Middle school years were, perhaps, the most awkward of many of our lives. Those strange years between being considered a little kid and not quite being a teenager, creating the term "tween," are thankfully the ones that do not define you; you can only look back at and cringe. I compiled a list of things we all know to be true from our middle school years.
1. Logo plastered graphic tees.
You weren't cool in middle school unless you had Aeropostale or Abercrombie written on your shirt.
2. Boys thinking Axe smelled amazing.
The suffocating cloud of Axe filled the hallways when the doors of the boys locker room would open. The worst part was that they actually thought the more they had on the better it smelled. Just no.
3. AIM/AOL screen names being written with crazy symbols and as many "X's" as possible.
The stress of making sure you set the right away message was more important than your math test the next day. People couldn't know you weren't online because you just weren't online, you needed a bunch of smiley faces to tell them.
4. So much sparkly lip gloss.
Ladies, admit it at one point you thought you were so cool with your sparkly lip gloss that actually made your lips kinda numb. Luckily, the "shinier the better" was just a phase.
5. The beginning of the duck face and "pimp" poses.
Even though this still goes on on the daily, girls pursing their lips and guys crossing their arms started with us way back when.
6. Fights over nothing.
Everyone knew of at least one fight that was over nothing other than the two people just wanting to fight. My favorite part of this was the flock of people before they were going to happen and teachers/principals would stop it right away.
7. Middle school dances.
Let's just be glad these are over and there were barely any pictures of us in our animal print dresses thinking we were so hot. Side note: I was taped into my dress.
8. Drawing "tattoos" on yourself (and friends).
Our parents were convinced we were going to get ink poisoning, but we just thought we looked cool because we had fake tattoos. Worst was trying to scrub off sharpie in the shower.
9. The first iPod touch coming out and being jealous of the kids with it when you were still rocking your nano.
I remember having solitaire and a maze game on my Nano and being so jealous of the kids with the touch screen and YouTube on the go.
10. Bracelet phases.
Sixth grade was for I heart boobies and other rubber bracelets for foundations. Seventh grade was silly bands, holy throwback to cutting off your circulation, and the "sex bracelets." I remember everyone being afraid of breaking them. Eighth grade was the handmade bracelets from tiny rubber bands.
