FabSwingers.com > Forums > The Lounge > What were you like as a teen?
What were you like as a teen?
Jump to: Newest in thread
 |
By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
I recently looked back at some of my high school pictures and it dawned on me just how different a person I am in some respects!
I was a nerd (still am in a sense!), had terrible acne which didn't do my confidence any favours, and was useless around girls  I had no clue on how to chat to them and usually got tongue tied when I tried. I was hopelessly naive and certainly more liberal than I am now.
What were you like? Much the same or radically different? |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
I was skinnier. A lot skinner.
I still pretty much look the same though. I was still a geek, still really shy yet confident, still with C, and I still had short hair |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"I was very quiet and studious. Would never dare speak out or cause upset. Total wallflower. Thankfully much has changed over the years  "
I can certainly relate to that |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"I recently looked back at some of my high school pictures and it dawned on me just how different a person I am in some respects!
I was a nerd (still am in a sense!), had terrible acne which didn't do my confidence any favours, and was useless around girls I had no clue on how to chat to them and usually got tongue tied when I tried. I was hopelessly naive and certainly more liberal than I am now.
What were you like? Much the same or radically different?"
Sounds exactly like me as a teen |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *eliWoman
over a year ago
. |
I was a proud lesbian feminist, morbidly obese but fuck I wore some amazing clothes - truly embraced emo. Diehard emo. Band t-shirts, collars, fishnets, studded belts. Really geeky, really sarcastic, braces. My hair was full on afro most of the time with a huge ott fringe. I disliked most men and would eye roll a fuck ton.
I think I might have changed a bit. Possibly. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
"I was very quiet and studious. Would never dare speak out or cause upset. Total wallflower. Thankfully much has changed over the years
I can certainly relate to that"
Seems to be a few like us on this thread. Curious |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"I was very quiet and studious. Would never dare speak out or cause upset. Total wallflower. Thankfully much has changed over the years
I can certainly relate to that
Seems to be a few like us on this thread. Curious "
How people can change over time   |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
I did great at every sport in school, was popular with everyone,was the class clown making everyone laugh, got great grades in every subject, never got bullied, would get in fights every day/week. Was friends with the goths, the rockers, the ravers, would go to a concert one week and a rave the next.
Only real difference now really is no friends. I dont play sports anymore but do great physically. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
"I was very quiet and studious. Would never dare speak out or cause upset. Total wallflower. Thankfully much has changed over the years
I can certainly relate to that
Seems to be a few like us on this thread. Curious
How people can change over time "
I'm wondering if there's a link between fab and people who increased in confidence with age. Probably not but my mind often goes on odd tangents.. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *VineMan
over a year ago
The right place |
I was a bit of a geek but also quite sporty. I represented Britain in my chosen sport. I lived quite a way from where most of my school mates lived so always felt I was missing out until I learned to drive and got some freedom. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
I was always described as “too chatty” and I remember the teacher said I should be a foghorn to warn the ships as I was quite loud 
So I guess not much has changed really. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
Early teens - studious, quiet, shy & compliant the majority of the time.
Latter teens - discovered boys, rebelled and liked to party!
I tended to flit between groups of people, never really belonging to one unit but able to fit in wherever and whenever.
I still have some similar traits...  |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"I was always described as “too chatty” and I remember the teacher said I should be a foghorn to warn the ships as I was quite loud
So I guess not much has changed really. "
You've still more front than Brighton |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
I wasn't part of the popular crowd so always felt like that was my place near the bottom of the social order, I was skinny with a bowl cut till I was 15, I had big ears and my parents didn't have the money to deck me out in expensive fashionable clothes. You wouldn't think I was even the same person now! |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"I was always described as “too chatty” and I remember the teacher said I should be a foghorn to warn the ships as I was quite loud
So I guess not much has changed really.
You've still more front than Brighton "
Hmmm you can talk! |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
I was a bit of a goody two shoes unti I was 16. I tended to be the one my mates would scapegoat. One mate told lies to my first love so she would break up with me, because he was jealous. Then during the long summer holidays of that year I was ostracised and excluded by them for being boring because I wouldn’t go robbing shops with them.
I got depressed and contemplated suicide. However I got through with help from my mum and made new friends when I went into sixth form. I also became a bit more rebellious, smoking and drinking and a bit of a Lothario with women. I was a saint on the surface but covertly quite a bitter, nasty piece of work. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
I tended to just sit somewhere in the middle in most respects, I didn't stand out for any reason.
I have a bit more confidence in speaking up for myself now hut on the whole I'm still a bit middley. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"Early teens - studious, quiet, shy & compliant the majority of the time.
Latter teens - discovered boys, rebelled and liked to party!
I tended to flit between groups of people, never really belonging to one unit but able to fit in wherever and whenever.
I still have some similar traits... "
I found I could hover between groups and got along well with most everyone. I was just hopeless with girls! |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"Early teens - studious, quiet, shy & compliant the majority of the time.
Latter teens - discovered boys, rebelled and liked to party!
I tended to flit between groups of people, never really belonging to one unit but able to fit in wherever and whenever.
I still have some similar traits...
I found I could hover between groups and got along well with most everyone. I was just hopeless with girls! "
Not changed much then  |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
I was the girliest tomboy you could imagine.
I played ice hockey with the ladies and with the mens rec team, always with a full face of make up.
Listened to all kinds of different music, much the same as now.
I had a mouth on me and wasn't afraid to fight, although most of the time I was the peacemaker as I'm not a fan of conflict, yet I won't shy from it.
I'm probably about the same size again now, after many years with my weight fluctuating
P |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"I was always described as “too chatty” and I remember the teacher said I should be a foghorn to warn the ships as I was quite loud
So I guess not much has changed really. "
Your voice does project when you speak makes it impossible for you to go unnoticed |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
I was a country bumpkin! My parents were farmers so my teenage years were spent eventing and horse competitions.
They were great years though when I look back. I didn’t like school at all but I came out with decent grades and went on to start the career I have now |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
I was hard working, had my first job aged 13 then had 2 jobs by the time I was 16.
My home life wasn't ideal. My dad was an alcoholic which meant I grew up fast. I moved out aged 18 and have been independent my whole life it seems! I was mature but still reckless at times. Liked attention off boys... that's all I'm saying!!
|
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"I was a country bumpkin! My parents were farmers so my teenage years were spent eventing and horse competitions.
They were great years though when I look back. I didn’t like school at all but I came out with decent grades and went on to start the career I have now"
I love horsey girls...
When I use to bunk school I use to take my Trotter out on the country lanes. Getting pulled up by PC Plod whilst driving a horse and trying to explain why I wasn't in school |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"I was always described as “too chatty” and I remember the teacher said I should be a foghorn to warn the ships as I was quite loud
So I guess not much has changed really.
You've still more front than Brighton
Hmmm you can talk! "
Meaning ? |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"Shy, lacking confidence, geeky, sporty and usually on a pair of inline skates. "
I loved mine!!! Wore my nieces a few weeks ago, it's more exhausting than I remember it being |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *an_LexaCouple
over a year ago
Sunderland |
Looked like I do now although my hair was curly, it was the 80s. Until I split with my boyfriend who loved my hair. So of course, I cut it in a bob with a fringe, straightened it and dyed it black. Think Uma Thurman pulp fiction style.
I was kinda reckless and did a few things I probably shouldn’t have but hey, no regrets |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
Shy, introverted, a lot skinnier. Much like now though, spent a lot of time painting and listening to music. Always been a free spirit and pretty liberal with it.
I think I'm a bit more confident now, even if my issues with my shape can hide that until I get to know people.
It's odd to think that it's only really my confidence and weight that have fluctuated. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
I was always seen as a teachers pet at school, I think everyone thought I was little miss goody too shoes..and would be so surprised when they saw me at a nightclub or something  ..
I was probably more confident back then.. Although that is increasing again slowly now. And I've always had a passionate side it just got lost and buried along the way but its been delicious discovering it again |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
About 9 stone, not in with the popular kids at school. A bit anonymous really.
Left and joined the RAF, changed in a matter of months. Confidence, filled out, huge difference. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
I was an emo, used to play guitar a lot and was in multiple bands with my friends. One of them has done really well and played Reading festival a few years ago
I was a massive boffin and would get random people in my class ringing me to help them with their homework
I was never a cool kid and didn't particularly fit in anywhere other than with my best friend, we were inseparable! |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *irthandgirthMan
over a year ago
Camberley occasionally doncaster |
I left school weighing 8 stone. Classic skinny nerd. I was always the outsider as my parents moved a lot. Took me a long time to become who I should have been. I still surprise myself sometimes when I look in the mirror. Somewhere in the back of my head I still think I am that 8 stone kid..
Muay Thai and Ju jitsu were my saviour.. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
Early teens. Fucking awful. I was an oddball and a misfit, bullied at school, physically amd emotionally abused by my father, unsure of my sexuality. Just fucking awful and I'm amazed I made out out alive.
Mid teens (late 1980s) discovered what was then deemed to be the alternative music scene amd found I was far from the only oddball and misfit in Birmingham just the only one on my school. Discovered live music in dingy pubs, discover cider, discovered that girls did actually like me. And things improved greatly. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *llenGTWoman
over a year ago
East/West Mids |
"Early teens - studious, quiet, shy & compliant the majority of the time.
Latter teens - discovered boys, rebelled and liked to party!
I tended to flit between groups of people, never really belonging to one unit but able to fit in wherever and whenever.
I can relate to this
I still have some similar traits... "
|
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"Early teens. Fucking awful. I was an oddball and a misfit, bullied at school, physically amd emotionally abused by my father, unsure of my sexuality. Just fucking awful and I'm amazed I made out out alive.
Mid teens (late 1980s) discovered what was then deemed to be the alternative music scene amd found I was far from the only oddball and misfit in Birmingham just the only one on my school. Discovered live music in dingy pubs, discover cider, discovered that girls did actually like me. And things improved greatly."
|
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"Shy, lacking confidence, geeky, sporty and usually on a pair of inline skates.
I loved mine!!! Wore my nieces a few weeks ago, it's more exhausting than I remember it being "
YES.. I'm more Bambi than Thumper these days |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *uxom redCouple
over a year ago
Shrewsbury |
I was well behaved at school, very slim with big boobs and dark brown hair that changed colour once each dye had faded so it went from pink, purple, blue, green, black, red. I went through all the directions hair dyes in my teens.
Personality wise as I am now with less swearing.
|
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
Awkward, shit at eye contact, an utter piss head to negate the first two and I used to get myself into a lot of trouble.....
.....very immature but loyal to the point of defending the indefensible in my friends. I'd have hated to know me at the time tbf.... |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"Shy, lacking confidence, geeky, sporty and usually on a pair of inline skates.
I loved mine!!! Wore my nieces a few weeks ago, it's more exhausting than I remember it being
YES.. I'm more Bambi than Thumper these days "
Haha! I hear ya! I think I pulled my back |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
A good girl, never gave my parents any trouble. Worked hard, never went far, had a few select friends.
Even went to bible class, and was in the School choir. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
I was the only frizzy, brown chubby girl from a poor family amongst a sea of white middle class kids 
I hated being a teenager - I hated school and I hated my home life.
I used to hide behind humour and bad behaviour- no change there then  |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
5ft 9 since i was 12 i was only interested in sports and school yard fights until 16 when i became a shithead did some stupid crazy stuff and had the marty mcfly mentality
At 18 i was playing rep rugby league and continued to play to a high standard until took some bad coaching advise put on too much weight and dislocated my knee
And as a result lost my pace
I was a very angry boy until i had my first son |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
Extremely focused in doing well at school, strict, nerdy and a class monitor but refuse to be one of the school prefects. Soft/pouf but never get bullied because I will definitely fight back. Cocky. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
My teen years weren't my happiest
I was the fat kid
I was quiet, had few friends and used to spend long periods alone in my room making imaginary lives for myself
I was clever, but shit at exams
I tried to please
I tried to do things to get in with the in-crowd, so much so that I flunked all my O' Levels apart from 1
No way was I mature enough for work, so I had to do an extra 12 months at 6th Form doing my school exams again before I did my A's
I didn't go to discos, I was crap with girls, people laughed at me and I was bullied
I look back on it with sadness
Adulthood has been much kinder to me |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
Everyone has put a lot more detail than my 4 words. It's actually hard to read a lot of these. Firstly, it's difficult to read that so many people were having terrible times. I hope all your lives improved in adulthood. Secondly, it's hard to read about the good teenage years that everyone else experienced as it's something I was denied. I'm glad people were able to have the adolescence they deserved, but I feel bereft reading about it. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"Everyone has put a lot more detail than my 4 words. It's actually hard to read a lot of these. Firstly, it's difficult to read that so many people were having terrible times. I hope all your lives improved in adulthood. Secondly, it's hard to read about the good teenage years that everyone else experienced as it's something I was denied. I'm glad people were able to have the adolescence they deserved, but I feel bereft reading about it. "
 there is a saying that it's not how the journey begins, but how it ends |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
I was a lot more confident(although still shy) more adventurous.slimmer always out and about....strange how getting married to the wrong man can change all that |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"I used to say ‘innit’ a lot, but then I grew out of it.did u say bruv too?
No, not even to my brother. do u realise how many mourners you had "
Think you mean moaners! |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"Everyone has put a lot more detail than my 4 words. It's actually hard to read a lot of these. Firstly, it's difficult to read that so many people were having terrible times. I hope all your lives improved in adulthood. Secondly, it's hard to read about the good teenage years that everyone else experienced as it's something I was denied. I'm glad people were able to have the adolescence they deserved, but I feel bereft reading about it.
there is a saying that it's not how the journey begins, but how it ends "
It hasn't ended yet and I'm enjoying the ride |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"I used to say ‘innit’ a lot, but then I grew out of it.did u say bruv too?
No, not even to my brother. do u realise how many mourners you had
Think you mean moaners! "
it was like pablo escabar was killed all over again |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"I used to say ‘innit’ a lot, but then I grew out of it.
Yay , you're back.
Three weeks ago with all the other lurkers innit.... Smh "
You’re so cool and edgy. |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
I was a mess!
Bipolar without realising it, trying to come to terms with sexual abuse and just completely stressed out by everything.
I was out every weekend on the lash from about the age of 14, trying to drink my problems away.
My teenage years were horrendous tbh, I spent most of them suicidal and angry at the world!
Thankfully, i got through all that shite and I'm alreet now for the most part |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"I used to say ‘innit’ a lot, but then I grew out of it.
Yay , you're back.
Three weeks ago with all the other lurkers innit.... Smh
You’re so cool and edgy."
Towel,rail your back |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By *hillout OP Man
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
"Everyone has put a lot more detail than my 4 words. It's actually hard to read a lot of these. Firstly, it's difficult to read that so many people were having terrible times. I hope all your lives improved in adulthood. Secondly, it's hard to read about the good teenage years that everyone else experienced as it's something I was denied. I'm glad people were able to have the adolescence they deserved, but I feel bereft reading about it.
there is a saying that it's not how the journey begins, but how it ends
It hasn't ended yet and I'm enjoying the ride "
That's what counts |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
"I used to say ‘innit’ a lot, but then I grew out of it.
Yay , you're back.
Three weeks ago with all the other lurkers innit.... Smh
You’re so cool and edgy."
Thanks |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
|
By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
|
I was quiet and shy, the chubby geeky looking girl in nhs black specs and never having the money to dress the same as everyone else. I spent a lot of my time at school being bullied. I was clever but had so much pressure to be the best that I couldn’t handle it. I had a small group of friends but even then I was emotionally distant. I was never confident and was taken advantage of by people as I tried to please everyone. It took me until my early twenties to start finding myself. X |
Reply privately, Reply in forum +quote
or View forums list | |
» Add a new message to this topic
