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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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I was listening to Rufus Hound interviewing Caitlin Moran about her teenage diaries yesterday. It's worth listening to, if only to thank the heavens you didn't live next door to her family.
Did you keep one and have you still got it?
What does it say about today back then?
Mine from this date in 1978 says "She gave us even more chores. Read my book and watched TV. I am not having a good week."
My diary then was a slimline week to view appointments diary and the handwriting had to be small. I'm now trying to remember what the code was for all the * and ! that litter this little book. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"Mine had lots of codes that I have no idea what they meant anymore. Every day usually said "I'm bored".  "
Did we all have codes? They really can't have been that cryptic.
I know ? stood for expected date of period. If it has a tick next to it then it arrived when I thought it would. There was more coding too. I only remember that one because I used it for 34 years until my periods ended. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I read mine sometimes,it makes me a little sad in some places,but laugh out loud at my teenage self in others
Ill retrieve it from its hiding place and give an excerpt in here later  |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"I read mine sometimes,it makes me a little sad in some places,but laugh out loud at my teenage self in others
Ill retrieve it from its hiding place and give an excerpt in here later "
Oh goodie. |
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By *orkduoCouple
over a year ago
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1984 had all the details of where n when me n andy had adventurous sex ,my mum found it n showed my dad .I was horrified he through it on the fire n burnt it .would have loved to have read it now. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"1984 had all the details of where n when me n andy had adventurous sex ,my mum found it n showed my dad .I was horrified he through it on the fire n burnt it .would have loved to have read it now."
I hope the memories are still fresh. It would be interesting to look back at then and now. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"it would ,we used to tell each other what to wear ,hence I was in a long mac with nowt underneath,n my dad reading the details .oh my word !!!!!!we can still remember though. "
My Dad didn't find my diary but he did find me in flagrante delicto and I was thrown out of home. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Mine had lots of codes that I have no idea what they meant anymore. Every day usually said "I'm bored".
Did we all have codes? They really can't have been that cryptic.
I know ? stood for expected date of period. If it has a tick next to it then it arrived when I thought it would. There was more coding too. I only remember that one because I used it for 34 years until my periods ended."
I think some codes were boys I fancied (and didn't know I existed). No change there.
I stopped keeping a diary when I was about 16. Just as life started getting interesting. I still have them hidden away. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
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"My mam kept a diary every year right up until her sudden death 2 years ago. Yes I have them and have read them. Lol. Interesting facts about who said what and who did what and how much things cost. Mostly what she read and when we went shopping. Fun to read and have. "
There are strict instructions to never read mine after my death. |
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"My mam kept a diary every year right up until her sudden death 2 years ago. Yes I have them and have read them. Lol. Interesting facts about who said what and who did what and how much things cost. Mostly what she read and when we went shopping. Fun to read and have.
There are strict instructions to never read mine after my death."
Lol. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
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"My mam kept a diary every year right up until her sudden death 2 years ago. Yes I have them and have read them. Lol. Interesting facts about who said what and who did what and how much things cost. Mostly what she read and when we went shopping. Fun to read and have.
There are strict instructions to never read mine after my death.
Lol. "
How would you feel if you discovered your mother had a rather racy secret life in her diaries? I think with distance it would be fine but I would find it odd.
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"My mam kept a diary every year right up until her sudden death 2 years ago. Yes I have them and have read them. Lol. Interesting facts about who said what and who did what and how much things cost. Mostly what she read and when we went shopping. Fun to read and have.
There are strict instructions to never read mine after my death.
Lol.
How would you feel if you discovered your mother had a rather racy secret life in her diaries? I think with distance it would be fine but I would find it odd.
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If you don't want people to read about it don't write about it. |
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