Were you a troubled teen?

stovelid · 31-05-2010 06:49PM

Agricola wrote: »

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.

Are your parents aware that you're swearing for all the world to see on a public message-board?

brummytom · 31-05-2010 06:50PM

I'm a cunt; the same things that people hate me for, some love me for.

Meh.. I'm happy enough

Kasabian · 31-05-2010 06:55PM

I had a crazy time in my teen years , even worse that Liah's :pac:.

From the age of 14 I was self reliant , did all kinds of crap , all illegal. Hung around with a group of lads older than me that no one crossed so I was always protected.

Was good to my Mom and siblings but everyone else was fair game . Left home at 17 after attempting to kill my Dad .

All in all It was a learning curve about people and society and no one got seriously hurt or killed and it has all helped to make me the well rounded law abiding , professional citizen I am today.

we'llallhavetea_old · 31-05-2010 06:58PM

Kasabian wrote: »

I had a crazy time in my teen years , even worse that Liah's :pac:.

From the age of 14 I was self reliant , did all kinds of crap , all illegal. Hung around with a group of lads older than me that no one crossed so I was always protected.

Was good to my Mom and siblings but everyone else was fair game . Left home at 17 after attempting to kill my Dad .

All in all It was a learning curve about people and society and no one got seriously hurt or killed and it has all helped to make me the well rounded law abiding , professional citizen I am today.

you win :eek:

*backs out of thread slowly, careful not to look kasabian in the eyes*

brummytom · 31-05-2010 06:59PM

Kasabian wrote: »

Left home at 17 after attempting to kill my Dad .

:eek: :eek:

Kasabian · 31-05-2010 07:11PM

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

you win :eek:

*backs out of thread slowly, careful not to look kasabian in the eyes*

It's along story we are friends now , sort of.

Sad but true , I am thinking of writing a book about my life but might wait till my Mom has passed on , she doesn't need the grief.

Thats all I will say on the matter , don't want to lose out on potential book sales. :pac:

Davidius · 31-05-2010 07:22PM

My teenage years so far have been completely uneventful. I'm very boring you see.

Lando Griffin · 31-05-2010 07:27PM

I was the perfect teenager in every way its the parents that troubled me with all the chores and constant nagging.

PeterIanStaker · 31-05-2010 07:52PM

I was invisible or nearly so as a teen.

I never bothered my hole doing anything good, bad or indifferent. I'm not in the least stupid, but for instance if I was asked something by a teacher in school, 9 times out of 10 I'd say I didnt know the answer. I knew damn well but I just couldnt be ****ing arsed answering.

Parents used to go to parent-teacher meetings and the teacher would start off like "well he does his work and all that", now I'm not telling this well, but at some point the old man asked him what I looked like, and teacher sheepishly replies he didnt know. I was in 5th year.

alwaysadub · 31-05-2010 08:10PM

I was good enough in my early teens-went a bit rebellious in my very late teens but by then my mam couldn't do much about it :cool:

pow wow · 31-05-2010 08:33PM

I was shipped off to school abroad by my parents because of my 'behaviour' when I was 16. Apparently anywhere that didn't involve an ocean between us wasn't far enough

I don't remember too much about it....soooo long ago now

RMD · 31-05-2010 08:35PM

Nolanger wrote: »

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

My parish priest threatened to excommunicate me when I was 11 after using the Holy water from the font outside the church as a form of hair product and then when he told me to stop I thought I was all man replying "piss of ya dirty peado". Think I win.

From 14-17 I was your typical sham teen, thinking I was harder than I actually was and I was hanging around with some absolute dirtballs from Darndale. One of them's now in Mountjoy for dealing and another has a suspended sentence for Joyriding. Another one of them nearly killed themselves a year ago after flipping a car he robbed at a pretty fast pace.

Big mistake, got me in trouble with the Gards as well for hanging around with them. Don't know what I was thinking acting like an absolute bollox back then, caused a fair few people grief which I shouldn't have.

seanbmc · 31-05-2010 08:46PM

Kasabian wrote: »

Left home at 17 after attempting to kill my Dad .

That's a thread in itself :pac:. Good to see you are friends now, I had a few fights with my Dad, nothing major though.

smallerthanyou · 31-05-2010 08:47PM

I think I was a good kid. No major problems except for the usual coming home drunk and that year I went out with a local drug dealer. But to be fair all that important is you get out the other side after learning some lessons!

Superbus · 31-05-2010 09:09PM

Huh. Drug dealing. Attempted Murders. Holy water.

I like The Beatles.

Snowie · 31-05-2010 09:32PM

nah 13 to 16 was **** 16 to 18 was great i left school and became a beach bum... lived in some **** holes. But surfed lots...

Dudess · 31-05-2010 09:32PM

I was mediocre at everything - including rebelliousness.

banshee_bones · 31-05-2010 09:42PM

I had a phase.... drinking, staying out all night, being a little hungover in double home economics monday morning in leaving cert, climbing in/out windows to sneak out or back in :pac:

spinandscribble · 31-05-2010 10:10PM

You know some kids do have a lot to deal with.

alcoholic parents, drugs, abuse of all kinds.

I know I had stuff to deal with but I plastered a fake smile on and nearly burst myself to be a "good kid". Personally I wish i'd had the balls to be a troubled teen, let out my emotion out, let my voice be heard, inside of internalise my problems only to pay for it later.

Hats off to you former troubled teens.

Truley · 31-05-2010 10:17PM

Yeah I definately had the angsty bit never did the whole rebellion thing. I found teenage years very tough to be honest

Novella · 31-05-2010 10:18PM

I'd say I was a nightmare to deal with. My parents were really strict and so I spent most of my time doing the opposite of what they told me. Looking back now, they were always right and I feel bad for how I treated them.

I constantly lied to them about where I was, what I was doing, that kinda thing. Ignored their phone calls, had my goth phase - they loved that. Yeah, I was troublesome!

Shanotheslayer · 31-05-2010 10:33PM

Had stuff too deal with when I was younger, but I was told wise words once!

''Take responsiblity''

Since then I changed :pac:

Marty McFly · 31-05-2010 10:48PM

I was a lilfecker form the age of 12 up to about 18 or 19 then calmed down and saw the light.

Always in trouble with neighbours, school, da odd time the gards.

Was fond of drink, drugs and dabbled in selling too had my reasons for rebelling, but those days are long gone im a model citizen now work hard a and try my best to be a good person.

starbelgrade · 31-05-2010 11:00PM

I was a nightmare teenager for my parents.

Always had different girls back to the house (was caught on the job twice by my mam), was arrested 6/7 times, sold & did all types of drugs, had a homebrew factory in the attic which exploded one day & leaked through all the ceilings, got suspended from school every second week, went off on benders & dissapeared for days/ weeks at a time, took my dad's car one day without telling him, then crashed & totalled it (in my defence, I didn't know how to drive), broke my brother's arm in 2 places with a hurl, almost got jailed by the fraud squad & used my bedroom as a band rehearsal space for over 2 years.

I'd a blast though & don't regret a thing. By the time I was in my 20's, I'd blown off all the steam & aggression and turned into a much more mellow & rounded individual.

I'm almost afraid to have kids in case they turn out like I did & my missus was a bit of a wild lass in her day too, so the crazy genes will not be diluted!!

we'llallhavetea_old · 31-05-2010 11:41PM

starbelgrade wrote: »

I was a nightmare teenager for my parents.

Always had different girls back to the house (was caught on the job twice by my mam), was arrested 6/7 times, sold & did all types of drugs, had a homebrew factory in the attic which exploded one day & leaked through all the ceilings, got suspended from school every second week, went off on benders & dissapeared for days/ weeks at a time, took my dad's car one day without telling him, then crashed & totalled it (in my defence, I didn't know how to drive), broke my brother's arm in 2 places with a hurl, almost got jailed by the fraud squad & used my bedroom as a band rehearsal space for over 2 years.

I'd a blast though & don't regret a thing. By the time I was in my 20's, I'd blown off all the steam & aggression and turned into a much more mellow & rounded individual.

I'm almost afraid to have kids in case they turn out like I did & my missus was a bit of a wild lass in her day too, so the crazy genes will not be diluted!!

i'd say you were mighty craic

Latchy · 31-05-2010 11:57PM

I can relate to a lot of the posts here but if I was to use two movies to describe my teenage years the early part would be like 'Rebel without a cause ' , all angst , confusion and clustaphobia .:mad:

The later part would like' Easy Rider ' running around wasted like a headless chicken .:pac:

Then I got sense and became all serious like :cool:

Damm growing up

* walks off sulking kicking an empty coke can *

Stercus Accidit · 01-06-2010 12:05AM

Agricola wrote: »

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LOLOLOLOL *clicks thanks button furiously*

As I recall from a previous post a while back, the particular poster you are mocking with the tiny violin(LOL google images!) spent a few years living rough and begging to get by or something to that effect.

Only thing worse than a smart arse is an ill-informed presumptuous one.

@OP

Sure all people grow up in middle class families, with both parents, who are both well rounded supporting people, anyone who doesn't have a smile on their precious little face, must be an emo!

Agricola · 01-06-2010 04:13PM

Stercus Accidit wrote: »

LOLOLOLOL *clicks thanks button furiously*

As I recall from a previous post a while back, the particular poster you are mocking with the tiny violin(LOL google images!) spent a few years living rough and begging to get by or something to that effect.

Only thing worse than a smart arse is an ill-informed presumptuous one.

@OP

Sure all people grow up in middle class families, with both parents, who are both well rounded supporting people, anyone who doesn't have a smile on their precious little face, must be an emo!

Ok first of all, you need to get over yourself. If you want to get offended, get offended when someone mocks YOU, not some other randomer. There are few things worse in this life than people who like to be offended on behalf of others, especially for such trivial things as this.

Secondly, maybe what you say is true. Maybe the poster had a real shít life altogether and posting that pic maybe wasnt in the best taste. Ok so, we can move on i think. No one died.

Thirdly, you didnt get round to thanking me for that violin post yet. No hurry now, not rushin ya

Cheap Thrills! · 01-06-2010 04:23PM

I was a little b0ll0x but to be fair my parents were strict and religious and it took a few years of obnoxious rebellion for me to break them.

My Mam wanted me to dress pretty and be a Secretary which repulsed and outraged me beyond belief seeing as I was a tomboy into Hard rock!

I refused to go to typing school or wear dresses.

I left at 17 taking my cannibas plant in a plastic bag with me. I had to come back after 4 days when I ran outta mates!

Cringe!

IvyTheTerrible · 01-06-2010 04:34PM

Truley wrote: »

Yeah I definately had the angsty bit never did the whole rebellion thing. I found teenage years very tough to be honest

I had the angst without the rebellion too. I wasn't very nice to my parents in my early teens.

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