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What Do You Miss About Being A Teenager
Posted by faithsju243 • 12/17/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: kingball, teenage years
Do you miss anything about being a teenager, the freedom, lack of responsibilities?
Me I miss Kingball tournaments.
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I really don't miss it or anything during my childhood. There is no better time than the present.-
I like the here and now but it doesn't mean I don't get a touch of nostaglia everytime I go to my Mom's house and see where I took prom pictures and had my first kiss etc etc etc.
Of course it wasn't all roses, most times it wasn't roses but I like to remember the good times. -
First kiss? Prom? All these things were absent from my experience as a teen. My entire existence was to study, stay out of trouble (as there were plenty who wanted to harm me), go home as soon as I could, and do the chores. The only "good" times was when I took home all A's because my father would be ready to punish me if I brought home an A-minus.
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Going round to the house where your girl friend is babysitting, emptying the fridge then spending the rest of the night kissing and trying to get my hand down her top.
Happy days.-
Yippee second base now that brought back memories.
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Absolutely nothing. -
The constant abuse in every form, the child slavery at the hands of my mom & her mafia b/f, eventually living on the street, using my body (on occassion) to get in from the cold, the lack of being adequately prepared to lead a functional life, the leering pedophiles, the suicidal depressions (& attempts,) the constant stress & complete insanity.
No, wait...I don't miss ANY of that! -
Not very much, frankly. Maybe getting to have more than a few days vacation at a time. Otherwise, I'll take now, please.
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Sometimes I too miss the couple of wks from X-mas to New Yrs, now in order to get that time I have to go through HR, what's up with that?
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It was nice, wasn't it, having enough time away from school to forget about it and actually miss it?
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My waist line, and my energy.-
LOL oh the waistline.
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Yes, I seem to have misplaced mine somewhere along the way...
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Funny...I still have my waistline....I just added to it. -
yes my waist line! and energy and how everything on my body didn't head 'south'
I don't miss how unwise I was, the angst and how I had no sense of self.
I had no confidence in myself as a teen and that is sad
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Hair. -
I do not miss the spots! I do miss being able to eat ridiculous amounts of chocolate and drink cider and still being as skinny as a rake.
I still have my two Best Friends from back then but they are far away, I miss them big time but we keep in touch a lot. -
Weighing 100 lbs. -
My virginity.-
Sorry I don't think you can get it back even if you tried.
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My tight ass and perky breasts. Other than that, not a damn thing.-
Being able to say I have a teenage girlfriend and not getting arrested.
I am fully aware this comment may be removed by the community.
Carry on...
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I wish I had an 18 yr. old body to go with my 42 yr. old brain, but I don't miss adolescence at all.... -
I'm still 15
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my weight. life was simpler. - no stress.
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the feeling of immortality
the ability to go where i want the moment i felt like it
not having any bills to pay
having cats-
@hatingtherain, oh to be bill-less once again would be worth going back in time if I can retain all the knowledge and knowhow I have today.
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Nothing.
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My healthy young body, but not much else. -
Utterly nothing. Now, all you have to do is ask what you Don't miss about being a teenager, and I will have many many responses.-
Sure the teenage years were awkward..I have my fair share of pics where I think WTH but goodness me I never thought so many folks would say absolutely nothing.
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maybe because so many of us enjoy our lives now, or don't glorify those years, or have horrible memories of those years, or just view teen years as being full of angst.
For me the teen years were horrible, reeling from years of abuse, death of relatives, lost home, turmoil, and a ruined education.
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The schedule to have an hour and half to play. When class was in it was time to study but when I had break/lunch it was nothing but volleyball.-
Ah recess was amazing but that was more of a grade school age thing. I don't remember getting a large break for lunch in high school.
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My mother. -
The girlfriends and my ability to make crazy decisions -
Being able to eat absolutely anything I wanted with no fear (at all!) of gaining a pound. I swear, after I hit 30, I have to really be careful! I really do wish I had my teenage metabolism. -
The copious amounts of cheap malt liquor and cigarettes only costed 2.15 back then. -
Running to the from the house to the care to avoid getting wet... and not being out of breath. -
I miss the ability to walk down stairs without crippling myself. -
I miss my teenagehood not one jot. It was a terrible time in my life. The lack of responsibilities was a good thing, but it was never enough to make everything else worth it!
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My teen years were by no means tragic...but I did not have a strong sense of self, I feared the unkown, felt angst about my peers, didn't realize that just about every other teen felt the same way. I now work with troubled teens, and am thankful every day that I have grown into a confident, fully aware adult.
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I miss my mother cooking every meal for me!!! -
school dances -
I miss the high energy level. -
I miss the adventures of learning things the hard way. -
Hm... less responsibility, blissful ignorance, being able to screw some stuff up without dire consequences.
Yep. -
Oh, yeah, and my knees. I miss them a lot now that they are all but gone
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I have a great and happy teenager time....GREAT ! I don't miss anything in my point of view.
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i dont miss anything coz until im still teenager
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The excitement of everything being new. But no, the rest of the stuff just ain't worth it. -
The years as in TEEN this TEEN that... no more teen anything after my numbers now -
~n.o.t.h.i.n.g~ -
I sometimes miss the energy I had. But, the trade off of experience and wisdom for having a hairline at the front of my head and a little more unstructured time doesn't make me want to be a teen again. -
I miss my car, 1969 buick GS stage 1 convertable.
Other than that not a dam thing, in better shape now then i was then LOL -
I'm still a teenager so I don't miss much.
I think when I am older though I will miss being able to eat whatever I want and not gaining weight from it, and having lots of free time. -
The freedom to dress as I want and not care what anyone else thinks about me. -
Being picked on.
Actually, the freedom that I didn't realize was freedom until I was older. -
Everything, from going to school and college to those late night sleeps. :-D
Couldn't be better.. Still remember playing truant once the exams are over.. great fun!! -
no bills and freedom. the only thing i HAD to do was go to school. oh and my figure. other than that, there ain't a damn thing i miss. i did too many things i cant take back. i was a good kid who occasionally made really really bad decisions. -
No bills, less responsibility and feeling safe. -
Nothing! Been there done that! I am very happy with my age now and am looking forward to my senior citizen years! -
My concentration only. But I still feel like a teenager. -
Being able to polish off a pizza and a box of Lemon Ho Ho's and not gain a pound.-
Hallelujay to that!
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It's kinda disturbing realizing how long it's been since I last was a teenager. It doesn't really feel like it's been all that long.
That said, those were pretty terrible years for me, so if I miss anything, it's pretty much the sense of still being so young and lack of acid reflux problems so I could eat all the spicy foods I wanted without any problems. -
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I miss sleeping in...
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I can't believe that less than 2 months ago I was a teenager and now I'm a boring adult! -
Nothing. It was horrible time -
maybe football games and Pom Pon. I had a whole lot of fun. -
Acne and a tragic taste in fashion
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My teen years were wild, fun, and free. I'll spare you the details. -
i dont miss much
i like having my own money, living on my own, and making my own decisions -
Enjoying life (boys, school, more boys, alcohol) without having to worry about all the little things that can mess up your day (bills, work, petrol prices, etc.) -
Not having to go to work! Haha.
I do not miss awkwardness, boy crises, and teenage skin problems. -
Pfft being able to stay up all night! And being able to read without holding things at arms length! -
What I miss:
the blank canvas, I didn't realize how great it was that so much future was ahead and didn't take all of the right steps to create better memories. If I knew my choices at that time would always have an effect on me, I wouldn't have treated it so lightly.
High school is a crzy institution where you feel as if everything will be over in about four years so you just get it done and over with but I always felt like life is life period...that's four years of your life...but even though I saw that, I still got caught up in different antics that I basically shouldn't have.
There were a lot of successes and a lot of achievements. I definitely graduated on time and with special honors. Still, what does that mean when you can't go back to the day you lost a friend or got involved with the wrong person or just didn't stay true to yourself?? You don't forget those and the effects of them even though you may forget what you learned in fourth period. -
I also guess I had an unhealthy anxiety about my future, rather, a strong desire to be successful. Now, as an adult, it's turned healthy and I've recovered and restored an outlook where I realize I have a RESPONSIBILITY to make the right choices in the present for the future. That's the difference between then and now and that's why it's capitalized .. growing up is accepting responsibility for everything you do and everything you are.
To sum it up, I was happy as a teen but lost it and regained it. -
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Drugs, Sex, and that passionate meaning I used to find in music at that age. -
all the girls
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Hey, it was only a few years ago! So far nothing much, apart from my old boarding school, I suppose. I had a great time there. -
Going out to shows every weekend. And drinking beer in a park..not working..no bills...having so much fun. I still have fun, but not with the same reckless abandonment. And I feel like hell the next morning now that I'm old.
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