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Who was a teen difficult child and what did you do to get the label? True confessions!
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<blockquote data-quote="keista" data-source="post: 463014" data-attributes="member: 11965"><p>Well, I was certainly the difficult child of my family, and the first in my crowd to do all the "bad girl" stuff - drinking, smoking, sexual activity. I do have to put a caveat in about the drinking, though. I was raised in a sub-culture where drinking was 'acceptable' for teens. There were big fancy parties where we were actually served alcohol from about age 13 on. It was never done overtly because although at a "private club" it was not unusual for cops to show up due to a noise complaint, but it was common practice. As we got older, there were also teen parties primarily to showcase the guy's band, and alcohol always flowed as if we were adults. Even though that was our "culture", there were still places alcohol was considered "taboo" like at the summer all girls camp run by nuns. difficult child that I was, I was the first in my age group to blaspheme the camp with alcohol.</p><p></p><p>I also remember wicked arguments with my Dad, but I don't think I really raged. Yelling certainly, but would calm down and "give back" everything he ever gave me (as if that was a punishment to him) I do remember at least once I had brought up everything that would fit on the kitchen table and he still wasn't budging, so I brought my mattress up as well and blocked the stairs with it. Didn't phase him, and I have absolutely NO recollection of how things got back to my room. Turns out I was struggling with unidentified/undiagnosed depression for most of my life and have HUGE holes in my memory. Big sis even claims that we once had a hormonal fight and I pulled a knife on her. Try as I might I can't even pull up the tiniest flash of a memory of that.</p><p></p><p>School was never an issue until college. Never studied a single night and graduated with high honors. That didn't work out so well in college. Late teens to early 20's I was highly sexually active to the point of almost self destructing. Experimented very mildly with drugs, but just wasn't for me. Rarely made GOOD decisions, but didn't make any hellaciously bad ones either because I didn't want to get in trouble. I was always searching for the "right" crowd to fit into, but never found it because it doesn't exist. </p><p></p><p>I think I'm a perfect easy child/difficult child split. Even today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="keista, post: 463014, member: 11965"] Well, I was certainly the difficult child of my family, and the first in my crowd to do all the "bad girl" stuff - drinking, smoking, sexual activity. I do have to put a caveat in about the drinking, though. I was raised in a sub-culture where drinking was 'acceptable' for teens. There were big fancy parties where we were actually served alcohol from about age 13 on. It was never done overtly because although at a "private club" it was not unusual for cops to show up due to a noise complaint, but it was common practice. As we got older, there were also teen parties primarily to showcase the guy's band, and alcohol always flowed as if we were adults. Even though that was our "culture", there were still places alcohol was considered "taboo" like at the summer all girls camp run by nuns. difficult child that I was, I was the first in my age group to blaspheme the camp with alcohol. I also remember wicked arguments with my Dad, but I don't think I really raged. Yelling certainly, but would calm down and "give back" everything he ever gave me (as if that was a punishment to him) I do remember at least once I had brought up everything that would fit on the kitchen table and he still wasn't budging, so I brought my mattress up as well and blocked the stairs with it. Didn't phase him, and I have absolutely NO recollection of how things got back to my room. Turns out I was struggling with unidentified/undiagnosed depression for most of my life and have HUGE holes in my memory. Big sis even claims that we once had a hormonal fight and I pulled a knife on her. Try as I might I can't even pull up the tiniest flash of a memory of that. School was never an issue until college. Never studied a single night and graduated with high honors. That didn't work out so well in college. Late teens to early 20's I was highly sexually active to the point of almost self destructing. Experimented very mildly with drugs, but just wasn't for me. Rarely made GOOD decisions, but didn't make any hellaciously bad ones either because I didn't want to get in trouble. I was always searching for the "right" crowd to fit into, but never found it because it doesn't exist. I think I'm a perfect easy child/difficult child split. Even today. [/QUOTE]
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