14 Reasons Middle School Was The Most Awkward Time Of Your Life

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1. You had to deal with this torture device every second of every day.

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Say hello to Awkward Teen Smooching: Hard Mode.

2. And who decided you should have been able to choose your own clothes?

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Leg-warmers and arm-warmers? In the summer? You got this fashion thing figured out.

3. Because that love note you doodled in class almost always ended up in the wrong hands.

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Or did it? ;)

4. And there's no way you could ignore all the feels you had for that guy in your math class.

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Protip: If you stare at the back of your crush's head hard enough then they're guaranteed to fall in love with you.

5. Gym class was a social and physical nightmare.

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Let's not even get into the locker room situation.

No, seriously, let's actually never go into the locker rooms ever.

6. Not to mention your body was changing every single day, and it was kind of overwhelming.

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WHAT AM I.

7. Making new friends at lunch wasn't always the easiest.

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8. And when you read out loud in class, there was a 50/50 chance your voice would crack.

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9. Your yearbook picture captured that awkward teen smile FOREVER.

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Did you take it yet? You already took it?!

10. You made this face when someone asked you to the middle school dance.

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Wait wait wait wait wait. But really? For real for real?

11. And the dance itself was a social experiment in awkwardness.

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12. (And by the way, who invited your parents to chaperone??)

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13. Because no matter how well adjusted of a grownup you turn out to be...

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14. ...thinking about middle school will always make you feel like this:

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Every. Single. Time.