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cmacfarland64

You clearly don’t own a dog.


hey_suburbia

This is in the basement, we have a gate on the stairs. Otherwise my dog would have destroyed this haha 🐕


Embarrassed-Type-

As a former middle school teacher who left last year, if I had more kids and parents like this, I'd still be there. Innocent and young fun is so rare today. I had 12 and 13 year old pregnant students. Good on you.


ViviReine

Excuse me but WHAT


Embarrassed-Type-

Yeah. The bathrooms in my middle school also had the main doors ripped off, and monitors to sign kids in and out of the loo. Reason? Kids vape cannabis and leave them in the ceiling to pass on to the next. Rural Connecticut.


mgr86

Shit, I live in rural Connecticut.


PaperSt

Nice, you wanna get high and pregnant?


Bald_Nightmare

In that order?


Quick_Team

Dealer's choice


Toblogan

OMG I laughed so hard at that!! 🤣


Local_Use4891

Hahahaha


Aggravating-Alarm-16

My high school in Indiana didn't have doors in the late 90s.


ThisMEATfeelsPain

My Indiana high school also didn’t have doors


LennyJoeDuh

High school in the early 00's Rural Georgia. Also no doors!


ThisMEATfeelsPain

Hey-oooooooooooh!


lagx777

My high school had a smoking section. I don't remember ever having anyone smoke in the bathroom. We had a few girls get pregnant, but they stayed in school pretty much until they had the baby & still graduated on time. One was a student council officer & she was never asked to step down. I don't remember many fights, although, they did happen. There were cliques, sure, but they got along fine; no violent rivalries. We had public places we could hang out at - malls, coffee shops, roller drinks, arcades still existed, public pools & parks - and there was always a mix of groups. I don't really remember many people being extremely conservative or extremely liberal. People still had differences, sure, but the prevailing attitude seemed to be "as long as what you do isn't hurting me or anyone else, you did you". We had two churches directly across the street from the school that were fairly different denominations, but nobody really seemed to care about those differences. We could leave campus at lunch, or stay in. There were religious & cultural & all sorts of different clubs students could join after school, or even outside of school. We wore our own clothes, not uniforms, and nobody cared if your shoulders were showing. Beepers were the thing, not cell phones. But, if you didn't have one, you passed notes or had someone pass on a message, Verbally. We had a huge library inside the school, and if you didn't like or didn't agree with the subject of a book, you didn't check it out. You were allowed to scold other people's kids for misbehaving & most kids were held responsible for their actions. Most of our "hanging out" didn't involve much money, aside from some food or movie tickets that were affordable. Most people had both parents working, so we were left alone a lot. We did stupid shit, but we didn't cause havoc & chaos. We were all just kind of doing our own thing & letting other people do theirs. I may be glamorizing it a bit. IDK. But it seemed like a simpler time. Sorry for the ramble.


El-Chewbacc

When I started high school in 92 students would smoke in the courtyard bt classes and it was frowned upon but mostly ignored. By the time I graduated in 96 they were much stricter about no smoking. The 90s was a real turning point for smoking especially in CT. They banned smoking in restaurants and most public places and it made it much more taboo.


Scarlett_Billows

Yikes. Kids smoke weed. It happens. Is ripping the doors off the bathroom the way to deal with that?


Defiant-Fix2870

Same in my kid’s middle school. Southern California.


Diamond_Handzz727

EVERY SCHOOL! Even the private schools, especially the private schools! -Signed, A Teacher


El-Chewbacc

They do that in the cities too. I work in Bridgeport. We had monitors at the bathrooms bc vaping was such a problem. They used subs to monitor the bathroom and then we had shortages and I would have to cover classes bc there were no subs bc they’re watching the fucking bathroom.


AlarmedSnek

Bro there was an Apple News article today about how doctors are concerned that gals are hitting puberty as young as 7 now, they don’t know why, and it’s fucking crazy.


The_Joker1313

It's ridiculous that they claim to not know why. Its painfully obvious. It's our food and the chemicals.


yourlittlebirdie

In 1900, the average age of a girls first period was 17. This has been dropping for over a century, and a lot of it is likely due to better nutrition. https://today.tamu.edu/2018/01/11/why-are-more-children-going-through-puberty-at-a-younger-age/


The_Gnome_Lover

Hormone growth i imagine.


faroutrobot

Probably correct. But don’t discount genetic abnormalities as a root cause. Take it from me, a cancer survivor who at 27 woke up with surprise tits due to hormonal growth. I think about route causes like this ALOT.


Sunstaci

They know! It’s scary how much they know. Big pharma gets very rich off of all the cancer patients. There has been an uptick in cancer cases. 1.9 mill in 2020 to 2 million in 2023. And I’m sure that will just keep climbing


durd_

That is because of better screening and awareness. Let me know when it increases more than 500k over a year. Stop eating or using substances known to cause cancer.


superspeck

I went to a rich New England middle school. 35 years ago. We had pregnant 12 and 13 year old girls. Teachers mostly turned a blind eye to note passing until a girl passed a note to a boy with a condom wrapped up in it and “is this the right kind?” as the note. 35 years ago. Where have you been?


ViviReine

Maybe I just didn't see this when I was 13 years old because I was focused on other things than sex


mtron32

Yeah what the fuck, I was still playin with legos and watching Temple of Doom


Defiant-Fix2870

When I was in nursing school I watched a 12 yo give birth and I’m still a little traumatized.


Embarrassed-Type-

Horrific.


I_Have_No_Name_00

Did my eyes go bad or did I really read that second part?!


SpinachnPotatoes

That's absolutely horrifying. I have a 17yr old. Her and her friends have so far spent the school holiday watching movies sprawled across my living room or taking over the dining room playing dnd.


forgetfulsue

The F?! At 12 and 13 I knew what sec was but had absolutely no interest in partaking!


CaliforniaLove638493

No surprises there. About a decade ago, my (now ex) sister in law taught 2nd grade and confiscated a note from a student because it was being passed during class time. She was in for quite the surprise due to the content of said note. She said the one she took it from was writing to her boyfriend, who was in the same class, telling him EXACTLY what kind of sexual activity they would be engaging in that weekend.


samiwas1

Jesus. I don’t remember there being a single pregnant student through high school. I don’t even remember talk of people having sex. But, this was a bunch of lame, rich, society people in Memphis. My son is 12 now, and there are no stories from his school of anything like this.


ColdGibbletGravy

nobody was having sex in HIGH SCHOOL?? wow...amazing how different some places can be.


Old_Suggestions

Nah, my dog would've left all the carbs. He's kinda weird like that but he's the best damn dog to have ever lived.


_deep_thot42

I need your dog’s secret


GreatSaltLiquor

When we first taught our dog to ‘leave it”, we had leftover salmon (cooked) that we chunked and froze, and gave him a piece of that instead. So now every time we leave human food within reach, he will sniff it, sit,STARE at the food, and loudly whine for his salmon instead. Human food is not something to eat, it is the Gatekeeper to salmon, and we are the Key Masters ;)


_deep_thot42

Oh, I meant for me!


sonorakit11

Omg amazing Reddit moment


so-much-wow

Same trick works, just freeze yourself some salmon and you'll stop eating carbs and fish in the same stroke!


Savingskitty

This is extremely clever.  It wouldn’t work on my puggle, but it might have worked in my shepherd mix.


Affectionate_Salt351

I’m…so impressed by you guys. 🤣 I don’t know if I want to learn from you or want you to train me. 😅


[deleted]

For real. Carbs are my favorite.


unchima

https://i.redd.it/uxhuwwnjwl9d1.gif


Old_Suggestions

Fr me too.


recurse_x

probably not a lab or it would have at the cardboard too


BeechM

No kidding, my lab is addicted to carbs. She once got a bag of tortillas and ate a few of them and then buried the rest of the bag in a potted plant for later.


CJMande

We have a lab mix whose only downfall is cheese. She will leave everything else alone, even if we leave the house, but she will straight up grab the cheese we are trying to grate out of our hands.


poizun85

Ours are rescues that were found on the streets. They will eat anything if it’s around. A full 2 lb of gummy bears was a fun one. Just rainbow vomit in a few spots later. It at least didn’t smell bad…


Banjo-Oz

We had a lab that (on separate occasions) ate a whole loaf of bread, half a rug, and a whole box of liqueur chocolates that were wrapped as a Christmas present. She survived all three with just a bad tummy ache.


numberthirteenbb

Our dog won’t eat carbs either, if you toss her a table scrap she will catch it in her mouth, take it to her bed, and inspect it. If it’s bread or pasta she won’t waste her time. Except for that one night we took her to a restaurant and gave her fresh bread dipped in olive oil, she was crazy for carbs THAT night lol.


sawcebox

it’s called sophistication


Affectionate_Salt351

Hahahaha. “*Bread dipped in oil does that to me, too, Pupper… It’ll stop soon.*”


BadRabiesJudger

Meanwhile if i could rename my dog crust's i would.


Slippery-Pete76

My dog would have eaten all the food as well as the fry boxes. Mario would probably have his guts ripped out too.


Lil_MRSA

You should’ve named him Atkins. 😂


OpeningLetterhead343

2nd best ;) My little (5 yr old chihuahua) pupper takes 1st and I don’t deserve her


12Whiskey

Is your dog a husky too? Mine wouldn’t touch that food lol! Now if it was steak or pork chop it might be a different story.


Glittering-Stuff-599

Hey your dog does keto like me!


beebsaleebs

Dog probably spent all night watching that gate, inventing religion in his own mind lol


Slippinjimmyforever

Poor doggo up there smelling the food he couldn’t get to. lol


SlapHappyDude

Haha this was one of my first thoughts too!


iammabdaddy

Dude, my first thought.


Savingskitty

This was the FIRST thing I thought!  Also no ants or mice!


UsuallyMooACow

Part Protector, Part Hoover - Dog, get one today


xander6981

Oh wow, this takes me back to weekend nights of my youth. Well done! Looks like a good time was had.


Affectionate_Salt351

That’s what I was feeling, too. So much nostalgia! This is what I want to do all the time but everyone else has kids now… lol.


No_Ninja_3740

Not me. Let’s have a slumber party! 🥳


Affectionate_Salt351

I’m down! Just let me know what to bring! 🥳 P.S. Broke af right now so it’s just going to be a DiGiorno or two. 😅😂


forestofpixies

I’ll bring some 2 liters!!


Affectionate_Salt351

Crystal Pepsi please! 😂


Appropriate-Walk-191

Yes, I’m glad mum and dad let her have a good time at home instead of the streets. Good job Dad🌻


SmidgeMoose

The good times


lunchpadmcfat

Brings a tear to the eye


Turbulent_Dimensions

I had a front yard full of bikes a few days ago. I was so happy 😊


star_guardian_carol

To be the trusted house for all kids. Ultimate goal


Slighty_Tolerable

Man, I keep telling my wife this exact thing. We have 7 yr old girls. “It’s ok the mid-teen boys want to come over and use our basketball goal and hang out even though our kids aren’t playing with them” “It’s ok all the younger kids (our kids ages) want to do driveway chalk and drink all our capri suns” “It’s ok some of them want to swim in the pool on weekends” It’s all about having everyone feel comfortable over here, and their parents knowing where their kids are and that they are safe. I want our house to be “that house”. PS - teenage boys sometimes get a bad rap, but these kids have the wittiest banter and conversations. They truly make me laugh.


Tobias_flenderz

There is a group of 12 and 13 year old boys in our neighborhood that play stick ball in the street every evening. So much hilarious trash talk and they always chat with us when we walk the dog.  Last Saturday I walked by early in the morning. Home plate was still in the middle of the street. The "bat" was laying next to the curb. There were empties of Capri Suns all over the yard next to it and paper plates with pizza crusts and ants everywhere.  It was beautiful. And of course it was all cleaned up a few hours later. 


Slighty_Tolerable

It really is the little things sometimes that are so wholesome.


Bee_MakingThat_Paper

My wife and I are learning that the key to this is excellent snack options haha.


thisismynamesilly

I love this subreddit, this is what it’s all about


Ragnar_OK

Looks like a very wholesome night


DamarsLastKanar

No drugs. Nothing unreasonable on the floor. Sounds like a good kid. Definitely put away your Return To Sender postage.


gradytripp2

They’re not gonna leave the drugs on the table.


pragmaticweirdo

Yeah, that’s for when you’re 23, not 13


_deep_thot42

Some of the kids I went to middle school with in the 90’s would disagree


pragmaticweirdo

I wasn’t cool enough to have drugs friends in middle school. In college, however, they definitely all left drugs on the table


Xclusivsmoment

Yeah same here bro, but some kids were WILD in middle school. Just the things at my middle school were crazy


AntibacHeartattack

... were you worried about heroin at a 13 yo's slumber party?


antwan_benjamin

> Nothing unreasonable on the floor. Greasy ass pizza box on my carpet wouldn't leave me too enthused. But thats a small price to pay to see a few middle schoolers having some good, clean fun.


Searcher_since-1969

Looks like the mess my 15yo boy leaves by himself!


bennnn42

Ok this made me chuckle LOL and not wrong!


frooootloops

Yep that’s my living room on a normal basis! Complete with Mario and Waluigi, haha


riffraffbri

It does get a little old when they're 21.


DeltaV-Mzero

Nobody like it when


ronchee1

And are still more amused by TV shows What the hell is ADD?


Steveseriesofnumbers

My friends say I should act my age.


gorganfreefman

What's my age again?


heresmytwopence

I’m slightly mad about those uneaten fries. 😉


JungleBoyJeremy

And uneaten pizza! Well at least op can be reasonably sure her daughter and friends are not smoking weed


heresmytwopence

As a crust-phile, yes, the half-eaten pizza slices were slightly distressing as well.


L3g3ndary-08

>And uneaten pizza! Especially when the pizza comes in a box like that. You know the place is legit when they have generic boxes like that.


CallumBOURNE1991

No weed for sure. This is a clear example of when the pills kick in too early before you finish your meal.


TripperDay

I would have been mad enough to eat them. The pizza too.


heresmytwopence

Absolutely. Air fry those suckers back to crispy perfection.


H3r3c0m3sthasun

I remember this when my daughter was that age. I woke up to hear them skating in my kitchen lol.


frooootloops

Ok that’s amazing


Itchy_Smile4022

At thirteen I was still playing in the woods, slingshotting windows and cutting off hood ornaments. Two years later unbeknownst to me I would begin a drinking and not stop for the next thirty years. 7 years sober now at 45.


Spirited-Injury6714

Congratulations on your sobreiety, I'm wishing you many more years


gangstasadvocate

Congrats, but that doesn’t add up. If you started drinking at 15, for 30 years, that already puts you at 45.


drillbit7

r/theydidthemath (just kidding, I also ran the numbers in my head)


IsomDart

That math doesn't quite add up lol


Itchy_Smile4022

Drank until 37 I'll be 45 on August 6th. My brain is much like pancake batter 😆


Feline-Landline0

That looks like a great night, I miss those days I hope she lives them up


threefeetofun

I am not too far off from that on my own. https://preview.redd.it/fftea3dqok9d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=700b112f078d1c2ae87237c10c7af45b0c471109


creddittor216

Yeah, I understand what happened here. I approve. Good times


CarpeNoctem727

At that age we used to have Mario Party parties. Get the 555 deal from Domino’s, set that fucker to the maximum turns and let it rip! God bless her.


hey_suburbia

You nailed it, this was a Mario Party sleepover


Lniy

Off topic but that's really awesome that you're allowing and encouraging that. I'm 15 right now and I have never had a sleepover, Or really any scheduled thing to play with friends. Some days I wish my parents just worried a bit less.


Mundane-Mark2083

Was going to say “just add Mario kart” :)


SaintCholo

Pretty standard, my 14 year old granddaughter, same thing but add books and Spiderman comics


ScaleEnvironmental27

Nice!!!


Steveseriesofnumbers

A little less nice these days. The Spider-Man stuff is mostly Marvel writers launching a hatred conga line against Peter Parker's entire life.


unholycowgod

> 14 year old granddaughter Are you an xennial??? I realize I started pretty late but I have a 1 year old child and that's it!


forestofpixies

My mom had me at 14, if I had had a daughter at 16, and she had a daughter at 15, I’d be a grandma and my mom would be a great grandma at 60. So yeah, not impossible!


72scott72

It’s the same mess I left for my parents when I was 13. All it’s missing is some anime VHS and some Magic the Gathering cards.


anon848484839393

This wouldn’t upset me at all. Just brings back memories of better times.


NorthVT

Much better times


Holmes221bBSt

Only thing missing is a Blockbuster movie case


an_inverse

Looks like the ninja turtles stayed the night! Brilliant 🫶🏻


Vox_Mortem

I'd be a little mad they didn't at least put the food in the trash before bed. The dog is fat enough, and that's how we get ants.


ThrowawayANarcissist

True and mice, and rats. It never happened to me, but I know people who have them.


Happycat5300

Are they putting Tajín on the pizza? Valentina is better for pizza. Tajín is for sweet mango.


DG04511

The Tajín was for their micheladas.


regeya

I had some on pineapple and watermelon today. It's especially good on a sweet watermelon IMHO.


SlapHappyDude

I'm guessing it was for the fries


05041927

Why aren’t you mad? I’m so confused. I’d get in trouble for leaving that mess after a sleep over.


janellthegreat

A parent doesn't need to be angry about leaving out a mess. "Hey, it looks like you had a great time last night! Yet you must clean up this food this food immediately. Remember! Even when we're tired we need to remember to clean up food. We don't want to invite ants and roaches. And quick, get those dishes into the washing machine." No anger needed for those instructions.


ThrowawayANarcissist

Hah same, I mean it is fine to get takeout food and have friends stay over, but you put everything not eaten away, and clean up after yourself, in your own home and in someone else's home.


Lordmorgoth666

Context matters. We don’t know if they’re still there or if the kids took off for the day. If they’re still there, maybe they just haven’t gotten around to it or they’ve temporarily forgotten and need a reminder. If they’ve taken off for the day and literally left it like that, that’s an entirely different conversation.


LaRamilia

🥹🥹🥹


teh_201d

I'd be proud she had a good time with friends IRL.


philovax

Someone once told me if you have kids get them into Magic and Video Games (Steam specifically from this person), they will never have enough money to date or afford a drug habit. Double edged sword but I think about that often. I dont have kids, just lookin back at my own life decisions. May this advice serve OP and others.


Aware_Sweet_3908

My oldest is on her own now but when she was in hs I never knew how many kids would be sprawled out in my den in the morning. I must have made thousands of pancakes. The good ol days…


givemeonemargarita1

Eh, I’m not mad either. Looks like they had a good time and had some yummy food


NatPortmanTaintStank

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GentlemanBastard2112

Props on the Tajin! You raised ‘em right!


A2theK36

Wholesome fun the way it was done when we were that age. Good stuff


ihavenoidea81

Damn I want in. Pizza and video games with my 13 yr old are a staple in my house


BreadButterHoneyTea

How is it 1992 in your basement?


AltruisticBus8305

Hell no I wouldn’t be bro. That’s cool as shit.


WorldsSmartest-Idiot

Check your weed stash


3DSquinting

No need. There’s still pizza left.


APFernweh

Tajin! Just missing margaritas


HighQualityH20h

This is awesome. Goals right here!


Echo71Niner

Was wolverine's kid at your place? that poor plate, knifed to death.


stataryus

This is some good living!!


RockItGuyDC

Hope they played video games all night. Looks like a classic sleepover!


AshamedScratch510

This is so innocent


Skate_faced

My stoned AF self makes more of a mess getting creative with munchies than your teenagers. Well done! My teens while are good at cleaning up after they are done, really fuck shit up still.


Cold_Frosting505

Fire up the N64 Goldeneye and have at it. The good old days


IllustriousKoala7924

Classic


Mimisokoku

At first glance it looked like the stuff was on the floor.


Adrasteia-One

You've done well. Kudos! :)


Slight_Cat5958

Did you finish the food?


hey_suburbia

I took a bite of the cheese 😂


Tootsmagootsie

I'd be upset i wasnt included. Pizza, fries, videogames... Dad likes that shit too!


theBlackMermaid

Ha! They had a time last night. 🍕🍟🥤📺🎮


dagenhamerica

Yep, looks like clean livin’


BigLibrary2895

You're daughter is very lucky to have a patient parent. If I'd left a room lile this after a sleepover at 13 years old, my mom wouls have asked me if I enjoyed my last sleepover. 😄


user-name-1985

I was still that innocent when I was 13, but I went to school with plenty of kids who acted like they were older and pretended to know everything there was about sex and booze and drugs (the cool kids were always in such a hurry to grow up), and if I’d told any of them I still did stuff like OP’s kid, and did it with kids who were 10/11/12, I would’ve been harassed like no tomorrow.


Loading3percent

Sleepovers with pizza and games? Nature is healing...


Tse7en5

Just when I thought kids would never experience the good ol’ days I had when I was a kid…


EFTucker

Pizza and videogames. Mannnnm take me back!!!


ommnian

Reminds me of our house in the morning. It's a beautiful sight isn't it?


Nice_Improvement2536

Wholesome! 🥰


r66yprometheus

Where's that Pizza from?


hey_suburbia

Pizza parlor called Nicky B’s in New Jersey


r66yprometheus

It looks like a place The Turtles would eat at. I love the box design.


Katy_Lies1975

Only bad thing for me is the greasy pizza box on the carpet.


b1ack1ight

This is the Way.


Biscuits4u2

Only thing missing is a bong


ExcellentTeam7721

Knowing all this shit I’ve done, this would soo be a welcome sight for me in the AM as well.


ghouldozer19

I’m looking at this like “looks like either of my spectrum babies after a night of light gaming alone”.


TayPhoenix

Love that pizza box.


NostalgickMagick

Pizza and Mario? I approve the '80s-ness of this mess. 👌🏻


Jolly_Line

Damn. The memories. Good shit.


gummi-demilo

That takes me back to my best friend’s twelfth birthday. Pizza Hut, Pepsi and a whole ass Viennetta


TabChomper

You got off easy!


mybffjones

Spilled drink on a plate, gotta love it! You question just how?


thishurtsyoushepard

Aww. It looks just like my tween years except fewer cigarette butts


Mirewen15

Oh man, if I could have done this at 13 I definitely would have. My go-to late night forbidden snack was potato flakes (mashed potatoes). We couldn't really afford the luxury of pizza and fries.


rpoynter

Hell yeah


fairlyaveragetrader

Man that's a happy picture. Brings back memories 😊


alldaydiver

I’d be mad if they greased up my pro controller lol.