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Light hearted - Confessions of a Teenager?

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Mrsdof Sat 04-Jul-26 15:19:17

I was 17 and told my Mum I was going to stay with a friend for a few days. Instead I got a train to Clacton (from North London) and stayed with my boyfriend and 3 of his mates in a caravan. Had a wonderful time and my Mum never found out until I told her years later. To say she was shocked is an understatement grin. However my boyfriend became my husband and we have now been married 57 years. Still meet up with some of those mates now and again and always have a laugh about it smile

Momac55 Sat 04-Jul-26 15:14:16

Oreo are you really Theresa May

Momac55 Sat 04-Jul-26 15:11:27

Are you Theresa May lol

kittylester Sat 04-Jul-26 14:11:14

I was a terrified teen and never did anything at school l that my parent's would disapprove of. DH, on the other hand, was so disgusted to find that the local state school pupils were not expected to go to school during a really cold winter spell that he led his public school out on strike. He got 6 of the best and the boys all went back into school.

AuntieE Sat 04-Jul-26 13:58:26

My parents were strictly opposed to corporal punishment, I am thankful to say, but they used "We are so disappointed, we never thought you would do such a thing." instead.

Both as a child and a teenager, I would rather have been smacked!

I never dared do anything that I knew they would disapprove of, and consequently had a very boring time of it.

Left home at 17, but it took me the next ten years before I dared do anything that I knew my parents would not like.

Oreo Sat 04-Jul-26 13:49:06

I used to like running through wheat fields 🤪

NannaFirework Sat 04-Jul-26 13:38:48

Nothing I can put here 😉

Grannybags Thu 02-Jul-26 23:07:43

I was a rebel teenager and got into all sorts of trouble

So glad there wasn’t social media back then. I dread to think what would have been posted on there!

Humbertbear Thu 02-Jul-26 21:16:48

In the Upper 6th I had no lessons on a Thursday afternoon and my boyfriend (husband now) had the afternoon off work. We used to go to his flat and I would go home to my parents as if I had been at school. They never found out and were amazed when I told them years later.

Visgir1 Thu 02-Jul-26 19:36:01

When in the 5th Form, I remember legging it on a Bus into the City, with a chum saying I had a Dental appointment (I filled in my own appointment card as evidence). I went to the Radio One lunchtime Club, to see Tony Blackburn. Which was playing in the city that day plus on the Radio. I got back just before 3 pm saying.. Miss "so-in so" was aware. My mate just went home I said she was Sick.

Sago Thu 02-Jul-26 12:11:25

I wasn’t so bad as my parents were very tough, most of my energy was put into not getting in trouble as they would find anything to justify a beating/berating.

On the other hand my 3 were really bad😬.

My daughter and her friend took my car joyriding for an afternoon, it was a striking cabriolet, they were 17 and both on a provisional license.
To this day I don’t know how they got away with it.

Our first sons school was having a new library built, it cost millions, they had a barcode security system installed, my son and his friend found a barcode and stuck it on the underside of the exit door.
Each time someone left the alarms activated.
It took them some days to figure it out.

Son 2 was basically the schools Del Boy!
He would buy various goods that the foreign students craved and sell them on at inflated prices.
He had also found a place to meet take away delivery vehicles somewhere on the school, boundary, he would charge to collect the takeaways.

I’m sure they all did much worse but what the eye doesn’t see!

My husband was really bad, it usually involved cars, speed
and air rifles.

When he was at school he used to confiscate porn mags as he was a prefect, he would then rent them out.
He reckons he could have an incredibly summer on just 1 terms takings.

He and some friends dismantled a masters bicycle that he always left propped on a wall by his study.
They then put it back together but only just, so the whole thing collapsed the second he touched it.

ViceVersa Thu 02-Jul-26 10:50:17

I like your style!

SpinDriftCoastal Thu 02-Jul-26 10:39:42

When I was in 6th Form we had a horrible PE teacher who took us for PE on a Friday afternoon. As I had a heavy A level load, I made the excuse that I had to go to our main town library to study and research. This was cleared. Really, my boyfriend with a car was waiting for me at the bottom of the hill and we would drive to a nice coastal location for an ice cream and walk as Friday was his day off. Never got caught.