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[GoneButNotForgotten]

Nothing. I was a fat kid, had no friends, and certainly no boys were interested in me. My adolesence was no fun.

[SeaMaiden]

I was a very good girl at 16.... I was a senior in high school with straight A's... no foolin around.... just studied and thats it.... I was a very boring teenager!

[kelshar]

At home watching TV. I was shy and didn't have much of a social life.

[hckynut]

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@GoneButNotForgotten wrote:

Nothing. I was a fat kid, had no friends, and certainly no boys were interested in me. My adolesence was no fun.

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@GoneButNotForgotten wrote:

Nothing. I was a fat kid, had no friends, and certainly no boys were interested in me. My adolesence was no fun.

@GoneButNotForgotten ,

I too was a fat kid, working at a Drive-in/Eat-in Restaurant. That was when I was 12 to 14 years old. I had friends, many of which that worked there were in the United States Air Force, an Air Base just out of town.

Girls? First off, I was scared of girls, and I was also working 5 nights a week. Before 16, actually my Sophomore year, while still working there, I went on a diet.

Who knew anything about a diet back in 1954? All I knew is to eat less/skip the curly-Q French fries/no malts/no ice cream sundaes for me. Not an easy task for me at 15 and working around good food for 9-10 hours 5 nights a week. 

I did however lose 50lbs before I was 16 and able to drive my own car. Girls? Not a problem, time off to date was the problem.

While we were both "fat kids", we obviously looked at, and lived life differently. And me having a few friends might have  helped, even though they threw their share of Fat Jokes at me.

hckynut 

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[reiki604]

Babysitting, earning my spending money.

[GoneButNotForgotten]

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@hckynut wrote:

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@GoneButNotForgotten wrote:

Nothing. I was a fat kid, had no friends, and certainly no boys were interested in me. My adolesence was no fun.

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@GoneButNotForgotten wrote:

Nothing. I was a fat kid, had no friends, and certainly no boys were interested in me. My adolesence was no fun.

@GoneButNotForgotten ,

I too was a fat kid, working at a Drive-in/Eat-in Restaurant. That was when I was 12 to 14 years old. I had friends, many of which that worked there were in the United States Air Force, an Air Base just out of town.

Girls? First off, I was scared of girls, and I was also working 5 nights a week. Before 16, actually my Sophomore year, while still working there, I went on a diet.

Who knew anything about a diet back in 1954? All I knew is to eat less/skip the curly-Q French fries/no malts/no ice cream sundaes for me. Not an easy task for me at 15 and working around good food for 9-10 hours 5 nights a week. 

I did however lose 50lbs before I was 16 and able to drive my own car. Girls? Not a problem, time off to date was the problem.

While we were both "fat kids", we obviously looked at, and lived life differently. And me having a few friends might have  helped, even though they threw their share of Fat Jokes at me.

hckynut 

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Yes, having friends would have helped. But I'd had too many fat "jokes" thrown at me by supposed "friends", that I gave up trying. I grew up very wary of most people, and it took me a long time to get over it.

[hckynut]

I assume growing up for girls that were what were called "fat" was probably harder than boys. That I can only speculate being the opposite gender.

My growing up was probably different because I was out working and around all people several years,and more, older than me. Grew up fast and learned the $$$ business world much sooner than most kids my age.

Working with Air Force men also showed me things i did not know prior to working with them. Was that a good or bad thing?  At times I did not like it, but soon enough, that was part of becoming an adult male.

My primary goals was neither friends or girls at that time, it was making $$$. With my mother raising myself and 3 older sisters by herself almost all my life. Her wish was to get her family out of the Public Housing Projects where we grew up. My $$$ went to help her get her wish.

School and how many friends I had were not important to me. Being independent was something my mom taught me starting with my 1st job, a paper route, when I was 8 years old. 

I was fairly smart in school, which was a Catholic Grade School. I grasped most topics pretty quickly, especially math and english.

Working till 1am  on 2-3 school nights didn't effect my ability to learn. Study? Didn't do much because of working and less sleep than other kids, but I guess my ability to learn and remember kept my grades pretty good.

Another chapter of my life I don't expect many to read. But typing different chapters of my life I have done on these forums for many, many years now. Can't seem to help myself.

hckynut(john) 

[Sushismom]

I played in a band starting when I was 14. Chances are I was playing somewhere on the weekend. I rarely went out since I rarely had time off. The only good thing (at least back then) was my boyfriend was also part of the band.

[Gorgf]

I would be babysitting. I babysat most weekends. The family had three girls and then  two more in diapers at the same time. I was thankful to be starting college and away from home. She was a nurse and loved babies.

[Texasmouse]

On a date, with friends, at a dance, at a sleepover or all of the above!