5 Things I Miss About My Teen Years

It's time to linkup with the Lifestyle Sistas again, and our topic this week is 5 Things I Miss About My Teens.  I was a teenager during the 80's, and there are lots of things that really should stay there - the hair, the fashion, Milli Vanilli.  Here's what I do miss though....

--John Hughes' movies.  Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, and my very favorite, Sixteen Candles.  This movie came out during my Junior year of high school, and I used to pretend that I was Molly Ringwald - except no one actually forgot my birthday and Anthony Michael Hall wasn't trying to get my underwear.  John Hughes was the master at capturing the 80's teen experience, and I really miss his storytelling.

--Being able to eat anything I wanted and still weighing 100 pounds.  Enough said.

--Not having to carry a cell phone.  Our electronic devices definitely have their place, and I wouldn't know what to do without mine today.  But it was so nice to leave the house and be completely free.  Can you imagine lugging one of these around?

--MTV.  I love music and I still really enjoy music videos.  Back in 1981 when MTV debuted, they showed music videos all the time.  I remember having slumber parties in my parents basement with my friends and watching hours and hours of MTV.  It was glorious.

--Scott Baio.  No discussion of my teen years would be complete without mentioning Scott - my first celebrity crush.  One Saturday my best friend and I spent hours papering my room with pictures of him from Teen Beat magazine.  I was so happy - until my mom came in and made me take them all down.  Sigh.  By the way, I still think he's a cutie. First crushes die hard.

I hope you'll link up below, or join us in two weeks for our 5 Fitness Tidbits.

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