7 Things You Wish You Didn't Do In Middle School
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7 Things You Wish You Didn't Do In Middle School

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7 Things You Wish You Didn't Do In Middle School
Dara Collins

1. Create an email address

Friend: “Hey, what’s your email address?”

You: “Oh, uh, it’s spicymonkeybabe@gmail.com

Friend: “…”

You:

2. Upload every single picture to Facebook

You have 50 different albums for your birthday party, your friend’s birthday party, your school field trip and one for every sleepover with your friends. Trust me, no one cared to see half of those pictures, and most of them were more than likely taken with the horrible camera quality of your Motorola Razer. Now all of your awkward middle school dance photos exist for your and your friends to laugh or cringe at.

3. Edit all of your Facebook photos with Picnik

Similar to number two, we are all guilty of this. Perhaps the beginnings of Instagram, Picnik allowed us to tweak our profile picture with the perfect filter and effects, and we added our favorite song lyrics or “rawr<3” in the corner of our photo.

4. Call every boy you liked your “boyfriend”

Every boy that you decided to be “cute” or “nice” somehow became your boyfriend and you two “dated” for about a week until the next one came along.

5. Buy Webkinz with your entire allowance

All of that hard earned money from washing dishes, taking out garbage and cleaning your room went straight to Webkinz, and you spent hours at a time online with the new stuffed animal in your lap. Do you even realize how much of that money could have been used on food, clothes or maybe even COLLEGE???

6. Paint your room your favorite color

All the power to you if your favorite color remains the same throughout your childhood. However, some people come to resent that bright yellow upon their walls they once loved so much.

7. Succumb to the fads of Silly Bandz and studded belts

I know you all remember these. Silly Bandz lined your arms up to your elbows, and you owned a studded belt whether you were “emo” or not. Of course, other questionable trends like gauchos, Bobby Jack apparel and tied T-shirts exist in (what a surprise) the many pictures on your Facebook.

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