Puberty: How did you react?
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I was really early bloomer, which kind of sucked because i started getting pimples and all that well before everyone else, so got teased a bit for that though i was cleared up by the time everyone else started to have pimples, advantage Thor. Though i have a twin brother so at least one other kid was starting to get pimples at 12. I was 6' by the time I was 12 and grew about 6 inches over the next 3 years.
I had 4 older brothers, and my mother was the SEX ED TEACHER for the county we lived in... So i had a pretty idea what was going to happen.
I had 4 older brothers, and my mother was the SEX ED TEACHER for the county we lived in... So i had a pretty idea what was going to happen.
It happened WAY too gradually for me to really notice. Other people had growth spurts, I grew with style and grace.
Except for my voice. Cracky, squeaky, ever-deepening for years, until my (singing) voice had become a baritone, reaching down into the deepest bass notes. When I was able to do a fair imitation of Paul Robeson singing Old Man River, I knew I'd attained something awesome.
On the other hand, puberty gave me acne. Granted, I didn't do much to treat it until senior year of high school, but DAMN, my skin is sensitive. Three chocolate chips, and I get a big damn whitehead somewhere on my face. That part of puberty has screwed me over but good.
And my body hair is REALLY weird. I have five hairs on my back across the shoulders, this downy fuzz on my chest with some longer, coarser hair, and my whole lower body is three hairs from being a fur coat. Not only that, but I have this one patch of coarse hair on my upper arm, just below the shoulder. The hell?
Okay, I guess there wasn't much style OR grace to be had. Still, great voice, so it all works out.
Except for my voice. Cracky, squeaky, ever-deepening for years, until my (singing) voice had become a baritone, reaching down into the deepest bass notes. When I was able to do a fair imitation of Paul Robeson singing Old Man River, I knew I'd attained something awesome.
On the other hand, puberty gave me acne. Granted, I didn't do much to treat it until senior year of high school, but DAMN, my skin is sensitive. Three chocolate chips, and I get a big damn whitehead somewhere on my face. That part of puberty has screwed me over but good.
And my body hair is REALLY weird. I have five hairs on my back across the shoulders, this downy fuzz on my chest with some longer, coarser hair, and my whole lower body is three hairs from being a fur coat. Not only that, but I have this one patch of coarse hair on my upper arm, just below the shoulder. The hell?
Okay, I guess there wasn't much style OR grace to be had. Still, great voice, so it all works out.
"Oh my god I have hair around my dick!"
"Oh look, hair in my armpit. I don't care. If I have pubic hair, I can handle anything!"
"HOLY SHIT I HAVE HAIR IN MY ANUS!"
"Oh look, hair in my armpit. I don't care. If I have pubic hair, I can handle anything!"
"HOLY SHIT I HAVE HAIR IN MY ANUS!"
What I thought at those times. Note my wording so I wasn't exactly on the same level of mental maturity.
I was actually a pretty good teenager, I knew it was coming so I just sort of went with the flow. I didn't get very moody and I enjoyed having the huge appetite because it meant I could eat more and I did get a bit chubby at first I then shot right up now I'm quite skinny. That appetite hasn't dissipated though. On whole, puberty was kind to me especially in the facial hair department
I think puberty is mainly an annoyance for girls. (Especially the blood.)Nopodop said:
For guys however, puberty gets the finger when it isn't necessarily the culprit. It just had the bad luck of popping its pimple ridden face up when other things were going on that are more vindictive of high school. (And since we're all nerds here, I guess most of us feel that if we hadn't had a face like a pizza back when we started noticing* girls, then we would have been more confident, and would not retreated into the sanctuary of video-games.)
(*getting stiffies)
What is this puberty everyone is talking about.
Pimples, hairgrowth, voice cracking..?
For me, I just grew taller, my voice was already low, I grew broader (muscles, not fat, allthough it couldn't hurt to lose a pound or two..) And I grew the sickest goatee on the block
In all seriousness. Puberty is overrated. People stress so much over puberty that the symptomes are only getting more worse XD
Pimples, hairgrowth, voice cracking..?
For me, I just grew taller, my voice was already low, I grew broader (muscles, not fat, allthough it couldn't hurt to lose a pound or two..) And I grew the sickest goatee on the block
In all seriousness. Puberty is overrated. People stress so much over puberty that the symptomes are only getting more worse XD
I went something like this:
Hmm, what's this? A wild mustache appears! Yesss! Just what I always wanted! And now I can hit low notes! Awesome! I'm gonna get my Barry White on! Well, maybe not yet, more like just my voice cracking.
A few months later:
Yo this shaving thing is for the birds, and I sound like an idiot, voice cracking every time I talk! Grrrrr!
Hmm, what's this? A wild mustache appears! Yesss! Just what I always wanted! And now I can hit low notes! Awesome! I'm gonna get my Barry White on! Well, maybe not yet, more like just my voice cracking.
A few months later:
Yo this shaving thing is for the birds, and I sound like an idiot, voice cracking every time I talk! Grrrrr!