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oberliner

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12. Why would anyone not ask them to leave?

Reply to shockey80 (Original post)

Sat Sep 29, 2018, 12:44 PM

Sep 2018

I'm not understanding this at all.

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In the 70s, as teenagers we did this to the girls we partied with. [View all] shockey80 Sep 2018 OP

In the rural South during the 60s libdem4life Sep 2018 #1

I was in the rural South during the 60s. IME women and girls weren't respected and protected, raccoon Sep 2018 #32

Guess I got lucky. libdem4life Sep 2018 #36

Sounds like a delightful neighborhood. Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2018 #2

I know, right? Tipperary Sep 2018 #14

if uninvited people sat on my porch and challenged me, that would not engender any CharleyDog Sep 2018 #51

It wasn't "a neighborhood" it was a farm every few miles. People helped each other. libdem4life Sep 2018 #55

My comment was directed at the OP. Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2018 #63

It was a tough neighborhood, not criminal. We did not rob houses, etc. shockey80 Sep 2018 #3

No, but apparently you were OK with trespassing on other people's property The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #31

Not sure how a new homeowner could be sure of that, with teenagers being so pushy. How about leaving lindysalsagal Sep 2018 #48

Did you ever stop to consider that maybe you and your pals were the assholes?? malchickiwick Sep 2018 #4

We are tribal, pack animals. We're all assholes to the outsiders. bitterross Sep 2018 #16

We've all done similar things? Codeine Sep 2018 #23

I can honestly say I grew up in both upper middle class and "tough blue collar" neighborhoods Downtown Hound Sep 2018 #27

Who wanted adults around. If some adult wants to hang out with kids, they are suspect. olegramps Sep 2018 #54

I grew up in a poor small town neighborhood... wcmagumba Sep 2018 #53

+1 obamanut2012 Sep 2018 #22

I was reflecting on that very thing this morning Nictuku Sep 2018 #5

How absolutely terrifying renate Sep 2018 #58

Thank you for taking the time to respond Nictuku Sep 2018 #62

That sounds horrible. Codeine Sep 2018 #6

Dd you ever consider you were an asshole? shockey80 Sep 2018 #7

To whom are you responding? nt Codeine Sep 2018 #9

Are you signed into another account or something??? obamanut2012 Sep 2018 #24

No see post #2 and #3 JonLP24 Sep 2018 #25

I suspect the OP doesn't understand Codeine Sep 2018 #26

I take that back. Codeine Sep 2018 #28

Yes. Outed himself, it seems. Tipperary Sep 2018 #61

Cool story bro! 😏 Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2018 #8

In summary, you and a group of shitbags hated those of different social status and/or who were Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2018 #64

While that was kind of a jerk thing to do, I can see the point Maeve Sep 2018 #10

this started off so strong NatBurner Sep 2018 #11

Why would anyone not ask them to leave? oberliner Sep 2018 #12

I guess you're not cool, man. nt Codeine Sep 2018 #19

Um, yeah, whatever. Get the fuck off my porch. Downtown Hound Sep 2018 #13

I grew up in Detroit in the seventies LuckyStrykes Sep 2018 #15

I remember Soxfan58 Sep 2018 #17

I don't get your "test" cannabis_flower Sep 2018 #18

Exactly. Codeine Sep 2018 #21

My feelings exactly. LisaL Sep 2018 #44

ITA. Teenagers sitting on porches in order to test homeowners doesn't sound like fun to me. LisaL Sep 2018 #43

Yeah, teh kids were jerks for trespassing obamanut2012 Sep 2018 #20

Lol! You had me until the last part ecstatic Sep 2018 #29

What? That "test" was kind of assholish. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #30

It might help if you gave us your pintobean Sep 2018 #33

It's called entitlement SkipG Sep 2018 #34

We never engaged in the kind of behaviors that were reported ooky Sep 2018 #35

My experience was like yours, but I think things might have changed The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #39

Yea could be, I was in high school late 60's early 70's. nt ooky Sep 2018 #42

1969 college grad. Never saw anything like the debauchery described The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2018 #59

I grew up in a small blue collar/middle class town in Connecticut and graduated HS in the mid 80s NewJeffCT Sep 2018 #37

I was on an all male floor of a university dorm. roamer65 Sep 2018 #38

In the early 70's, an interesting thing happened. lark Sep 2018 #40

The men to beware are most often the ones in some level of power. roamer65 Sep 2018 #45

That's what I learned. lark Sep 2018 #46

Very definitely. roamer65 Sep 2018 #49

A-Fucking-men denbot Sep 2018 #41

Oh if I was at a party like that... Initech Sep 2018 #47

Thanks for watching out for the girls nini Sep 2018 #50

I think a lot of men I knew as a teenager would say something similar... AkFemDem Sep 2018 #52

I can understand you're not wanting sarisataka Sep 2018 #56

Like this ffr Sep 2018 #57

What problems "could" they have.? Tipperary Sep 2018 #60