[ SECRET POST #4915 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4915 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

This is how I feel too. My teenage years were not filled with sex or drugs or anything like that, and I dislike the implication that somehow my experiences were less 'real' just because they weren't grim and gritty. I know these shows only have so big a cast but I'd like to see a show that even acknowledges that in high school the sex/drugs/dangerous behavior kids and the just hanging out/having good clean fun kids can both exist and neither one is more realistic than the other.

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Yup. I was also one of those kids who wasn't out there doing drugs etc. My ass had to head home after any extra curricular and I always had errands to run for my mom, etc. I spent a lot of my free time reading or online.

And that's not say the other things weren't happening, I had friends who partied, friends who dealt with a lot of shit, there were even certain scandals in my school. There are too many nuances, and they are all valid experiences, none making the other less valid.

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In my experience (as a very straight-laced teen), both types even exist together. The kids I knew who did drugs etc, that wasn't All they did. There is a spectrum and even the pot smoking cutter would sometimes spend time watching ANTM with her straight edged friend.

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even the pot smoking cutter

NAYRT - This isn't a criticism of you; I know you were just speaking off the cuff and I agree with the overall point you were making. But another thing I always find a bit off is the way teenage pain tends to get automatically lumped with teenage wildness and with being "bad."

I cut, and was anorexic (both secretly, both for years), but I was neither the "high achieving perfectionist" nor the "wild, edgy rebel." I was an A-minus student who slacked off as much as possible but basically followed the rules, and was extremely boring. Which is something I feel like I've never seen in the media -- the recognition that teenagers can be pretty fucked up without it showing much in their obvious behaviors.