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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:37 PM Original message |
Who had to deal with more than the usual stuff during their teenage years? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. Um, no contest. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. lol, I turned into such and empathetic person |
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22181 (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. My mother would say "These will be the best years of your life" |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. ya |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. God, Skittles...I am so sorry... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. I never went hungry, I can't even imagine that |
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eaprez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. Kind of an odd contest.... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. I know the pain, eaprez |
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eaprez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:49 PM Original message |
I forgot to mention that therapy helped....it was life changing for me. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
39. I have tried therapy but I simply cannot talk to strangers |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 05:41 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. It takes a long time to open up |
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Mara Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. I had chronic fatigue syndrome pretty severely... |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
8. Not quite as bad as your's, but... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. oh, seeing some teenagers on TV whining about parental internet controls |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 04:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. True |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. Skittles |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. child abuse is horrific |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Awwww |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. not as bad |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yeah, I guess so |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. OK I'm finding I'm not alone |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. I did, too |
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KinkyDem (748 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 04:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. but strangely, none of my siblings |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 04:07 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. That's true... |
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KinkyDem (748 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 04:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. It could also be guilt |
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Hoosier Democrat (386 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
19. No abuse here, but some tragic losses |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 04:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. *sniff* |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
21. Not quite in your league, Skittles, |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
24. here's my two cents -- no sympathy required |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 04:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. no, we're not looking for sympathy |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 04:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. indeed it is |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
27. Not a rotten family, but health issues |
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KinkyDem (748 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
29. Here's the short story |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 04:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Sucks |
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Demonaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 04:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Wow, and you still had the courage to bring a child into the world |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 05:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. yes, major courage |
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Demonaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
31. damn, I just had an abusive stepfather..you had some serious shit |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 05:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. we moved all the time |
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Demonaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. I lived on High Wycombe AFB, and in St Ives Hunts |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
34. Lost my virginity against my will at 13 |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 05:27 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. How very true that is... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
35. I met enough whiny teenagers while teaching college |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 05:22 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I never ran away because I had to take care of my autistic bro |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
41. I had a stressful upbringing |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
44. My mother suffered from major depression. |
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NightTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
45. Alcoholic dad, mentally ill mom, and extremely unpopular at school. |
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SarahB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
46. Let's see |
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