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b_b  ·  4288 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Slut-Shaming on the Playground

I made out with a girl at the bus stop when I was 12. For what it's worth, I was shamed for it (I'm a male) by a teacher who witnessed it. That teacher bitched her head off at me, but it was quite impossible to wipe the smile off my face (not that I've ever been one to really care about getting bitched at, but still, I don't usually find it amusing). I made out with a girl for the first time, and it was perfectly harmless. Still to this day (being an adult myself by now), I have no idea why that pisses adults off so bad. It's part of growing up, and when you're teen angsty, and life sucks, there's not much that can make you feel worth something quite like the attention of a young lady.