I am a 15 year old girl and I love to hear stories about when other people were my age so I thought it would be fun if there was a place where everyone could just talk about what happened to them or is currently happening to them if they are still teens.  I'll start out.  I ran into a pole a few weeks ago while driving my brothers pick-up.  He was teaching me how to drive.  Oh well, it was minimal damage.  I also enjoy terrorizing my friends and boyfriend.  Im not stupid, I know that I'll look back on being a teen and remember all the good times.  Why worry about my hair, make-up, and other "important" stuff.  Angst is not my thing.  P.S.  If your wondering, I'm gothic.  But don't be scared...I gave up sacraficing humans a month ago.  ;D

When I was a teenager I drove my mom nuts with the type of music that I listen to. I loved Rock and Roll and
metal musice mostly. My favorite bands were Led ZEPPLIN, QUEEN. KISS, THE WHO, AEROSMITH, and then there were
the other bands JOURNEY, Foreighner,.
  Well some of my favorites are still playing what makes it nice is that I am getting older just like they are but
I act like a teenager when I see them on the video or tv,or live because you can't help that its a nice feeling when you are young
and to be a kid at heart. So if you are a teen enjoy those years while you can. IT' the ones you cherish the most

My teens sucked. My parents got divorced thus I turned into a sh**head. I spent most of junior high and high school skipping class to go hang out and smoke weed.   :-\\


SmithsGirl

Back in my day, I had to walk 15 miles to school, uphill both ways through three feet of snow with no shoes, do my homework on a shovel, get up at two in the morning to feed the animals....blah blah blah.

...Anybody's parents told you this crap?  ::)


Well I am a teen, and I really have no memory of doing anything extrordinary.  :( And SmithsGirl pretty much described most of my peers.  :P

My teens sucked. My parents got divorced thus I turned into a sh**head. I spent most of junior high and high school skipping class to go hang out and smoke weed.   :-\\


SmithsGirl

Me too!  ...AND listen to The Smiths!

Back in my day, I had to walk 15 miles to school, uphill both ways through three feet of snow with no shoes, do my homework on a shovel, get up at two in the morning to feed the animals....blah blah blah.

...Anybody's parents told you this crap?  ::)


Well I am a teen, and I really have no memory of doing anything extrordinary.  :( And SmithsGirl pretty much described most of my peers.  :P


:)

LOL!  This kid already beat me to making a cynical post about topics like these.

8)

Let's see....teenage years...

I had to deal with relatives getting shot and killed or stabbed and laid up in the hospital, friends dying in accidents, a bout of depression that almost did me in, the fact that I hated school and never went, getting high, drinking at school and in general, fighting with my parents, becoming a thief for about a year to make extra money, fighting with my best friend over a worthless guy, moving three times, having to take care of my sister while my mom was in the hospital for major surgery, and so on.

I'm not saying it was supremely bad like that though. It was laced with good moments, like when my friends and I would go to the amusement park, to the movies, to the mall. Or when my cousin and I would just take off for a mini road trip. Or when I went to a big concert at the HP Pavilion.

Now you've got me reminiscing about my teenage years. :)

i turned sixteen last month, so i'm still in my teen years.  i guess that besides my random obsessions and such, i do most of the typical thing other people my age do...hang out with friends, the mall, school dances, parties, and generally not like my parents because they don't understand me. :)

I was a teenager and I still am!  ;D

:)

LOL!  This kid already beat me to making a cynical post about topics like these.

8)

lol  :D

When I was 15(1995), I actually was into Disney stuff more than my peers :o  I just thought they seemed better than most people assumed they were. 
-Of course by 1999, my interests dropped to "moderate fan"(Sabrina the Animated Series?? GMAB!).
I was also at the same time into Beavis & Butthead, and Ren & Stimpy.
For fun, I never hung out with friends much, cuz I was always branded a nerd, so noone wanted to be seen with me... a few people I know liked me enough still, but I was too nervous to try and socialize with even them.  So I usually stayed home, watched cartoons, drew comics and played video games.

When I was 15(1995), I actually was into Disney stuff more than my peers :o   I just thought they seemed better than most people assumed they were. 
-Of course by 1999, my interests dropped to "moderate fan"(Sabrina the Animated Series?? GMAB!).
I was also at the same time into Beavis & Butthead, and Ren & Stimpy.
For fun, I never hung out with friends much, cuz I was always branded a nerd, so noone wanted to be seen with me... a few people I know liked me enough still, but I was too nervous to try and socialize with even them.  So I usually stayed home, watched cartoons, drew comics and played video games.

It's hard to get a girl when branded a nerd.  >:(

I was a teenager and I still am!  ;D


I was a teenager 15 years ago. ;D



Howard

My teen years were great. For me growing up in the 50s was just as they picture it on Happy Days and Father Knows best. No sense in elaborating. If you've seen those shows and shows like them you know what I mean. Having been there I can tell you it was real and wonderful......thanks Mom and Dad......I love and miss you.

Let's see...

Early teen years: All about feeling so important because you're finally a "teen."
Mid teen years: Parents say "You can't go to prom.  You can't go to the homecoming dance.  Do their parents smoke? Or drink? If they do, you can't go over to their house.  No this. No that..."  Well, you get the picture.
Late teen years (aka right now): Parents say "Behave yourself."  Unfortunately for them, they both went to Bob Jones University so I guess they have no idea what goes on in a real college.  :P

I was a loner and a rebel, and I vagabonded around but always had one job or another.

Hi Erin,
When I was a teenager, back in the dark ages, I walked three miles to school in six feet of snow, up hill, both ways  ;)  No really, I hated being in high school.  It was such a drag.  I couldn't wait to go to college.  My parants were great - gave me lots of freedom, and helped me through my stupidity when they had to - also made me pay for it.  Dating was always bitter/sweet, and those damn hormones!!!  What a messed up time.  The problem, as I now remember and understand it, was being me, an individual, and fitting in with others.  If I have any wisdom about this (as a former teen and a father of 4 former teens) it would be to be yourself, allow youself to grow, and don't just follow the crowd.  Think, read, explore, and actively elicit the support of your parants, assuming that you have a functional family.  Good luck youngin'.  Enjoy your teens and let the burduns of the vworld rest on older shoulders for the present - but do keep up on, and be involved in the world around you.

Berst wishes,

Tio Don Carlos

Now that I read the rest of the posts here I see someone else used my joke first - oh wellll.  Lots of what I read strikes home in one way or another, but I would say that if your parants TRY to uinderstand you (and if they didn't go to BJU) than you need to reach out to them too, while at the same time establishing your independance. 

Well, they say the older you get, the farther you had to walk, the steeper the hill, and the deeper the snow gets.  ;) ;D




Cat

When I was a teen in the late 70's early 80's I cared about high school sports, parties, the very remote chance I might have sex, playing in my rock band and driving my snow machine (Ski-Doo Citation 3800)  to and from school and on dates with my now wife.

When I was a teenager...

In high school, I was a misfit...a rebel...an outcast...  So I formed my own "clique"  aka "The Misfits"  which was derived from the cartoon Jem & The Holograms.  The rival chickies were known as The Misfits. 

I was teased for listening to Run DMC one minute then listening to Depeche Mode the next minute.  I honestly didn't care (still don't) what people think. 

My group were made up of all the rejects.  It was totally cool because we ruled because we didn't give a flying f%ck!  Excuse my french.  8)

Lets see when I was a teenager(age 15)I used to listen to music at night(97.5 pst out a of Philly was the station I listened to that time.) I was really quiet and to myself socially in my freshman year of high school. I had alot of stuff I went through..I don't fell like going through elaborating through my High School years. I really had to change up my style(wear baggy pants and larger shirts) to be like the other kids and be accepted. I remember driving a couple to school in my senior year of high school.

Hey, my mom actually DID walk uphill both ways a mile to the bus stop.  She lived out in the boondocks (their house was in the middle of a hill) and the bus picked her up and dropped her off at 2 different places.  So, in the morning, she walked up the hill to catch the bus at the top of the hill and in the afternoon, the bus dropped her off at the bottom of the hill.


Believe it or not, I had a little bit of that experience all through HS. I lived a 1 1\2 from High School which I had to walk to almost every day through those 4 years which equaled 3 miles a day.

I spent my 15th year in 1991-1992. Involved a lot of Flannel, Video Games, backward baseball caps, tightrolls, starter jackets and basketball shoes, and handy dandy pagers! Egads, saying pager instead of cell phone sounds about the same as saying electric typewriters!

My teen years were great. For me growing up in the 50s was just as they picture it on Happy Days and Father Knows best. No sense in elaborating. If you've seen those shows and shows like them you know what I mean. Having been there I can tell you it was real and wonderful......thanks Mom and Dad......I love and miss you.


How old are you hoogbest? You must be the oldest poster here?

I hated my teen years...glad they're over.

I was a true loner. Went to the library every lunch-time, barely spoke to anyone (surprisingly I had quite a few friends until first year of high school which was a tough time, which i think precipitated it), had problems with anxiety/other mental conditions. So in all, I'm glad to forget it all.