Here's the trailer for American Teen, a movie I saw this past weekend . . . it's the story of five high school seniors from Indiana who are getting ready to move on to the next part of their lives, whatever that entails for each of them! It covers everything from the SATs and senior pranks to dating and crushes and made me look back on that part of my life and try to remember what it was like to be 17 all over again.
When I was in high school, I had a major crush on a volleyball player (who would later reject me online) and was getting ready to meet new guys in college 'cause I knew my affection wasn't reciprocated. I was geeky, romantically challenged - but eternally optimistic - and ready for whatever life would throw my way.
Romantically speaking, what were you like when you were a high school senior? If you aren't 17 yet, what do you think you'll be like?
I was desperately in love with a guy who ignored my presence most of the time. Not a very fun time in my romantic development.
Although I was tame by standards these days, some of the things I did back then have had lasting effects on the rest of my life. When I look back on my life, I can see a definite fork in the road at that age... and I took a turn nobody wanted for me. However, I can't say I truly regret any of it. But there are some desired experiences I missed out on because I screwed around too much and with the wrong crowd. And those are the least of the consequences. Back then it was all fun, and I had no idea to what degree my choices were affecting the course of my life.
I was in a very serious relationship when I was a senior, but I was having major commitment issues because he had left for college and was a few hours away, and I was preparing to leave for college and meet new people and I wasn't sure I wanted to be tied down during that.
Seventeen:
She wrapped her fingers around mine, and let her fragile hand become enclosed in mine. Neither of us sighed. Neither of us spoke. We just stared out across the lonely cityscape from our hill. Two and a half years ago, in a different time, we stood in this same spot giggling and laughing, having our first dance as innocent children whose lives were just about to spill over into hell.
I put two cigarettes between my lips, and lit them both at the same time. The light from the flame illuminated her face for a moment, the orange light almost giving the illusion that she was still alive. She reached over and took one of the cigarettes from my lips and put it between hers.
I glanced over at her, staring straight out into the night, her eyes so dead that they couldn't even cry anymore. Her eyes had gone from that rich sapphire blue two and a half years ago to nearly ice blue now. Her hair, having once been such a vibrant, soft honey blond; was now straw-like and sickly like the setting moon. Her cheeks were sunken now, and she had permanent dark circles around her eyes. A permanent bruise near her ear that would not heal where her last boyfriend punched her had stained her pale skin in a heart-shaped purple splotch.
She folded her fingers deeper into mine, and leaned up against me.
I had become as dead as she was. I had lost the capacity to love. The simple word of "Love" itself already died and went away. I could barely feel the sensation of her in my arms or of her lips and tongue on my chest. The only thing I could feel was her burning cigarette on my skin, temporarily relieving a deeper pain of un-love.
I stroked my fingers and palm gently over the skin of her exposed shoulder blades, over her spine and down her back.
I let her kiss me.
I never told her how I felt.
... I was completely enamored with a teacher my senior year. Of course nothing happened, I was definitely not the kind of girl to go about doing something about it! ... I definitely don't miss that aspect of high school, heh.
I was among the generally noticable kids my senior year in high school. And, believe it or not, I played 2 musical instruments in concert and marching band, was on the varsity volleyball team (libero), and I used to play soccer. However, I was in the middle of my first serious relationship (it lasted 3 years 4 months) and I never had to ask anyone for a date. She found me during sophomore year and it worked out well (despite that she was about half an hour drive away).
Now, going into my 4th year in college (but not my last), I have problems engaging people to dates since I was tossed right into it. I have only took about 3 - 4 girls to lunch or dinner and they all yielded the same results, even though I am good to close friends with 75% of them now. But, it's a learning process.
I was horny, lonely, and rejected. I think that sums up most of my life from 11 years old to 18. But now I got me a good guy, and it's kind of like karma cuz nobody else gets to have him but me. =)
i always had crushes but never did anything about them. well coming from an asian family i wasn't allowed to date in high school anyway, and i actually listened to my parents and didn't date! but that all changed by the second week of college.
I was in the middle of my first serious relationship. I was worried about what would happen when we both went off to separate colleges (we lasted another year and a half once we got into college). I was definitely a lot more clingy with that boyfriend than I am now. It's strange how codependent I used to be in high school.
i really wasn't looking for a guy but senior year I was committed to this guy a couple of states away who I met a couple summers prior. We talked daily for like a year (we talked for longer than that tho) and we confessed our feelings for each other Christmas of my senior year. He wanted to begin a relationship but I was uneasy about a ldr. He was a freshman in college at the time. He came down to visit for my graduation and we began dating, and during that summer I flew up to visit him and his fam. I ended up going to the same school (no, I didn't go for him, but I felt familiar with the school because of him). He was the first and only guy to ever break my heart. I didn't know until after he broke up with me that I loved him like I did (I was kind of cynical about love). It took me what seemed forever to get over him but i did. Now I have someone who loves me back and it's awesome! :)
I had a boyfriend who went to a different school who had no car or job. We were both too selfish at the time and after prom, we just stopped talking.
I was young and stupid and madly in love with this guy...and a year later, that guy became my boyfreind and we dated for awhile after that. But I was very codependent at 17. I was also very idealistic and romantically optimistic. I am not like that anymore
i'm 17 now and about to start my senior year. i'm pretty sure i won't have a love life just like the past 3 years. i haven't even had a real crush on a guy since my freshman year. there's just no one here that interests me. that's why i can't wait till college. hahaha
Hm. I'm 16, will be 17 on the 23rd of August... as well a senior come September.
I'll probably still be single. Eh.
figuring out how NOT to be in a relationship. senior year should be all about fun right?
so how do i keep a guy interested without being too involved?
At 17 I was in the middle of my 3 year epic romance that would come to define the way I view love, people, and the world. About a year and a half later I would be homeless, friendless, and disenchanted, all thanks to this girl.
I'll be seventeen next week, starting my senior year simultaneously.
yep, on my birthday lol
but i'm excited about it. Its all i've been waiting for up to now, and i intend to make the very best out of it.
I couldn't tell you where i fit in as far as the categories go though, i'm not ur average 17 year old.
But i pray to God that i'm not single. I've got a great thing going now with this guy i met at my school that i'm practically engaged to and i love him so much, but the military makes things difficult. so we'll see how this one goes.
Haha, I am 17 now...and I'm a music snob / literature geek...which works out well for since I only like other music snobs and geeks. To add to that, I don't look bad at all, so I'm actually not romantically challenged at all.
I had two boyfriends and one hookup throughout the course of that crazy year. I loved every minute of it until my first love [the 2nd boyfriend] dumped me on the phone 3 days before my senior prom.
I had just gotten over this guy I was completely in love with and met someone else who I had a lot more in common with. A year later, he became my boyfriend... and we're still dating :)
I was WAY too excited to start college when I turned 18. I LOVED boys and was very flirtatious, but wasn't interested in anyone I knew at the time, especially not anyone I went to school with. I was the typical overprotected kid who went on a college visit and did everything I'd always wanted to do that I wasn''t able to do at home: stay up disgustingly late, go to parties and dance like mad, and go absolutely, shamelessly boy-crazy. That was how I got into my first intense relationship, even though it was long-distance and only lasted six months. I'd never liked anyone that much before and it was crazy for me! But I guess that was just the beginning...the next four years proved to be very interesting as well.
I'm seventeen and I am a senior =) Romantically speaking... I get attached easy. Never worked out to be friends with a guy after a breakup till the guy who just recently broke up with me - not meanly - and were still really good friends. So maybe I'm growing up or something. I don't think I'm romantically challenged - unless you count that i seem to find the guys that like me at summer camp - guys who live at LEAST four hours away >_<
This is a very good topic indeed..leads me to think how naive and cute i used to be...
i was this chubby chinese girl with glasses (still chubby with glasses) in Ohio doing an exchange program. I was obsessed with white boys with strong arms and hairy chests..hehe..but i never tried or wanted to sleep with any...I was in love with a chubby jewish guy but i heard that he was homo...and i missed prom ><
missing prom was 1 of my biggest regrets in my life!!!!!!! ><
At school I was pretty much invisible. I was really shy and when a guy whom I had a crush on my freshman year (he was a college sophomore at the moment), gave me the time of day, made me feel wanted, like I wasn't just a part of the the walls, I didn't think he would just use me. When I graduated he didn't go to my graduation. A few weeks later I found out that he was cheating on me. It broke my heart. I broke up with him the day of my graduation party and he just sat there watching me getting friendly with my next boyfriend.
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I was desperately in love with a guy who ignored my presence most of the time. Not a very fun time in my romantic development.
Although I was tame by standards these days, some of the things I did back then have had lasting effects on the rest of my life. When I look back on my life, I can see a definite fork in the road at that age... and I took a turn nobody wanted for me. However, I can't say I truly regret any of it. But there are some desired experiences I missed out on because I screwed around too much and with the wrong crowd. And those are the least of the consequences. Back then it was all fun, and I had no idea to what degree my choices were affecting the course of my life.
I was in a very serious relationship when I was a senior, but I was having major commitment issues because he had left for college and was a few hours away, and I was preparing to leave for college and meet new people and I wasn't sure I wanted to be tied down during that.
Seventeen:
She wrapped her fingers around mine, and let her fragile hand become enclosed in mine. Neither of us sighed. Neither of us spoke. We just stared out across the lonely cityscape from our hill. Two and a half years ago, in a different time, we stood in this same spot giggling and laughing, having our first dance as innocent children whose lives were just about to spill over into hell.
I put two cigarettes between my lips, and lit them both at the same time. The light from the flame illuminated her face for a moment, the orange light almost giving the illusion that she was still alive. She reached over and took one of the cigarettes from my lips and put it between hers.
I glanced over at her, staring straight out into the night, her eyes so dead that they couldn't even cry anymore. Her eyes had gone from that rich sapphire blue two and a half years ago to nearly ice blue now. Her hair, having once been such a vibrant, soft honey blond; was now straw-like and sickly like the setting moon. Her cheeks were sunken now, and she had permanent dark circles around her eyes. A permanent bruise near her ear that would not heal where her last boyfriend punched her had stained her pale skin in a heart-shaped purple splotch.
She folded her fingers deeper into mine, and leaned up against me.
I had become as dead as she was. I had lost the capacity to love. The simple word of "Love" itself already died and went away. I could barely feel the sensation of her in my arms or of her lips and tongue on my chest. The only thing I could feel was her burning cigarette on my skin, temporarily relieving a deeper pain of un-love.
I stroked my fingers and palm gently over the skin of her exposed shoulder blades, over her spine and down her back.
I let her kiss me.
I never told her how I felt.
... I was completely enamored with a teacher my senior year. Of course nothing happened, I was definitely not the kind of girl to go about doing something about it! ... I definitely don't miss that aspect of high school, heh.
I was among the generally noticable kids my senior year in high school. And, believe it or not, I played 2 musical instruments in concert and marching band, was on the varsity volleyball team (libero), and I used to play soccer. However, I was in the middle of my first serious relationship (it lasted 3 years 4 months) and I never had to ask anyone for a date. She found me during sophomore year and it worked out well (despite that she was about half an hour drive away).
Now, going into my 4th year in college (but not my last), I have problems engaging people to dates since I was tossed right into it. I have only took about 3 - 4 girls to lunch or dinner and they all yielded the same results, even though I am good to close friends with 75% of them now. But, it's a learning process.
I was horny, lonely, and rejected. I think that sums up most of my life from 11 years old to 18. But now I got me a good guy, and it's kind of like karma cuz nobody else gets to have him but me. =)
i always had crushes but never did anything about them. well coming from an asian family i wasn't allowed to date in high school anyway, and i actually listened to my parents and didn't date! but that all changed by the second week of college.
I was deeply in love with my then-boyfriend.
He's still my boyfriend.
I'm still deeply in love with him.
I was in the middle of my first serious relationship. I was worried about what would happen when we both went off to separate colleges (we lasted another year and a half once we got into college). I was definitely a lot more clingy with that boyfriend than I am now. It's strange how codependent I used to be in high school.
i really wasn't looking for a guy but senior year I was committed to this guy a couple of states away who I met a couple summers prior. We talked daily for like a year (we talked for longer than that tho) and we confessed our feelings for each other Christmas of my senior year. He wanted to begin a relationship but I was uneasy about a ldr. He was a freshman in college at the time. He came down to visit for my graduation and we began dating, and during that summer I flew up to visit him and his fam. I ended up going to the same school (no, I didn't go for him, but I felt familiar with the school because of him). He was the first and only guy to ever break my heart. I didn't know until after he broke up with me that I loved him like I did (I was kind of cynical about love). It took me what seemed forever to get over him but i did. Now I have someone who loves me back and it's awesome! :)
I had a boyfriend who went to a different school who had no car or job. We were both too selfish at the time and after prom, we just stopped talking.
I was young and stupid and madly in love with this guy...and a year later, that guy became my boyfreind and we dated for awhile after that. But I was very codependent at 17. I was also very idealistic and romantically optimistic. I am not like that anymore
i'm 17 now and about to start my senior year. i'm pretty sure i won't have a love life just like the past 3 years. i haven't even had a real crush on a guy since my freshman year. there's just no one here that interests me. that's why i can't wait till college. hahaha
Hm. I'm 16, will be 17 on the 23rd of August... as well a senior come September.
I'll probably still be single. Eh.
figuring out how NOT to be in a relationship. senior year should be all about fun right?
so how do i keep a guy interested without being too involved?
At 17 I was in the middle of my 3 year epic romance that would come to define the way I view love, people, and the world. About a year and a half later I would be homeless, friendless, and disenchanted, all thanks to this girl.
I'll be seventeen next week, starting my senior year simultaneously.
yep, on my birthday lol
but i'm excited about it. Its all i've been waiting for up to now, and i intend to make the very best out of it.
I couldn't tell you where i fit in as far as the categories go though, i'm not ur average 17 year old.
But i pray to God that i'm not single. I've got a great thing going now with this guy i met at my school that i'm practically engaged to and i love him so much, but the military makes things difficult. so we'll see how this one goes.
Haha, I am 17 now...and I'm a music snob / literature geek...which works out well for since I only like other music snobs and geeks. To add to that, I don't look bad at all, so I'm actually not romantically challenged at all.
I had two boyfriends and one hookup throughout the course of that crazy year. I loved every minute of it until my first love [the 2nd boyfriend] dumped me on the phone 3 days before my senior prom.
I had just gotten over this guy I was completely in love with and met someone else who I had a lot more in common with. A year later, he became my boyfriend... and we're still dating :)
I was WAY too excited to start college when I turned 18. I LOVED boys and was very flirtatious, but wasn't interested in anyone I knew at the time, especially not anyone I went to school with. I was the typical overprotected kid who went on a college visit and did everything I'd always wanted to do that I wasn''t able to do at home: stay up disgustingly late, go to parties and dance like mad, and go absolutely, shamelessly boy-crazy. That was how I got into my first intense relationship, even though it was long-distance and only lasted six months. I'd never liked anyone that much before and it was crazy for me! But I guess that was just the beginning...the next four years proved to be very interesting as well.
I'm seventeen and I am a senior =) Romantically speaking... I get attached easy. Never worked out to be friends with a guy after a breakup till the guy who just recently broke up with me - not meanly - and were still really good friends. So maybe I'm growing up or something.
I don't think I'm romantically challenged - unless you count that i seem to find the guys that like me at summer camp - guys who live at LEAST four hours away >_<
This is a very good topic indeed..leads me to think how naive and cute i used to be...
i was this chubby chinese girl with glasses (still chubby with glasses) in Ohio doing an exchange program. I was obsessed with white boys with strong arms and hairy chests..hehe..but i never tried or wanted to sleep with any...I was in love with a chubby jewish guy but i heard that he was homo...and i missed prom ><
missing prom was 1 of my biggest regrets in my life!!!!!!! ><
At school I was pretty much invisible. I was really shy and when a guy whom I had a crush on my freshman year (he was a college sophomore at the moment), gave me the time of day, made me feel wanted, like I wasn't just a part of the the walls, I didn't think he would just use me. When I graduated he didn't go to my graduation. A few weeks later I found out that he was cheating on me. It broke my heart. I broke up with him the day of my graduation party and he just sat there watching me getting friendly with my next boyfriend.