name something you got in trouble for while you were growing up... - Page 3

Scandia · #31 08-23-2008, 04:11 PM

SAI- That would be Spanish.

Leslie Anne · #32 08-23-2008, 04:14 PM

I'm trying to imagine everyone as a little kid. Have we ever had a baby pictures thread?

christiangirl · #33 08-23-2008, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by phimu88

I stuck my hand up inside one of those "penny candy" machines while my mom was checking out at the grocery store when I was around 5 years old. They had to call the fire department to take the machine apart and get my hand out! LOL

I was only a little bad when I was younger, but the worst was this one. My elementary school had like a "3 strikes" policy--three conduct referrals (notes you get when you misbehave and your parents have to sign them) and you get a detention. Well, in first grade, I jumped off the swing then hit the person who told on me--two strikes. I was afraid to bring home 2 of them, so I (GET THIS) got my friend to take them home to her mother and somehow get her to sign my mother's name on them. I honestly thought it would work, but my friend lost nerve and tried to forge the signature herself...in crayon. She got frustrated because she couldn't spell my mom's name and started to cry. When her mom asked her what was wrong, she confessed everything and her mom called my mom, then told the teacher. Not only did my behind get WHUPPED till I couldn't sit down comfortably, I got my third strike and became my school's very first six-year-old to get a detention. I walked into the detention room and like 15 high schoolers just stared at me, wondering what a first grader was doing in detention. They totally heckled me when I told them, but the detention monitor made them leave me alone--I had a penmanship worksheet to do.

BellaBerlee · #34 08-23-2008, 04:36 PM

-This thread is extremely hilarious! Espcially as an elementary school teacher thinking like the mindset of many teachers!-

Once, in fifth grade my teacher left the classroom. Thinking back - why would the teacher leave no idea. However, she left a male student in charge. After a while some of the kids in the classroom started to make fun of him. Two of the girls were my really good friends. So, I joined in. *Back sidenote* My father had just seen a picture of the kid (he was on the same soccer team as a family friend's son) and said "That's a boy, he looks like a girl with his long hair..."* So - what did I do? I repeated what my father said. "You know Scott, my dad thinks you look like a girl...." And that got the class rolling.
Needless to say, us three girls got in trouble and had detention.
To add to the story - we had to get a paper signed saying that our parents would be at school to pick us up on the day we got detention. I took my paper home to my mother - who thought and knew I could do NO wrong - for her to sign it. I told her - "Oh mom, this isn't really a detention, it's a slip because my teacher didn't get to finish a lesson so she wants the class to stay after school to finish the lesson - and she gave us all this for our parents to sign."
I don't know if my mother was just too "out there" to realize it was a lie, but it was never brought up and I was never in trouble besides the detention that I served at school - without my parents knowing...

A SECOND story - was when I had moved to Florida. My brother (who is 5 years older than me) used to torment me to no end. Often, I'd lock myself in the bathroom, crying, waiting for my dad to get home. Well one day he started really teasing me, so I called him a jerk-off. My father did NOT like that. And definitely had a lecture and a half about proper language and to the point of "I will wash your mouth out with soap if I ever hear that word again out of your mouth..."

To this day I'm afraid to say jerk-off around my father, even though it's not THAT bad of a word!

phimu88 · #35 08-23-2008, 04:47 PM

To this day I'm afraid to say jerk-off around my father, even though it's not THAT bad of a word!

haha that reminds me of the time I said "pissed off" when I was around 15 and my dad totally flipped out at me! We were all at the dinner table and the whole family got soooo quiet just knowing that I was about to get it good! To this day I still cant say anything like that around my dad ... and I am 38 now lol

I love reading this thread! These are all great stories and bring back a lot of memories for me (I guess you could say I got int a lot of trouble growing up!)

Scandia · #36 08-23-2008, 06:04 PM

I got reprimanded for saying "this sucks" once. I was 18 and already living in the USA- but I was telling it in a low voice to my mother and grandfather (who was probably not that familiar with the slang). I was just venting about a tedious aspect of my job. There were other things in the reprimand- mainly about my eating too much at lunch the previous day.

AlwaysSAI · #37 08-23-2008, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Scandia

SAI- That would be Spanish.

That was my guess.

epchick · #38 08-23-2008, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Scandia

SAI- That would be Spanish.

Spanish, as in from Spain or from Mexico.

IlovemyAKA · #39 08-23-2008, 10:43 PM

When you're a kid, you're excited about anything new. I had a new pack of panties that were white with teddy bears on them. Each pair was trimmed in either pink or purple. When we were going inside with the purchases, I told our neighbor (who was a nice teenaged boy) "look what I got!". He just said "yeah" & went on his way. Once we were inside, I got it good because apparently you're not supposed to show anyone, especially boys, your underwear whether they're in the pack or not. For the record: I was 5, it was the 1st I'd heard of that rule, & he was never inappropriate. You know how some people are just nice to kids that they see often in passing.

Senusret I · #40 08-23-2008, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by IlovemyAKA

When you're a kid, you're excited about anything new. I had a new pack of panties that were white with teddy bears on them. Each pair was trimmed in either pink or purple. When we were going inside with the purchases, I told our neighbor (who was a nice teenaged boy) "look what I got!". He just said "yeah" & went on his way. Once we were inside, I got it good because apparently you're not supposed to show anyone, especially boys, your underwear whether they're in the pack or not. For the record: I was 5, it was the 1st I'd heard of that rule, & he was never inappropriate. You know how some people are just nice to kids that they see often in passing.

FAST!

lol

Jill1228 · #41 08-24-2008, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Scandia

Senusret- that would be it!

Jill- wow, talk about an overreaction from your mother.

girl, you didn't grow up with an Southern "old school" mother. You know, the "I brought you into this world and I will take you out". I turned out pretty damn good, if I don't say so myself.

It is funny now, but wasn't so funny back then.

epchick · #42 08-24-2008, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Jill1228

girl, you didn't grow up with an Southern "old school" mother. You know, the "I brought you into this world and I will take you out". I turned out pretty damn good, if I don't say so myself.

It is funny now, but wasn't so funny back then.

Not just Southern mothers did that. I used to get similar punishments from my Mexican grandmother & from my mom.

My grandma used to scare us with her meat tenderizer (you know that big metal square tool w/ things sticking out the side). She always said that if we got outta line, she would use it. (FYI: she never did use it) We used to call it the "waffle head" cause that is what it would do to you.

AGDee · #43 08-24-2008, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by BellaBerlee

A SECOND story - was when I had moved to Florida. My brother (who is 5 years older than me) used to torment me to no end. Often, I'd lock myself in the bathroom, crying, waiting for my dad to get home. Well one day he started really teasing me, so I called him a jerk-off. My father did NOT like that. And definitely had a lecture and a half about proper language and to the point of "I will wash your mouth out with soap if I ever hear that word again out of your mouth..."

To this day I'm afraid to say jerk-off around my father, even though it's not THAT bad of a word!

Don't you love that our brothers harassed us and we got in trouble for reacting? Like, the kid was tormenting you to the point that you'd lock yourself in the bathroom and all you did was call him a name! Similar story for me...

My brother and I were going at it. He was ready to beat the pulp out of me so I ran down the hall and into my room. I pushed my dresser in front of my bedroom door so he couldn't get in. He pushed on the door so hard that my dresser fell over, everything on it went smashing to the floor, drawers dumped out contents, etc. and I said the S**t word. He told on me for saying the S**t word. I got an hour long lecture on how girls shouldn't swear because they sound like sluts. Did I say a word about WHY I said that word? NO WAY. If I had told, then the next time would've just been worse...

Thank goodness we grew up

epchick · #44 08-24-2008, 12:40 AM

I just remembered one. I'm 9 years older than one of my cousins. Well, when she was about 3/4, she was drinking a water bottle in my room. She put the bottle on my dresser, and I stepped out of the room to talk to my mom. When I get back the water is spilled all over my bedroom carpet, and my cousin is drenched.

Oh but wait, did she get in trouble? NOOOOO! I did. Apparently, my mom didn't remember that I was talking to her @ the time, so I got it for spilling the water. When I *kindly* reminded my mom where I was, I got it for not watching my cousin.

I swear when that little girl was younger, I was the one blamed for all the shit she did. Thank the lord she's 14 now. lol

UofISigKap · #45 08-24-2008, 12:46 AM

This was silly, but I laugh each time I think about it. The only time I ever got grounded as a child was when my brother was being mean, and I picked up a loaf of Wonder Bread from the counter and smacked him over the head with it.