It's my sixteenth birthday today! So, if you could go back to sixteen (assuming you're past that age) what advice would you give yourself?

Duck.

Instead of ignoring the people who are mean to you, be super nice to them. That way, everyone will know it's not you - and they will look like the jerks they are.

Happy birthday!!

my over-protective parents had a pretty tight reign on me 'til I was like 19/20 I didn't even know I was so naïve....

- let us know when you hit college/your early 20s.... that me I would sit down and have a talk with.. let her know who not to date, career advice, etc...

and I hope you are enjoying your teen years....

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Don't be fuckin around with no grown-ass skeezy men. Be a fuckin kid, you moron.

That is what I would tell 16 yr old me.

Oh yeah, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

Be a kid.

Don't.

johnart said:

Do better in school.

Happy Birthday.

rmartin70 said:

I would tell myself soooooooo many things!! A few are...

Pay more attention to your grandparents, you will miss them so much when they are gone...

Your parents ARE worried about you and only want to keep you safe... They arent trying to be assholes... Well, not ALL the time!

YOU ARE NOT FAT! Id kill to have my 16 year old flat stomach these days!

Make a move on Jason Popkin. straight boys don't stare at you in the dark.

You might be a brace face nerd right now but you'll be hot and cute when everyone is bald old and fat! Keep that in mind when people act like shitheads

The church is lying to you. The quicker you rip those lies out of your head the sooner you can live the life you were meant to live!

tinaz said:

I would tell myself soooooooo many things!! A few are...

Pay more attention to your grandparents, you will miss them so much when they are gone...

Your parents ARE worried about you and only want to keep you safe... They arent trying to be assholes... Well, not ALL the time!

YOU ARE NOT FAT! Id kill to have my 16 year old flat stomach these days!

!!!!

mynameisnotsusan said:

johnart said:

Don't be fuckin around with no grown-ass skeezy men. Be a fuckin kid, you moron.

That is what I would tell 16 yr old me.

Really? I'd say "Suck more dick" because you know you wanted to.

Wanted to?? I sucked way more grown dick than I had any business doing at that age. The age when you feel invincible is not the best age to be doin some stuff.

johnart said:

mynameisnotsusan said:

johnart said:

Wanted to?? I sucked way more grown dick than I had any business doing at that age. The age when you feel invincible is not the best age to be doin some stuff.

Wanna trade? See I was too busy being a fuckin kid. So boring.

No, I'd never trade off onto someone else the consequences that came from my actions then.

Don't get me wrong, I believe it's all part of my journey and I realize that maybe a lot of other things would not have turned out the same for me, but still, if I had to do it over, that's one thing I would've chilled out on.

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Genesia said:

Instead of ignoring the people who are mean to you, be super nice to them. That way, everyone will know it's not you - and they will look like the jerks they are.

That's clever, actually...

johnart said:

mynameisnotsusan said:

johnart said: Wanna trade? See I was too busy being a fuckin kid. So boring.

No, I'd never trade off onto someone else the consequences that came from my actions then.

Don't get me wrong, I believe it's all part of my journey and I realize that maybe a lot of other things would not have turned out the same for me, but still, if I had to do it over, that's one thing I would've chilled out on.

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I'm the only gay guy in the world who only had sex after 18 I might not have enjoyed being taken advantabe of by old men but man how I WISH I could look back and say I had sex with jason Popkins who was my neighborhood friend.

Jumping railroad tracks in a rusted out pinto is NOT a good idea.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

johnart said:

No, I'd never trade off onto someone else the consequences that came from my actions then.

Don't get me wrong, I believe it's all part of my journey and I realize that maybe a lot of other things would not have turned out the same for me, but still, if I had to do it over, that's one thing I would've chilled out on.

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I'm the only gay guy in the world who only had sex after 18 I might not have enjoyed being taken advantabe of by old men but man how I WISH I could look back and say I had sex with jason Popkins who was my neighborhood friend.

I'm not saying none of it was hot. It was all just too much and way out of hand. One or two maybe. A whole lot of them will make you have a few regrets.

johnart said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I'm the only gay guy in the world who only had sex after 18 I might not have enjoyed being taken advantabe of by old men but man how I WISH I could look back and say I had sex with jason Popkins who was my neighborhood friend.

I'm not saying none of it was hot. It was all just too much and way out of hand. One or two maybe. A whole lot of them will make you have a few regrets.

I'd like to have had at least one or two or a teenage boyfriend when I was a teenager. It was agony and hell. Expectedly when I found out I could actually have it and get guys, well richard Gone Wild would have been a big seller for the video market

Don't let the bad people ruin you.

Great idea for a thread, makes me think.

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I dunno I did OK, worked hard got good grades. Maybe I would advise myself not to sit next to that certain boy all the time for HIS grades sake.

stay as far away from drama as you possibily can esp when it has nothing to do with you

Genesia said:

Instead of ignoring the people who are mean to you, be super nice to them. That way, everyone will know it's not you - and they will look like the jerks they are.

This is kind of similar to what I was thinking, I'll go with your comment instead.

Happy Birthday to you!

Don't be nice to mean people.

Don't call people "friend" if they don't consider your feelings.

Never wonder about your absent father, he's an ass and you are so lucky NOT to be influenced by him.

Guard your friend from her family, she needs you more than you think.

Have your child at 19, it will be fine... you will adore him and life will be good.

Stay away from Edward, Evan, David Taylor, Kelly and Ronald....

They all suck horribly in bed, you don't need that in your life.

Buy your mom a vibrator for Christmas.

Happy Birthday

16 yr old me..."Leave that ass alone! Move on, get back to school."

paintedlady said:

Happy Birthday to you!

Don't be nice to mean people.

Don't call people "friend" if they don't consider your feelings.

Never wonder about your absent father, he's an ass and you are so lucky NOT to be influenced by him.

Guard your friend from her family, she needs you more than you think.

Have your child at 19, it will be fine... you will adore him and life will be good.

Stay away from Edward, Evan, David Taylor, Kelly and Ronald....

They all suck horribly in bed, you don't need that in your life.

Buy your mom a vibrator for Christmas.

At first I thought it was what Genesia was saying and was about to agree with you.

*My eyes are playing tricks on me.

your friends and family always have or usually or suppose to always have your best interests at heart along with unconditional love and respect if they do something to hurt you, betray you or backstab you in a way in which you feel hurt and disrespected, cut them loose and make no apologizes for it because to me the fact that they would do something like that just shows me their true colors about how they really felt about you because if they really loved you they wouldnt do anything to hurt you in that kind of way thats not true love at all keep it real

do well in school

reading is more important than watching TV

dont follow the crowd or try to be like the popular kids their just wasting their lives away and usually regret everything they did when they get older anyway alot of them have messed up lives

prepare for college

stay busy and volunteer as much as you can

oh and Happy Birthday!