no, i'm unique
just like the rest of you.

there is something in it, esp if you look at how kids are at school. my cousin really worries me, she's 13, and every single day she and her 871 mates on facebook, none of whom probably know each other in real life, send each other really violent sweary messages. about a year ago she was sweet, quiet, shy and very girly. since joining her new school, she is a sulky little emo.

now they are all going on about when she is going to shag her bf and whether they could use clingfilm instead of a condom and whether you can get pregnant if he uses a milky way wrapper. she's THIRTEEN. i thought i was embarrassingly old-fashioned waiting until i was 18 and really liked the guy, but it's better than this!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:02, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I think when you are a kid it is more so, yes
The transition from kid to adult is where you decide to do stuff your own way, rather than how your mates do it. This could be when you are 12 or 92
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:05, Reply)

what happens to you as a kid can really affect what kind of adult you grow into
i am v open and find meeting new people really easy, and i loved school, was in the popular gang etc etc. but i know lots of people who got badly bullied who say that you never get over it and it marks you and how you relate to people for life.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:07, Reply)

This is true
I kind of didn't fit into any particular group. I was a clever shite but not marked as a swot, etc. I played football with "the lads". I spoke to the girls and I think most of the nastiness in school passed me by, fortunately
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:09, Reply)

You are a lucky bastard
At Primary School I was unpopular because the only currency that mattered was being good at football, and being clever just made me a swot. Then I went to a decent Secondary school and was a sport pariah, a geek and of only average intelligence.

Anyone who says school days are the best days of your life is a cunt and a liar.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:12, Reply)

My school days were just a bit meh
I suppose. OK but nothing special
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:12, Reply)

I had it half and half really
I was bullied relentlessly for several years, but the people I was friends with then are still those I count amongst my best friends now, nearly 7 years after leaving.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:14, Reply)

sorry to fall out with you, i really am
but i bloody LOVED school, esp a-levels... loads of mates, shiny red beetle, the thrill of underage drinking, snogging hundreds of boys.... i'd go back to being 16 like a shot!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:14, Reply)

I was never one for underage drinking
But we had a club open by us midway through year 10, where several people could get served. Going there was a way of guaranteeing a snog, great fun!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:17, Reply)

You obviously went to a school less heavily populated with absolute shitbags than mine
I'd go back to being 19 and being at Uni like a shot, although I'd be single this time around
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:25, Reply)

Same here
I liked school but not the other kids.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:32, Reply)

Yeah, I could've had a great time at school if you'd just removed my peers
and science lessons
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:36, Reply)

Good to see you're not getting bullied anymore eh you massive ponce.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:15, Reply)

Good point well made
Internet bullying is in no way comparable though. At school I was not only getting picked on but permanently in fear of having the shit kicked out of me. Not that it's relevant, but I'm absolutely confident I could beat the fuck out of you IRL
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:22, Reply)

Vroom

(PsychoChomp, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:25, Reply)

haha!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:27, Reply)

Played
I meant to put "most of you", cos let's face it, we're geeks, and geeks are weedy
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:28, Reply)

i thought you meant most of him
i was wondering which bits you would beat up and which bits you would leave untouched.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:34, Reply)

Never hit a man with glasses
Or, more accurately, never hit the bit of a man his glasses are on. Expensive things to replace.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:38, Reply)

It does
I got verbally abused (but rarely physically abused) every day for about ten years. It's only quite recently - ten years after I fucking left! - that I've started to get over some of the problems it caused me, and even now I'm quite difficult to get on with. I'd honestly rather live on the streets in a cardboard box full of sick than go back to school with those cunts.
(berk, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:29, Reply)

Same here but luckily I got over it.
The desire to go 'back' and inflict pain on them has passed as well. The best revenge really is being happy with yourself.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:33, Reply)

I can't blame kids for being kids
even if they all were an incredibly pendulous, syphilitic set of scrotes. I blame the teachers, one teacher in particular, for turning a blind eye, and for telling me (essentially) to MTFU when I came to her in tears and covered in bruises when one of their 'circle berk and call her names' games got a little rough. Her I'd quite cheerfully set fire to, the evil harpy.
(berk, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:44, Reply)

yes, grown-ups I do blame.
Like the mothers who said "Do you think, as an only child, Roota might be a bit too used to getting her own way?" when my mother objected to her child and her croneys putting me in a circle and booting the little legs off me.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:50, Reply)

That's a bit fucked up...
I was 15 when I lost it, and while I wasn't the first in my year, I was a long way off being the last. We were given sex education lessons in year 11 FFS, far too late. They should be teaching them in about year 7-8. Might stop a few urban myths getting talked, I mean.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:06, Reply)

Agreed 100%
My kids are getting the full talk when they are about 8 I think
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:07, Reply)

Good man
The problem is the Nanny parade, blaming them introducing sex into lessons for the increase in promiscuity. Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't sex education been around for years?

Also, I think the lessons should be taught to lads and girls seperately. I'm not 100% certain why I think that, but it just seems a good idea...
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:10, Reply)

This is a good idea
Would stop all the waheys, etc.
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:11, Reply)

Definitely.
I fucking wished my teacher would stop doing that.

What?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:12, Reply)

Shouting and jeering when talking about .....well you know...
thingies and stuff. Like...... cocks
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:13, Reply)

Sorry, it was a poorly constructed joke.
I know what you mean, and I'll admit I did the same when one of the girls had to put a condom on a cucumber.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:15, Reply)

I was 19
I like to blame the fact that I went to an all-boys' school and, contrary to popular rumour, this was a hindrance rather than a help. I also claim I was waiting for the right girl. In all honesty it was down to my hideous physical appearance.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:09, Reply)

Someone is going to call you gay
you do know this, don't you?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:10, Reply)

I used to scan every post for possible gay jokes
and then I realised someone is going to call me a bender whatever I say so I might as well be honest and not bother self-censoring
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:13, Reply)

I went to an all boys school from the ages 9-11
Meaning that I missed the years in which girls stop being 'icky', and start being nice.

As a result, I was fucked up when I met girls for the first time, and had no idea how to talk to them. It's not good.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:11, Reply)

You think that's bad
Try not having a clue how to talk to girls when you meet them for the first time at age 18
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:13, Reply)

I don't think I even kissed a boy till I was around 18.
I was too shy and fucked up.
( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:14, Reply)

You shouldn't be shy Blousie, you're fantastic!
And Darth, I sympathise mate, I really do. That sounds fucking shit.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:15, Reply)

I was painfully shy then.
I'm only a little bit shy now.
( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:17, Reply)

It's an improvement.
Now, all we need to do is slip you a bottle of Red Wine, and watch the real BGB come out!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:18, Reply)

*There there*

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:18, Reply)

Thanks Jeff.
Not a great period of my life.
( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:21, Reply)

Ouch
Saying that, I was still atrocious at chatting up teh ladeez.... Actually I'd probably still be shit now
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:15, Reply)

^ This.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:20, Reply)

God bless being married
I dont even have to talk to the mrs
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:20, Reply)

Haha!

( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:22, Reply)

:o) Mrs Cow worked in our office
so it was easier to talk to her.
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:24, Reply)

I was also 19
but I blame being a fat, geeky metaller with long hair
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:16, Reply)

being

What did Monty do to you?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:17, Reply)

haha

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:18, Reply)

STOTD

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:18, Reply)

I was 16 and I don't regret it at all.
It was fucked up and a disaster and has caused me a lot of grief, but I wouldn't change the person for the world.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:24, Reply)

I was much the same actually
We have a stupid amount in common. Just reminding you.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:27, Reply)

I wasn't so much fat, (although in my head I was), but the fact I was tall and large framed.
I felt like an ogre.
( girlinthehole, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:29, Reply)

Now now Fiona, we all feel that way sometimes in our lives...

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:32, Reply)

Hahaha

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 2 Feb 2011, 13:39, Reply)