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by Lovehearts on December 13th, 2007
I'll miss everything.
I'll miss acting like an idiot in the street and singing loudly in public.
I'll miss being able to wear whatever I like, and not being bothered by disapproving looks at the length of my skirt.
I'll miss random parties for no reason and feeling completely out of control.
I'll miss things not being new and deciding what to do at the weekend during double maths.
I'll miss my friends being like my family.
I'll miss wearing too much eyeliner and laughing for hours at nothing.
I'll miss rubbish music and endless gossip and finishing homework on the bus.
I'll miss shoes I can't walk in and wandering home with no shoes on.
I'll miss spending whole days in the park because there's nothing better to do.
I'll miss writing because I want to and finishing paintings after months.
I'll miss so much I could cry right now.
I want things to stay the way they are for as long as possible.
by unknown on March 18th, 2007
I miss my teenage body. It was far more cooperative than this one.
by puppylover on March 18th, 2007
Not having to worry about who is going to pay the bills!!
by Fun on March 18th, 2007
I miss the lack of responsibility and the non existent pressures to support myself and make a living.
by gtravels loves her life penguin on March 18th, 2007
Innocence and a sense that anything was possible.
by anonymous on March 18th, 2007
I can't really think of anything... I'm not really sure what it's like to be a teenager. I've felt about 80 since the age of 6!
by - retroglide - on March 18th, 2007
Not much actually. I didn't like school. I didn't have many friends. We moved around a lot which made it even more difficult.
by Little Miss Dangerous on March 18th, 2007
I miss those feelings of 'new' or 'young' love, when you'd get so excited for a date and take forever to get ready. That was so much fun!
by Patti jo on March 18th, 2007
The feeling of being able to be and do anything
by Lukezor on March 18th, 2007
School!!!, sounds odd but i think its better than a job...Im 13
by annabethj on March 25th, 2007
I'm not a teen, I'm 35, what do I miss? My figure. I weighed 115 lbs. and didn't realize how awesome it was! Two kids later, I miss it so.
by Death-Oar-Glory on February 9th, 2008
I've got two lists, things I will miss, things I won't miss.
Things I'll miss:
Laughing 'til I'm too weak to stand.
Laughing at the stuff 'you had to be there' to make it funny.
Dealing with friends problems for them.
My confidence that everything will be fine.
The challenge of getting into clubs under age.
My confidence.
My smile.
My ability to become instantly emotionally detached in seconds.
The friends who won't stay in contact.
The banter.
The challenges.
The school trips.
Practical jokes.
Taking a fall for friends.
Going to parties, and meeting random people, who instantly become your friend because you're drunk.
The sex that means nothing.
The 'friend-sex' that you laugh about afterwards.
My simple views and morals.
My ability to not be arrested (properly).
The fights.
There's quite alot.
There's some stuff I won't miss:
Being patronised.
Parents assuming they know more than me on a particular subject, simply because they're older.
School, thinking they know what I want.
The lack of freedom.
The lack of freedom to learn from my mistakes.
The compulsive lying (by me).
The fact that I've had to hide so much from my parents.
The time I spent helping others, meaning I don't have time to help myself.
The unprofessional attitude of the Cadets.
The difficulty of getting alcohol.
The stupidity of my friends (sometimes)
The pointless bitching.
The fact I can't get a weapons licence.
The lack of money.
The fact that adults are rude to me, simply because I'm a teenager, and they assume I'm a yob or skinhead or whatever.
The fact that even if I'm polite to an adult stranger, they won't say thankyou.
The fact that people will assume I can't talk knowledgeably on a subject.
The fact that apparently I don't know what's best for me.
The fact that I can't join the Marines yet.
The way adults will nearly always think they are right.
The way that 'Community Support Officers', who can't even pass the proper policing course, think they have the same authority as policemen/women.
God there's alot I won't miss.
I won't miss the constant anger.
by SMFX on August 11th, 2007
I will miss being able to just trash all my responsibilities. I'm just an immature teenager acting out after all. ;)
by JackieJones on May 18th, 2007
I miss seeing things through the eyes of a teenager who knows no limits or boundaries and believing in the impossible.
by Bleu723 on March 25th, 2007
The feeling that I could do anything! I was fearless!
by Brian I on March 18th, 2007
Having no responsibilities.
by chick98 on March 18th, 2007
To be quite honest, I really don't miss being a teenager. However, being a few years younger would be nice.
by Ausbabe on March 18th, 2007
I miss not being able to lay around and not worry about getting a job or how I'm going to pay the bills...
by Trisha on March 14th, 2008
i just turned 20... i miss being able to say im 19
by peterpam on February 9th, 2008
Nothing
by Anonymous on February 8th, 2008
i am a teenager and i will totally miss the saftey and comfort you get coz when you leave school dat all goes away
by ScarlettJewel on January 30th, 2008
EVERYTHING!
I will miss acting like an idiot and not getting in trouble for it....
I will miss wearing whatever the heck i want....
I will miss hanging out all the time with friends!
EVERYTHING!
by pcorr99 on September 23rd, 2007
other teenagers...why do all us adults forget how to have fun?
by wildkat on August 14th, 2007
I really miss squeezing pussy spots on my face.
by funnyz on August 11th, 2007
I am a teenager. I'll miss:
-Going out to eat and not paying for it.
-Using all that electricity...and not paying for it.
-Having lower expectations.
-Getting away with things.
-Making really funny videos on Youtube (youtube.com/funnyz) that I will probably embarrass myself with when I am 30.
-NO WRINKLES!!!! WOOT WOOT.
-Having a username like meepit.
by squishykiwifruit on July 31st, 2007
I will miss the freedom and the ability to be irresponsible if I so choose, without the expectation that I should be more "mature".
by maragirl331 on July 31st, 2007
i will miss just being able to have fun... & not having a care in the world !!!
by coop on July 22nd, 2007
am going 2 miss the partys and the drinking nd the boys and the fun that u hav and sneakin around goin places that ur mum and dad dont hav a clue about!i am also goin 2 miss the close group of friends that u hang about with i am already drifting away from my ex and his group of friends!
by LOLA says... on July 8th, 2007
The ability to do stupid stuff and your excuse is that you're just a teenager. I'm a teen now.
by Ash on June 28th, 2007
im ony 17 but have had to grow up VERY VERY fast! and in all honestly the thing i miss the most is school holidays... 2 weeks of being lazy... and wow at xmas... MONTHS!!! i loved it so so much!
by loveschimps on June 25th, 2007
Driving in my car with the music cranked up and feeling free-no worries
by GuitarPlayer92 on June 25th, 2007
I'll miss being having everything paid for and not having to work...Just being lazy in general lol.
by Da Azian Boi on June 25th, 2007
I will miss the freedom I have.
by Anonymous on June 25th, 2007
well one thing i will miss is not having to pay any bills that i would have to pay.
by PillowPants on June 3rd, 2007
Not having to pay bills and having a pre-baby stomach!
by Newly Anonymous on May 26th, 2007
i'm 16 now . i think i will miss knowing that even if i mess up i still have my whole life ahead of me
by Volt on May 21st, 2007
I don't miss anything for my childhood or teenage years.
by rachel. StarsInAPortraitIcecreamInTheSky on May 17th, 2007
I'm a teenager. and i don't want to give it a bad name but i wont miss nething in the bigger picture lol. i miss being a little kid so i try to live my life and be young at heart at the same time.
by firebirdlover on May 12th, 2007
Not worrying about bills I had to pay... Not worrying about my current situation with guys... Hanging out with old friends...
by blondecowgirl865 loves NC bbq on May 8th, 2007
being with my best friend everday, before she met and married her husband we were never seperated now i never see her or get to talk to her.. i miss her
by Anonymous on May 4th, 2007
I miss the late night gatherings at our coffee shop. Nearly every night after 11pm, we'd all head to the shop and get ourselves some half-price coffee and day-olds. Nearly everyone went, so there'd always be something going on there.
by garnorche on May 2nd, 2007
I miss being able to dress how ever I want, now I work with a dress code.
by lola777 on April 28th, 2007
Definetly just being able to sit on the couch and watch t.v. with my dad and not have to worry about anything....
by Kuuipo125 on April 28th, 2007
A lack of responsibility! All you have to do when you are that young is go to school and maybe some chores around the house. I miss not having to pay bills, go grocery shopping, cleaning the house, taking the dogs to the vet...etc!
by Street Balla 4 Life on April 27th, 2007
I will end up missing the freedom and the lack of having to do anything, my parents do everything and i just go hang with friends, i am ganna miss it so
by MeInside on April 26th, 2007
I miss the lack off responceabilty and not paying bills.
by Hellaphunt's Skynet on April 26th, 2007
Having close to NO responsibilities.
by jesusfreak on April 26th, 2007
I will miss being able to eat whatever I want and not gaining a pound. Oh, and being high-strung. Gah, I don't want to lose those.
by Ridiculous on April 25th, 2007
Sweet sweet teenage poontang.
Being a girl's first. That doesn't happen too often when you are 29.
by Tamxxx on April 25th, 2007
nothing much i hate being a teen cant wait to be 22
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Oh my dear...during the happiest parts of my life (and there have been many)I, like you, have wanted things to stay the way they were..freeze that moment of my life, because it is so perfect! As a young girl and teenager, I had a difficult time because I was very shy and younger than the other kids..so my teenage years are not something I wanted to hold on to..except, possibly on graduation day (from high school), which was a very scary proposition..going from that which is known to a big, huge, questionmark. But that was temporary. You will find many times in your life that you want to hold on to things as they are..but the thing to remember is this..if you keep holding to the old, your hands can't be free to grab on to the new...and the new will take you places that you need to explore so you can develop your writing skills and use them to bring the world to your readers! You are a very special person! :) ((hugs))
by RosieGHM Jetpacker on December 24th, 2007
A thousand hugs to you! I'm nothing special, believe me. I'm feeling a bit confused at the moment, worried about what's going to happen but I'm open to it. I'm ready to experience as much as I possibly can and if I turn out to be even half as AMAZING as you are then I'll be very happy.
by Lovehearts on December 24th, 2007
You are so kind to say that..but think about this..you are 16..I am 70..yet, here we are, communicating as if we are peers..which, in fact, we are..in every way except age (and of course experience comes with age)..I find that remarkable and treasure/value it because any means of communicating that removes the inconsequential things (like age, appearance, education,social status) is a wonderful thing! You think you are nothing special..you are wrong. You are very poetic..you express yourself beautifully..you have a lot "going for you" as they say. Confusion comes and goes..getting older doesn't eliminate it from your life..sometimes you use it to step back from something and take a breather! :)
by RosieGHM Jetpacker on December 24th, 2007
Awesome answer.
by Jodie44 on December 24th, 2007
Thanks, Jodie :)
by Lovehearts on December 24th, 2007
:) +
by Kal-El on December 30th, 2007
:):):):) Thankies.
by Lovehearts on December 30th, 2007
Welcomes :)
by Kal-El on December 30th, 2007
That is one of the best answers that I have ever readf on answerbag. You are well worth all the points it earns.. and more.
by Spaceball on March 9th, 2008
Spaceball...are you being seriously serious? Thank you :)
by Lovehearts on March 9th, 2008
seriously
by Spaceball on March 10th, 2008
I think he means it, lovehearts. He sounds seriously sincere.
by Jodie44 on March 10th, 2008
He does. I just couldn't believe anyone would think my random list was that good.
So, it honestly means a lot. Thank you :)
by Lovehearts on March 10th, 2008
Yeah, OK, it's a random list, sure, but you worded it so that people can identify with what's on the list. IOW, you didn't just get the steak, you captured the sizzle! Not always an easy thing to do.
by Jodie44 on March 10th, 2008
Well then...Yay!
I love it, haha. Merci.
by Lovehearts on March 10th, 2008
just read this lovehearts.. i remember that list oh so well honey! im 45 now and i too miss it..but other things will come along that you will also enjoy - so dont worry - be happy!!
and loved Rosies comment, how true every word is -she is one awesome lady! ((((hugs))))
by Mentalmum is back on April 14th, 2008
Hi, m'dearie dear..I love you too and Happy Tuesday! :) ((hugs))
by RosieGHM Jetpacker on April 15th, 2008
same to you honey (((hugs)))
by Mentalmum is back on April 15th, 2008
Thank you! :) ))hugs))
by RosieGHM Jetpacker on April 15th, 2008
quite interesting, actually, how I have more or less the 100% opposite oppinion as you.
Okay, useless comment, but it just caught my attention how I would be able to make a list of "I wont miss" and "I'll look forward to not.." using those sentences
:/
by GreenFreak on May 11th, 2008
Not useless at all : )
Interesting, though. Because even from speaking to you a little bit, we don't seem drastically different. But hey.
You write that list, I'll read it.
by Lovehearts on May 11th, 2008
hm.. it wouldn't be what I'd call joyful litterature ;)
And it wouldn't be quite the same sentences either, more like my twisted view of it. Example: you say "I'll miss random parties for no reason and feeling completely out of control."
I say:
"I wont miss the insecurity of not knowing what's going to happen, and the fear of what the drunk people around you may do"
or
"I'll miss wearing too much eyeliner and laughing for hours at nothing." - "I won't miss having to try and figure out whether something is real beauty or just cheap chemicals, aswell as not being able to have a serious conversation with peers"
Well, you get my point ;)
by GreenFreak on May 11th, 2008
Nothing wrong with a good bit of depressing literature...And I do get your point. Mmmhhhmmm.
But maybe I'm really just that shallow ;)
The thing is though, there are two sides to everything. I can have serious conversations and look after people who've drank too much and are calling me by the wrong name while throwing up. But I'm going to miss the mindless rubbish. I am.
by Lovehearts on May 11th, 2008
well, I respect that. But I've always been the kind of person who feels unconfortable simply just by being at someone's place when the evening is getting closer. I'm a home person, and I'd say a lot of those sentences has a negative part to them
by GreenFreak on May 11th, 2008
And I respect that too :)
And I'd probably agree that a lot of those sentences have a negative part to them. But it was a truthful list. Yep.
by Lovehearts on May 11th, 2008
and a great list i might add lovehearts! xx
by Mentalmum is back on May 11th, 2008
Awwww, thanks MM xx : )
by Lovehearts on May 11th, 2008
Why would anything have to change, find a career you can express yourself in. Art, literature, music, please tell me your not going into a field you hate, because of money. Money altho nessary for survival, is over rated, chase your dreams, your job will not seem like work at all.
by Mrs.Newton the cookie lady on July 30th, 2008
Ahhh, thanks a lot for that :)
I'm going to try. I've got a year to decide what I want to do, a year left of school. I'm going to go with the chasing the dreams thing.
by Lovehearts on July 30th, 2008
I'll miss the freedom and the joy of being young. I'll miss being active and not having to work for what I want. i'll also miss my friends cuz I know that oncce i get to college I 'll have different people
by blixsr on October 30th, 2008
I love that. It's so true.
by jen6229 on November 21st, 2008
I'm almost sixty, and I still feel friends are like family, I still don't give a rat's pituti what people think, and we still have parties for no reason, laugh out loud at things that are funny, and when your older, days in the park also are fun.
You don't HAVE to loose anything but your conception of how "adults" are supposed to act.
(I still "burn rubber" occasionally!)
by Skruff on March 29th, 2009
thank god that means i can finally stop acting
by Fenchurch on March 31st, 2009
Blixsr, I totally know what you mean.
Thanks Jen :)
Skruff, thanks to you too :) I wrote this over a year ago now, goodness.
What d'you mean Fenchurch?
by Lovehearts on March 31st, 2009
that was in regards to skruffs comment. my boyfriend is always telling me to stop acting so childish, but hes 25... im 19 i think im still a teenager and i still wanna act like one.
by Fenchurch on March 31st, 2009