@2many2no Still remember when my mother complained to the principal about her little boy (me) being bullied, it was like 8th graders against a puny 4th-grader, and the principal’s answer was “why doesn’t he just fight back?”
EDIT this was the 70’s, to put it into perspective.
Did it REALLY end? I was just. Am awkward. It feels like still.
Like if we are having a conversation we can have the back and forth discussion. That’s fine. But sometimes it’s my turn to ask a question and carry it and I just… Miss it. Or can let it die. Or… Can’t relate. I’m aware it’s a back and forth I’m just. Not always good at it.
And I also dislike talking about myself. So if you ask me what’s going on in my life it’s mostly “nothing much… Work” etc. And there’s not much else lol
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Nothing to do with dating really which I have not tried for a long time. Just. Friends in general. Family.
I’m task oriented and I’m happy to help and I bring my own tools. I’m just not going to watch your social media and I don’t have one for you
It’s much easier for me if we are working together on something/have a shared goal. Both because I’m unlikely to start a conversation without that, and because it bridges gaps. And I’m doing something useful.
@FightingMongoos not sure how old you are but you have a second wave of hair coming. Out your ears and weird angles on your eyebrows and. Just things. It’s coming for you
The other people going through puberty. 100%. This has already been well-stated in other comments, but it needed another, non-reply comment to emphasize the point.
Cramps, and not understanding that my period was basically on a schedule, or how to track it for quite a while. Just waiting for the doom and hoping I don’t start bleeding in math class.
@LaserEyes
Yeah I got mine so early/young, I didn’t even know what it was! At 9 years old and in the 5th grade I was traumatized! Almost 50 years later and I still remember the date and the birthday party I was going to that night. Ugh that was the beginning of hell with endometriosis!
@werehatrack
How about being first. That’s not fun either. All the girls hated me bc I stole popular girls boyfriend but all the boys loved me bc I had boobs.
@Star2236@werehatrack
I was a young bloomer and I HATED IT!
And that was even before it brought on the unwanted attention from the creeps, and the molesters that NO CHILD should have to be exposed to!
The meanness of your peers
The end of childhood
@katbyter There is no end to childhood!!
@katbyter @yakkoTDI
The bullying…
@2many2no Still remember when my mother complained to the principal about her little boy (me) being bullied, it was like 8th graders against a puny 4th-grader, and the principal’s answer was “why doesn’t he just fight back?”
EDIT this was the 70’s, to put it into perspective.
I’ll let you know when I get there.
Discovering cooties is fiction for all the right (or maybe wrong) reasons.
Nocturnal Emissions!! (They’re fun but leave a sticky mess!!).
/giphy TMI
@IndifferentDude Happy Wet Dreams!
@IndifferentDude Or this is probably more what you had in mind:
Everything is awkward
Did it REALLY end? I was just. Am awkward. It feels like still.
Like if we are having a conversation we can have the back and forth discussion. That’s fine. But sometimes it’s my turn to ask a question and carry it and I just… Miss it. Or can let it die. Or… Can’t relate. I’m aware it’s a back and forth I’m just. Not always good at it.
And I also dislike talking about myself. So if you ask me what’s going on in my life it’s mostly “nothing much… Work” etc. And there’s not much else lol
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Nothing to do with dating really which I have not tried for a long time. Just. Friends in general. Family.
I’m task oriented and I’m happy to help and I bring my own tools. I’m just not going to watch your social media and I don’t have one for you
It’s much easier for me if we are working together on something/have a shared goal. Both because I’m unlikely to start a conversation without that, and because it bridges gaps. And I’m doing something useful.
Suddenly seeing girls in a whole new perspective, but not knowing how to interact with them in the new setting.
@macromeh …took me about 30 more years to get over that.
…
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still not sure I have it figured-out.
I didn’t like getting hairy at first. But mostly I was just annoyed the few times my voice cracked.
Actually, puberty was mostly a plus, 'cause I was one of the shorter kids in grade school but ended up one of the taller kids in high school.
@FightingMongoos not sure how old you are but you have a second wave of hair coming. Out your ears and weird angles on your eyebrows and. Just things. It’s coming for you
@unksol
The other people going through puberty. 100%. This has already been well-stated in other comments, but it needed another, non-reply comment to emphasize the point.
Cramps, and not understanding that my period was basically on a schedule, or how to track it for quite a while. Just waiting for the doom and hoping I don’t start bleeding in math class.
@LaserEyes
that was the beginning of hell with endometriosis! 
Yeah I got mine so early/young, I didn’t even know what it was! At 9 years old and in the 5th grade I was traumatized! Almost 50 years later and I still remember the date and the birthday party I was going to that night. Ugh
Emotions raised to some large exponential power factor
@rustyh3 i still have those. Does that mean I’m still going through puberty?
Being the last in my school to hit it.
@werehatrack my nephew looked like an eleven year old until he was about 18. I’m sure that made school rougher for him.
@werehatrack
How about being first. That’s not fun either. All the girls hated me bc I stole popular girls boyfriend but all the boys loved me bc I had boobs.
@Star2236 A friend of mine’s daughter had that issue. Things did not go well.
@Star2236 @werehatrack
I was a young bloomer and I HATED IT!
And that was even before it brought on the unwanted attention from the creeps, and the molesters that NO CHILD should have to be exposed to!
The same issue as with most problems: other people.
Boners when you don’t need them
@somf69 Funny how that reverses later on.
@phendrick @somf69 I don’t know about it being funny, but it’s definitely better to have and not need than the other way around.
KuoH
@kuoh @somf69 Unless you are a teenage boy in a classroom, asked to put something on the blackboard.
@kuoh @phendrick @somf69
@kuoh @macromeh @phendrick @somf69 what episode is that? Need to break out the old discs. (yes you can stream but discs are better)
@kuoh @phendrick @pmarin @somf69 STTOS Amok Time
Being expected to like teen movies
@OnionSoup if you don’t like 10 things I hate about you… IDK what to do with you