Puberty: How did you react?

[Furious Styles]

I started at 12 and enjoyed being bigger, hairier and having a deeper voice than most of my contemporaries.

The only problem is a grew too fast and still have the stretch marks everywhere

 

[Jedamethis]

Hmm. You know, I can't actually remember a time before it. I've had a deep voice since about Year 5, hair a short while after, boners every goddamn maths lesson in primary school and somehow I knew all about what puberty was and what sex is waay before I was 10-11. Odd.
I've already got everything on my puberty checklist apart from broad shoulders and chest hair. The only things I really wanted. T.T

 

[Dags90]

Fairly typically. The whole gay thing was odd to deal with at first, also the stretchmarks that I still really don't like. Who gets stretchmarks on their knees? Me, that's who.

 

[chinangel]

honey, I'm a trassexual. I had a very classic "OMGWTFBBQ!?" reaction

 

[Saulkar]

By puberty, do you mean the time I jumped from 50 kilograms to 78 kilograms in the space of six months after the testosterone acted as a natural steriod and propelled my bodybuilding regiment? If not I did not notice any difference. (except the beard)

 

[runnernda]

Yeah, I didn't really think about it. I actually have really good skin, so I got a pimple every now and then, but no acne or anything. I think I was just more annoyed that I was all adult-ish now, so I actually had to think about things like shaving my legs and wearing a bra and putting on deodorant...you know, stuff that's just routine at this point. I think the most upsetting thing was being 14 and the doctor telling me my growth plates were closed. I totally thought I'd hit at least 5'9 or 5'10, since my parents are both taller than that, but I'm 5'5". Kinda killed my basketball dreams.

But yeah. It wasn't really a big deal.

 

[Blow_Pop]

ummm i got amazed over the fact I had boobs and spent a fair amount of time playing with them....oh wait...that hasnae changed i still play with my boobs......

Honestly though it didnae bother me. I was still me and my mom had the puberty and sex talk with me numerous times as a child and she STILL continues to give me the sex talk......

 

[Carbonyl]

...Well, I got some pads, grabbed some Oreos, and watched TV. It was the most anti-climactic thing ever. I got the talk when I was 7, and my period when I was 15. I was like, wow, I finally reached the threshold level of Leptin required for GnRH release, fun times. (My talk was far more mechanistically focused than most Sex Ed tends to be)

 

[Housebroken Lunatic]

I was still me and my mom had the puberty and sex talk with me numerous times as a child and she STILL continues to give me the sex talk......

That's just awful. How do you stand it? :/

 

[captainwolfos]

I hit puberty at ten. And it sucked.

...Spots, tits, mandatory blood loss. IT. ALL. SUCKS.

 

[Macgyvercas]

I don't remember much about puberty, but I do know that my pants were very uncomfortable from time to time when I was going through it. Eventually got sick of it and switched to boxers.

 

[Blow_Pop]

I was still me and my mom had the puberty and sex talk with me numerous times as a child and she STILL continues to give me the sex talk......

That's just awful. How do you stand it? :/

I ignore it and block out her lectures. Usually with music since she never notices that I have my headphones on

 

[wilsontheterrible]

Age 10 I was 75 pounds, 4 foot 11 inches tall, with large ears. Looked a little like a Cuban spock.

Age 14 I was 230 pounds, 6 foot 7 inches tall, and I had a full beard; not that scraggly nonsense either but a close cut, black as sin, well maintained beard that I wear to this day and a moustache that would shame John Stossel.

The transition made me a favorite target among my peers in the Detroit public school system. After my friend pointed out that being afraid of people half my size was stupid I was able to correct the problem. Bless her heart, a friend will tell you to call the police or stay out of their way, but a true friend will give you the courage to stand up for yourself.

Since then I've lost some weight, done some learning, and discovered the glorious confidence booster that is the modern business suit.

 

[SckizoBoy]

With me, I went through puberty over the course of about three years (13-16, growth spurt, hair, voice breaking etc. etc.) so I hardly noticed it.

My first girlfriend, though, went through it at 12 and everything happened pretty much in one weekend... it was... rather surreal...

 

[Slayer_2]

I didn't even notice it until one day I noticed my dick was bigger and that I had new hair sprouting. Then I shrugged and went on with life. I thankfully didn't suffer the dreaded voice-cracks.

 

[thehorror2]

Puberty didn't exactly hit me hard. What's weird is I'm still going through some changes. While guys still growing in their early 20s isn't unusual, I'm still getting more body and facial hair, which is. Grr.

One good thing that came out of it, though, was my voice. Dear Lord do I love being a bass. Kind of incongruous with my spindly 5'7", 120 lb body, though.

 

[ArchAngelKira]

when I was 9 I wiki'ed the ageing human body. So I predicted before hand and acted as if it was nothing. Saves my parents the time to talk about for my younger brother. I also predicted the angst I would feel when I hit 13-16 too. Knowing is half the battle a predictable cycle many have went through. Speaking of I should look for the next thing, ok 19+ I think the next situation is gonna be marrage...I should be fine everyone in my town is ether ugly,stupid,sluty, or all of the above.

 

[game-lover]

I was kinda excited in a weird way.

My breasts developed when I was in 4th grad and I recall liking the fact that I was wearing bras. I felt older and junk.

Then there was the wait for my cycle. One time we had this toilet paper with red decoration and I recall using it like always but then when I got up and looked in the toilet, I forgot it had decoration and went through a few moments where I thought it had started.

So that was amusing.