“What was the most rebellious thing you did as a kid?” 21 riotous replies
Older people always bang on about how the “youth of today” have less respect and are generally wilder, more rebellious beings than they were. Yeah, right, Grandma! We know what happened in the 60s. Not every child is running wild, however, as writer Charlotte Clymer illustrated with this post.
I was not a rebellious kid. Not even close to it, very by the numbers. I want your stories. What was the most rebellious thing you did as a kid?
— Charlotte Clymer🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) July 8, 2019
Twitter very kindly rallied to her call, with some pretty badass stories of childhood rebellion, like these:
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I threw eggs at the Soviet guards in front of the American Embassy in Moscow when I was 12. Circa 1981.
— Kimberley Johnson (@AuthorKimberley) July 8, 2019
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I got a tattoo that said Fuck It at 15 years old…..its a Peacock now 🦚
— Cynthia Rush (@Cyndigorgono) July 8, 2019
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I snuck a boy into my room nearly every night for a month before we got caught. He had to bike 4 miles, then sneak down a bamboo-filled alley PAST my parents’ window to get to my bedroom.
I was 15 with problematic Romeo&Juliet ideals. It was fantastic.
— Jessica Ellis (@baddestmamajama) July 8, 2019
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I was a student council leader type but always up for a protest. Ex: HS said girls couldn’t wear sports bras & paint up for games so I led a protest where we all wore sports bras over our shirts. The asst principal took me aside & said I should act as a leader. I think I did 🤷🏻♀️ pic.twitter.com/vRBIyNOPNx
— Faith Gingrich-Goetz 🏳️🌈 (@faithgg) July 8, 2019
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I spray painted the word BITCH backwards on the outside of the window to my 9th grade English teacher's classroom so that it appeared perfectly when viewed from inside. I was a legend.
— 🇺🇸 Openmind67 🇺🇸 (@Openmind67) July 8, 2019
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Four wheeling on a golf course with a dozen kids in my Jeep Cherokee. So Texan. Turns our golf greens are expensive.
— ilyse hogue (@ilyseh) July 8, 2019
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In high school I had a girlfriend whose dad forbid us from seeing each other, threatened to send her away if we talked on the phone. He checked the bill for my # because *YIKES* lesbians. So I bought a burner phone. We hid it in a teddy bear’s stomach. Anything for love, amirite?
— alex schmider (@anderfinn) July 8, 2019
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In first grade, I wrote my teacher a note telling her I hated her…and stood there while she read it.
In second grade, when the teacher left the room, I crawled out of the window and went to recess during another grade level's recess time. https://t.co/NjbvJTruZ1
— AGirlHasNoPresident (@kamtheleo) July 9, 2019
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When I was 9 I ran away. Mom helped me pack, laughing. When I didn’t return, they called the police. Dad found me right when police did, atop a jungle gym, and said, Enough, come home. The cop stopped him: “Is this your dad?” And I said, “I’ve never seen that man in my life.” https://t.co/whGoPHK39Q
— Lacy Crawford (@lacy_crawford) July 8, 2019
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At 15 I made a parachute, jumped out my bedroom window, climbed the fence and went to a nightclub. It was a punk gig so the ripped skirt didn't matter. The sprained ankle was a little trickier. Next time I snuck downstairs.
— Robyn Young (@RobynSaysBlerg) July 8, 2019
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I was never allowed to drive dad’s prized Pontiac. When he was at work I took it out in a snowstorm and wrecked it. I was 16. Cleaned it up and put it back in garage. In the spring he took it to the mall and noticed the damage. I never admitted doing it. I’m 58.
— Bernie Sanders = Trump (@jeffmill) July 8, 2019
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one time at my local sci*ntology church while my family was busy doing cult shit i crushed sugar cubes all over the kitchen floor and poured hot water everywhere so it would dry sticky https://t.co/AHG08ZPioZ
— ned stark's bastard (@jvneebug) July 9, 2019