to bed.

My parents thought I would be just like him. I wasn't I caused some trouble but never anything close to him. They were petrified I would.

I probably dated him

He doesn't dig our team. He's for the boys.