What is the weirdest phase you or your teenager ever went through?

Question

At different times, my 3 wore big pants, or had purple, turquoise, pink, green, or blue hair; 2 went Goth for a spell, 10 years apart; the emo cutter grew up to be a nice bohemian hippie artist, and 1 speaks and writes Japanese. Go figure. I just wore big bell-bottoms and peace sign jewelry. HEY! I still DO that!

Answer 1

i went through an amateur piercing phase- i ended up with a bunchashite hanging out of my face- an illadvised "marilyn" that kept migrating, a bullring in my nose, a tongue stud, studs in my tragus' ,a bellybutton ring and a few other assorted things in my less mentionables.
the same thing with tattoos.
bras and corsets as outerwear
stripper platforms for clubwear
bondage gear as accessories
posture collars
dog collars
leashes
etc
dead girl makeup
shaved parts in my hair
kool aid colored hair
unabashed sluttiness that i was quite proud of but which now seems rather lame and ill advised
and all in the name of detatching myself from my bell bottom and [peacesign wearing mother
and now i wear tame little peasant blouses and kitschy little chokers with
well peace signs and bunny rabbits on them
and my eight year old tells me i have no style
go figure

Answer 2

My phase can be summed up in two words: hair gel.
It was only a year ago, but I still shudder when I think about it. I had to go into the bathroom after every class to make sure that every hair was in place, I'd freak if someone touched my hair, and wrecking my hair meant wrecking a friendship. It sounds pathetic, but it's true.
I, however, have been hair gel-free for over 6 months, and I show no signs of ever reverting back to my old ways. In fact, I got my hair cut today, and my hair-cutting lady said "Do you want some hair gel in?" and I said "No freakin' way, lady.." I think I took her by suprise, actually.

Answer 3

I went through a phase where I tried to copy this girl that my crush liked. She wore black so I went all out uber-gothic. She was a psychology major so I started studying psychology books in my spare time. She was into music, so I tried to learn guitar. I kept trying to be a better version of her. The funniest part of it was I ended up going out with the guy (and a year and a half later, I'm still with him) and he never even realized that I was trying to be like her. He didn't even remember that she wore black or was a psych major. It was so embarassing.

Answer 4

The weird teenage years only went from 13 to 19

Answer 5

I myself was a pain in the butt for my family but as for me well, my 20 year-old daughter is so angry with me for getting married this year, and there is two girls that comes with my husband and they have decided to call me mom, so she (My first & only born) says she hates me but, will call and leave messages that says I miss you but, will stalk you(What goes here?)
My middle 11 yrs-old do not want to wear skirts or dresses, and want to walk around dressed like a lttle boy, and lazy real lazy, and then there's the baby 9 yrs-old, she is fast, foxy mouth, to a point that I have to grab her by her collar, she is really nosey, as far as being in grown folks business, I have to chase her away from doors, I could go on, with this but, I know I still haven't had it bad yet, I hope I am ready though..( =
I figure if others before me can make it I will too right?

I almost forgot, my oldest thought she was a witch when she was around 15 yrs-old.

Answer 6

I think the 10 yrs apart helped them, what happened to your kids.
Sounds like they were begging for positive attention. Rebelling not so you'd yell or question them but so you'd sit them down and ask them what was really going on to make them take on such extreme behavior patterns. They obviously weren't comfortable just being themselves. You should really think about what your asking. I feel sorry for your kids.

Answer 7

a few of my friends got really into wicca, which really isn't all that witchcraft, but rather lots and lots of nature, herbs and spells. the funniest part was they got all their information from books they got from the library, and hid it from their dad who was this real strict catholic, while the mom was a real ...floater.

another was the seance phase. my friends got really into trying to get in touch with the dead, or the "other side" which was pretty freaky. oiuji boards, candles, ceremonies. freaky stuff!!!

Answer 8

The part where they kicked me out at 16 and I haven't seen or spoken to them for the past 20 years.

Answer 9

Someone on here *coughsixteensgrlcough* needs to work on their reading comprehension skills.

The question is, what is the weirdest phase you or your teens went through (which is a perfectly normal and interesting question, so why should she "think about what she's asking" anyway?), not OMG I didn't listen to my kids and now they're screwed up for life.

Boffo said her kids turned out perfectly normal anyway, so what the hell? I swear, people don't even bother to read questions anymore!

Answer 10

I don't think I have went through any weird stages. One of my teenage nephews just got his tounge pierced. That is wierd in my straight laced family.