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When I was your age....
I usually ran things by my parents, especially big things. I also have the blessing/curse of THREE older sisters and an older brother. When I finally became a teenager there was nothing left to do to rebel and torment my parents with. I couldn't do anything original like get a tattoo, stay out all night, sneak off to Mexico, shack up and live with someone, or elope. My brother is rather well behaved as well. I could have gotten pregnant but I wasn't dating seriously since boys my age were dumb. I think if I truly wanted to rebel I would have to become a Republican and joined the Marines. My parents being liberal and living in San Francisco made me quite conservative. I still haven't smoked a cigarette or tried recreational drugs, but I drink
Here is an example...I met a youngish man in his late twenties. He is a former Navy SEAL rides has a Harley, has tattoos and thinks he is rather bad ass. He says "oh I bet your parents will freak when you bring me home for Sunday dinner, your mom will be shocked and your step father will want to kill me!" little did he know my mother is married to an ex-SEAL who was also a biker. Nice try. Like I said, if he was a Republican and a Marine, it would have been quite different.
What scares me is when I start to sound or act like my mother...especially in reference to obnoxious teenagers...ugh.
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