What is the worst thing you ever did as a teenager?

Question

My mother keeps telling me and other people what a horrible person I was and how much stress and strife I caused them as a teenager, but I never skyved off school, never did drugs, never stayed out all night drinking (i was actually tee-total) never slept around with different blokes and always did well at school. Just wondering what makes someone a 'bad teenager' and if teenagers nowadays are worse than when I was one (I'm 30).

Answer 1

My mother used to say the same things about my siblings and I and we were the same as you - no drugs, no truancy from school (all three of us are post-grad qualified and my brother is a PhD), no sleeping with men (or women in the case of my brother!). I drank a little, but only when I stayed at friends' houses. I certainly never, ever got in trouble at school or with the police.

Looking back now I realise that actually she was the one with the problem. I think she really resented the drag we were on her life. It was a completely selfish view and I think she tried to use us as an excuse for anything that was going wrong in her life. This is a view shared by my brother and sister.

By the sounds of things, you were the sort of child that any parent could only dream of having. I hope she's proud of you now.

Answer 2

I am exactly the same as you were. Downside is I am only 19 so time will tell. Teenagers now are definitly worse than when you were a teenager because many teens now are not being brought up but dragged up and its like there is an epidemic speading with the amount of teenagers rebelling and trying new things. I have tried pot but nothing stronger, I smoke cigs and I drink socially and I have slept with 8 guys. All of which my parents have no knowledge of because I know how to hide it.

The worst thing I have done so far.....As soon as I hit 18yrs old, I got a bank loan with my friend and we started a business together while I was at college from my bedroom (I had a computer in my room with internet access). Its done well but my parents have no idea and would flip if they knew because they do not want me to get into any debt! Although they still don't know, I now have three co-owned businesses (all different) with my friend and yet my parents haven't noticed! Thats the beauty of them working. It doesn't sound bad but to get a loan without telling them is a bit wrong especially since I have no clue in finances.

Answer 3

I'm 24 now and when i was a teenager I did all of the above! Ran away from home at 15, slept around, did drugs, wagged school, dropped out of school, stole, was down at the cop shop every other day. Geez I could go on forever! But because I had a good up bringing (i got mixed in the wrong crowd) I always knew deep down I was better than all that crap. Got clean at 20 and am now engaged with an amazing life. I may have been a terror but if it wasn't for the bad years I wouldn't appreciate my family and what they went through as much as I do now... I was the worst of them. Mum used to cry herself to sleep at night just waiting for the hospital to call to say I'd overdosed. They are a beautiful family and I'm blessed for thier forgivness! So i guess I was the 'bad teenager' you speak of!

Answer 4

I was a pretty horrible teenager. I dont even speak to my parents anymore, I havent since I was 16. Im 24 now.
I never skipped school (it was more fun to skip class with my friends). I never did drugs (The poor hippies and skaters did drugs in my time) because we were too busy thinking we were cool smoking and drinking. I went to parties all hours of the night, and always came back before my parents would notice I was gone. But usually Id bring my boyfriend with me to have sex and such. And the worst thing I ever did as a teen that my parent have never will never forgive me for, is getting pregnant. I had twin girls, Lorelai and Gabrielle when I was 16 years old. And when they were born, we went home and they said I was never alowed to do anything because I was too irresponsible, and about 2 months later, I ran away, taking my girls with me.

Answer 5

Maybe your mother means you were a difficult teenager because of yours and her attitude????

Difficult teenager and Bad teenager are two different things.

Parents always think differently to their kids. My parents say that my brother was a very difficult teenager. But we all know he was a good kid and never really got involved in anything bad.

I was a bit the opposite though I was never really difficult for my parents but i did get involved in some bad stuff.

Yet my parents really only remember the hours they spent arguing with my brother and all my indescretions have been forgotten :)

Make your mum stop saying you were horrible!
Because you obviously were a pretty normal teen maybe even a little more well behaved then most.

Answer 6

Had a 6 month affair with my brothers mother in law, which started on his wedding night after I had molested her on the dance floor in front of my & hers whole familys.

It ended in two divorces, my brothers and his mother in laws.

Two wrecked familys in one hit, outstanding.

In my defence, I was just out of prision for a wounding offence (6 months) and feeling a little randy.

I was 19.

Oh, if it helps, there is much much more I could tell you about my teenage years, dead girlfriend when I was 13, drink & drugs around the same time, more wrote off cars than I could shake a stick at, it seems to go on and on now I think about it.

I'm 36 and married now.

Should I start a blog?

Answer 7

i was a rotton teenager,i smoked,drank and experimented with soft drugs.i was vile. the worst thing i ever done though,was getting arrested at 17 for shoplifting.the look on my mums face was drowned in disapointment and quite literally shame.from that moment i was a perfect(almost)teen. and im glad i had the chance to make her proud of me before she passed away last year. in answer to your other questions,yes i do think teens are more vile today,i am also 30,but i see youths robbing people,selling drugs and beating innocent others up,FOR FUN.the schools are too leinient and so are the parents.more disapline is needed and respect taught to these kids at an early age. i dont know what makes a bad teen?but i strongly belive the parents should be partly to blame,if you give a child too much disapline,they will rebel. then again,none at all,the child will more than likey be a wild teen.get the balance right,your on to a winner...be like mary poppins!!!!!firm but kind,and let them know whos boss,but dont forget the cuddles. thats what iv done with my own daughters,and they are doing great.. im a very proud parent,and they are a credit to me..

Answer 8

well im a very well behaved teenager ,

but BEFORE i was a teenager, when I was 7 ... I made out with my "boyfriend" on the playground.

we were very serious and apparently knew the true meaning of love. I mean, it was the cutest thing, two seven year olds spending all their time together, but the whole school ended up finding out that he kissed me and everyone thought we were gross.
haha

he would give me little gifts every day and always wanted to hang out. it was ideally the most mature relationship two seven year olds could share

i am now 14 and i have no interest in the opposite sex. ha ha ha. (im not lesbian though.) im just not boy-crazy like most.

Answer 9

I'm 39 I never nicked off school and was well mannered but I still smoked weed and when I couldn't be bothered to come home at night I would stay at my friends and couldn't understand why my mum was so upset and worried. I would go to gigs in london ( I lived near manchester) and sleep on the train station and thought it was ok because when you're 14/15 you think you're invincible! God help my daughter if she does that! I'd lock her up until she's in her mid 20's!!

Answer 10

i skipped 2 classes once in jr high... my bff ratted me out, tho! but, that was really it... i had some emotional probs and decided to not do homework, which landed me some lunch detentions, so many, in fact, that i had a few after school detentions as a result... BUT, that was only about a 3 mos span of my life, and then i was back on track, like you, a "T" total goody-goody... i wasnt "bad" until after graduation, and even then it was a far cry from what my friends (the ones that my parents WANTED me to be like, mind you. lol) were doing... however, as an adult, i've had 3 outta 4 children out of wedlock, been divorced, and had premarital sex w/ more than 1 person... so, i guess i'm just a "late bloomer", eh?