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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 734584" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>The girls were just as bad here. Two of my three friends got pregnant and had abortions. Drugs were everywhere. It was depressing to me. Sex was off the charts. Drug overdoses happened often and in school. We once were allowed to go out for lunch but there was so much shoplifting of stores during lunch hour and acting out at restaurants that it was stopped. That was the only time I remember the school taking action for bad behavior. Basically nobody was afraid of the teachers or principal, me included, and nobody listened to them and the parents could not control the kids. My parents really couldn't control me either. I didn't like my mother at all...she was awful to me. If I had wanted to be out of control, she couldn't have stopped me and my dad was never a part of discipline. But.....</p><p></p><p>I wanted very much to be good. I did not want to ruin my life with drugs, alcohol, sex or anything criminal. My mom thought I was bad, but I was actually very good. I didn't get into trouble because I wanted to respect myself, not for her. Meanwhile even my few close friends got into trouble. I couldn't find friends that were well behaved. And I WAS a tad boy crazy. I wanted friends who would go out and meet boys with me. So I found three girls who at least shared my wacky sense of humor and boy craziness and I put up with the drugs and sex in exchange.</p><p></p><p>But I am not exaggerating about how crazy it was in my neighborhood. I am not saying it was like that everywhere, but it was for me and in similar wealthy suburbs near mine. For a sensitive teen like me who suffered anxiety and depression and just wanted to be good, it was tough. I had some fun as a teen and I dated a lot, always without sex, but I also got pulled into some situations because my friends were often in trouble.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 734584, member: 1550"] The girls were just as bad here. Two of my three friends got pregnant and had abortions. Drugs were everywhere. It was depressing to me. Sex was off the charts. Drug overdoses happened often and in school. We once were allowed to go out for lunch but there was so much shoplifting of stores during lunch hour and acting out at restaurants that it was stopped. That was the only time I remember the school taking action for bad behavior. Basically nobody was afraid of the teachers or principal, me included, and nobody listened to them and the parents could not control the kids. My parents really couldn't control me either. I didn't like my mother at all...she was awful to me. If I had wanted to be out of control, she couldn't have stopped me and my dad was never a part of discipline. But..... I wanted very much to be good. I did not want to ruin my life with drugs, alcohol, sex or anything criminal. My mom thought I was bad, but I was actually very good. I didn't get into trouble because I wanted to respect myself, not for her. Meanwhile even my few close friends got into trouble. I couldn't find friends that were well behaved. And I WAS a tad boy crazy. I wanted friends who would go out and meet boys with me. So I found three girls who at least shared my wacky sense of humor and boy craziness and I put up with the drugs and sex in exchange. But I am not exaggerating about how crazy it was in my neighborhood. I am not saying it was like that everywhere, but it was for me and in similar wealthy suburbs near mine. For a sensitive teen like me who suffered anxiety and depression and just wanted to be good, it was tough. I had some fun as a teen and I dated a lot, always without sex, but I also got pulled into some situations because my friends were often in trouble. [/QUOTE]
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