Were you a troubled teen?

Agricola · 31-05-2010 05:00PM #1

Was listening to Sean Moncrieff there earlier. He had this woman on who was talking about gender stereotypes, how boys are seen to be sulky and withdrawn in their teens, while girls are seen to be stroppy, bitchy etc.

I was just thinking how I never really experienced the angst ridden teenage years. I was, by and large, a dream for my parents!

Was always polite, helped out at home from an early age, continued to value the company of older people, didnt go through any spells as a goth.........
I always thought the whole sulky, moaning, layabout teenager thing was abit of an American problem. Most of my friends growing up were the same. Maybe its cos Im from down the country and am obviously the salt 'a da earth!

So my question is were you a pain in the ass as a teenager, or were ya a model of respectabilty?

ElaElaElano · 31-05-2010 05:03PM

I can hear the extravagent tooting of your own horn from the other side of the country.

Biggins · 31-05-2010 05:17PM

No.

Indubitable · 31-05-2010 05:19PM

I wasn't the worst I did have my moments.
I only knew one girl who always seemed to be happy 24/7. It was weird.

seanaor · 31-05-2010 05:24PM

I have my good days, i have my bad. I dont know anybody whos perfectly happy all the time. Id say my parents are glad i amnt a robot, too.

Agricola · 31-05-2010 05:26PM

seanaor wrote: »

I have my good days, i have my bad. I dont know anybody whos perfectly happy all the time. Id say my parents are glad i amnt a robot, too.

Dude, you're a disgrace to your parents!

molloyjazz · 31-05-2010 05:27PM

Yeah, i was a right cúnt in my teens.. have you got a problem with that!

liah · 31-05-2010 05:29PM

Yes, but I damn well had good reasons to be.

Just because someone appears troubled doesn't mean they're selfish or an emo. I had a lot to deal with that most kids never would.

molloyjazz · 31-05-2010 05:31PM

liah wrote: »

Yes, but I damn well had good reasons to be.

Just because someone appears troubled doesn't mean they're selfish or an emo. I had a lot to deal with that most kids never would.

god i dont know how your still alive, if i was Canadian i woulda topped myself a long time ago.

ejmaztec · 31-05-2010 05:32PM

I was a model of respectability, right up until the moment I went out of my parents' front door each day.

stovelid · 31-05-2010 05:32PM

Was a moody little know-it-all bollix with stupid haircuts who got sent home from school a lot and got into some other bother.

I secretly wouldn't give tuppence for teenagers who act like OAPs.

OP sounds like one of those comic characters that have names like Walter The Softy or Cedric Soft.

Joe Cool · 31-05-2010 05:33PM

Troubled? No.

Bit of a spa? Yes, some things never change.

Agricola · 31-05-2010 05:33PM

liah wrote: »

I had a lot to deal with that most kids never would.

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Corkfeen · 31-05-2010 05:35PM

Still technically a teenage but was relatively good over the year. I had my moments but they got ironed out over the years. Still think to this very day that I think more than most people my age though.....:D I think we need the insight of brummy for the most legitimate view of teenage life?

stovelid · 31-05-2010 05:35PM

liah wrote: »

I had a lot to deal with that most kids never would.

Being Canadian?

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 31-05-2010 05:36PM

I was a grumpy ignorant argumentative little bastard who thought Kurt Cobain was God and life was ****e.

I'm sound as a pound now though

Amn't I? :mad:

weepee · 31-05-2010 05:37PM

My teenage years got lost in a wash of death and violence-sadly.

Tar.Aldarion · 31-05-2010 05:39PM

I was a good kid, sure I got in trouble or in fights and that but grand, they even asked me to work in the school :S more a of a troubled adult really!

Agricola · 31-05-2010 05:41PM

stovelid wrote: »

Was a moody little know-it-all bollix with stupid haircuts who got sent home from school a lot and got into some other bother.

I secretly wouldn't give tuppence for teenagers who act like OAPs.

OP sounds like one of those comic characters that have names like Walter The Softy or Cedric Soft.

I wouldnt give a ha'penny for little know-it-all bollixs who grow up to be bigger know-it-all bollixs. So I guess we're even.

ForeverYoung90 · 31-05-2010 05:42PM

Agricola wrote: »

Was listening to Sean Moncrieff there earlier. He had this woman on who was talking about gender stereotypes, how boys are seen to be sulky and withdrawn in their teens, while girls are seen to be stroppy, bitchy etc.

I was just thinking how I never really experienced the angst ridden teenage years. I was, by and large, a dream for my parents! Was always polite, helped out at home from an early age, continued to value the company of older people, didnt go through any spells as a goth.........
I always thought the whole sulky, moaning, layabout teenager thing was abit of an American problem. Most of my friends growing up were the same. Maybe its cos Im from down the country and am obviously the salt 'a da earth!

So my question is were you a pain in the ass as a teenager, or were ya a model of respectabilty?

Full of yourself much?I myself was/still am a model teenager.Apple of my mothers eye.

Abi · 31-05-2010 05:57PM

Agricola wrote: »

I was just thinking how I never really experienced the angst ridden teenage years. I was, by and large, a dream for my parents! Was always polite, helped out at home from an early age, continued to value the company of older people, didnt go through any spells as a goth.........

Boring! =P

Early to mid-teens: pale make-up, black clothes and an untidy and cheeky cnut.

Mid-late teens: The fun starts. Going to school hungover was a regular occurance. Started seeing a guy when I was 16 and he was 20, was always in the pub with him and I would go missing for days. The amount of times my neighbours would have caught a glimpse of my short-skirted arse sneaking out of the back of the house.. I thought out-smarting my parents was hilarous, becauase they were far to strict with me. I was thrown out of the house eventually.

I was selfish and reckless I know that now. It doesn't mean I've changed though.. :cool:

Indubitable · 31-05-2010 05:58PM

Is that why you are a registered offender?

Abi · 31-05-2010 06:11PM

I guess it's linked, yeah.

Nolanger · 31-05-2010 06:15PM

Bet no other Irish teenager got barred from their local church :cool:

we'llallhavetea_old · 31-05-2010 06:17PM

i'm told i was a hellish bitch.

i just wanted to get pissed/stoned and do my own thing, rarely went to school in the end.

then i left school and became a whole other nightmare...

i'm an angel now

Indubitable · 31-05-2010 06:26PM

Nolanger wrote: »

Bet no other Irish teenager got barred from their local church :cool:

I might not have been barred but i definitely was not welcome which was fine because I hated church anyway. I wasn't bad all the time but when I was it was really bad.