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21 Things We're Glad To Leave Behind From Our Awkward Stage

Every girl has struggled through at least one of these. The only good part about this list is that for most of us the awkward stage doesn’t last forever!

  1. Getting food stuck in braces 

  2. Having anxiety over which color combination to get for your braces

  3. Taking out your retainer before lunch

  4. Raccoon eyes a.k.a eyeliner on both top and bottom of eyelids 

  5. Figuring out how to discretely bring a tampon to the bathroom 

  6. Towering over your boy crush

  7. Acne that no amount of make up could cover, especially since you had no idea how to do your make up

  8. Battle wounds as a result of learning how to shave

  9. Caterpillar eyebrows

  10. Unavoidable underwear lines because all you owned were granny panties

  11. Having to rely on your parents for rides, mainly to the mall, movies and you’re friend’s house

  12. Having a chaperone at the mall, movies and at your friend’s house

  13. Having a boyfriend you never actually hung out with but being utterly heartbroken when your longest relationship ended a month later

  14. Picture day, you’re just thankful you can only see from the shoulders up

  15. Your wardrobe which included Juicy sweatsuits, Coach purses, and Uggs

  16. School dances, they might as well should have had one for guys and one for girls

  17. Accidentally forgetting to scribble out your notebook love doodles which included Mrs. (you’re crush’s name)

  18. Having to read out loud in class while simultaneously praying your face wasn’t turning bright red

  19. Constantly changing who your best friend of the week was

  20. Your hair which either had a poof at the top, was scrunched and some form of bangs 

  21. Baby fat even though you hope it’s still baby fat that you have to loose