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mike_c

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1. high school sucked mightily...

Tue Jan 31, 2012, 09:25 PM

Jan 2012

...but I'm straight, so I realize that I'm sliding around the point of this thread. My apologies, but it seems to me that that's a pretty rough time of life for everyone, even if more so for kids that are perceived to be different. I was more like those disaffected nerds that wear black trench coats and plot their revenge on their classmates, only it was 1970 so we were mostly harmless.

Then I discovered that I had a prodigious appetite for recreational drugs and suddenly I had lots of stoner friends. I never finished high school-- just lost interest and stopped going, mostly. I left home, more-or-less, at 15 and couch surfed among friends and their families for years, literally, until I was in my early 20s. Got married at 18 but of course that didn't last very long at all, so I just kept couch surfing.

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What was High School like for you. [View all] William769 Jan 2012 OP

high school sucked mightily... mike_c Jan 2012 #1

I would only argue that for gay kids, it's particularly bad. closeupready Jan 2012 #14

Not only no one to talk to, but no idea WHAT to talk about. Zenlitened Feb 2012 #15

Du rec. Nt xchrom Jan 2012 #2

Best six years of my life jberryhill Jan 2012 #3

You're just a kid. :-) My HS days preceded yours by 20 years, you can take your miseries and Skwid Jan 2012 #4

I'm glad it caught your eye. William769 Jan 2012 #5

Thanks. My "partner" and I just passed our 30th "anniversary" although we don't call it that. Skwid Feb 2012 #29

Welcome to DU! RKP5637 Jan 2012 #7

Welcome indeed! Fearless Feb 2012 #20

Fortunately I left my very small town and went away to college and that RKP5637 Jan 2012 #6

Much like what you've described: Zenlitened Jan 2012 #8

It's far far far better than the dark ages of the 50's. I wouldn't RKP5637 Jan 2012 #9

Nope, not on anyone. "Dark Ages" hardly seems to describe. Zenlitened Jan 2012 #11

WOW. Thanks for filling things I left out. William769 Jan 2012 #10

That's a great way to put it. Zenlitened Jan 2012 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author closeupready Jan 2012 #13

Yes, exactly. The utter ALONE-NESS of those years. Zenlitened Feb 2012 #17

xxxooo back at you! closeupready Feb 2012 #18

Definitely go... Fearless Feb 2012 #22

Good point regarding opportunities. Zenlitened Feb 2012 #33

+100 Fearless Feb 2012 #36

From 58 to 62 mitchtv Feb 2012 #16

1990-94 small Christian school in Kansas beyurslf Feb 2012 #19

Mine was ok I suppose... Fearless Feb 2012 #21

Hell. Behind the Aegis Feb 2012 #23

Southern GA for me, too MNBrewer Feb 2012 #24

*ALL* school was pure-dee hell for me HillWilliam Feb 2012 #25

I'll always have your back on that one... Fearless Feb 2012 #30

You are just a wee bit older than I Ruby the Liberal Feb 2012 #26

I'll tell you this, Ruby dear, HillWilliam Feb 2012 #32

1979-1983. There were no gay kids high school, but lots of "faggots"; LeftinOH Feb 2012 #27

There was a novel written about my high school... jumptheshadow Feb 2012 #28

I'm in that age group Politicalboi Feb 2012 #31

1952-1961 Bohunk68 Feb 2012 #34

Forget to proofread Bohunk68 Feb 2012 #35

What an incredible story....Thank you for your honesty.... Rowdyboy Feb 2012 #38

1968-1972 in semi-rural Mississippi-about what you'd expect.... Rowdyboy Feb 2012 #37