Rewind·Posted on Mar 30, 201523 Things Everyone Who Was Awkward In Middle School Knows To Be TrueIt was a dark time.by Arianna ReboliniBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. The popular kids either teased or fully ignored you. 2. But you and your equally awkward friends were convinced you were ~really~ into the cool stuff. 3. Speaking of friends: You might not have had a lot, but the friends you did have are friends for life. rightingteacher @rightingteacher Good to have friends from middle school to remind you of those awkward days. 01:33 AM - 22 May 2013 Reply Retweet Favorite 4. You had some...niche interests, about which you were VERY enthusiastic. View this post on 5. And you may have held on to your childhood hobbies for longer than your peers. View this post on 6. Gym class was the bane of your existence. 7. You begged your mom to let you follow fashion trends, but they never seemed to look totally right. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 8. You may have spent your free time with your nose in a book. EverAfter Romance @EverAftereBooks Remember when... #bookloverproblems #readingmatters #oldschool #Bookish 10:58 PM - 29 Mar 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 9. And dances were...not great. 10. The closest thing you had to romance was this. View this photo on Instagram 11. Because you didn't really know how to handle crushes. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 12. Your journal entries still make you cringe. Eric Yovanovich @_eyovan Found my journal from middle school. Here's the first page. Guess I thought I was a badass or something. 01:45 AM - 05 Jan 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 13. Being left alone with a grown-up was your worst nightmare. Fernando @walmartbathroom Being taken home by your friend's dad in awkward silence describes my middle school experience 05:13 AM - 17 Feb 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 14. Your definition of a cool Halloween costume didn't always line up with everyone else's. Allene Michaels @AemAllene I took "awkward middle schooler" to a whole new extreme 03:32 AM - 05 May 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 15. Any event that put you in the center of attention was awkward for ALL involved. View this photo on Instagram 16. You never missed out on what you were certain was an AWESOME photo op. View this photo on Instagram 17. You were either blissfully aware of your awkwardness while you were in it... Justin @justinnlopez I thought I was cool in middle school, but myspace begs to differ. #thanksobama #thanksmyspace #cringe 08:56 AM - 13 Mar 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 18. Or you were counting the days until you were free. View this post on 19. And, now that you've survived it, you like to give messages of hope to the youth of today. Katrina Larkin @klarkin13 I wish I could show this to every awkward middle schooler and tell them "there's hope for everyone" 04:42 AM - 19 Feb 2013 Reply Retweet Favorite 20. This is the worst insult you could ever imagine. View this post on 21. And this gives you great satisfaction. Kenya Parker @kenyattaaa In middle school I was called big forehead, big nose, no shape and a nerd. No anymore 01:09 PM - 31 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 22. You're wary of anyone who insists they skipped right past those awkward years. vane @VAlvizo you're lying if you say you never went through an awkward phase 11:34 PM - 21 Feb 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 23. Because you know you had to be awkward to become awesome. j-eggz @jen_eighme8034 If you didn't have that awkward middle school phase like me, I don't trust you and we can't be friends 06:02 PM - 26 Mar 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite