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    17 "Secret Life Of The American Teenager" Scenes That Make Me Wonder Why I Was Allowed To Watch This

    "So now I'm focused on being a surgeon, as a way to not think about not being a virgin."

    1. First, when Amy called herself a whore and Ben attempted to comfort her by calling her his whore.

    Amy: "I am such a whore," Ben: "well you're my whore"
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    2. When Adrian dated her stepbrother and went around casually saying stuff like this.

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    Same, Mr. Molina, same.

    3. When Ben and Amy got "married" in the living room with fake IDs.

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    4. When Grace sincerely believed that she caused her father's death by having sex with Jack.

    Grace to her mom: "Dad had a horrible death because I had incredible sex"
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    5. When Amy was in labor and asked her mom if they were sure she had a birth canal.

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    We don't give Molly Ringwald enough credit for her facial expressions on this show.

    6. When Grace tried to get the girls to stop having sex by encouraging them to masturbate instead, which apparently nobody had ever heard of...

    Grace says she recommends masturbation but wants to call it something else because it sounds too icky
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    7. ...and then literally turned it into a whole campaign called "Just Say Me."

    posters all around the school labeled "Just say me"
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    8. When everyone strangely insisted that Bologna, Italy, was known for oral sex.

    Ashley asks what's wrong with Bologna and George snickers
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    Okay, I googled this and cannot find ANY evidence that this a thing.

    9. When Ben really thought this was a good clapback.

    Ben tries to one-up Ricky by bragging that he's in driver's ed
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    10. When Grace read this completely serious poem in front of all her friends.

    Grace reads a poem called "I'm sorry Jesus, but I had sex"
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    HOW IS THIS A REAL SCENE??

    11. When Ben told Amy about Adrian's pregnancy in, like, the least tactful way possible.

    Amy kisses Ben and he blurts out that Adrian is pregnant with his baby
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    12. When this was an actual line that came out of a teenage character's mouth.

    Grace: "I know it's unorthodox for me to be going out with a guy who's having a baby with my best friend, but if that's what I wanna do, then that's what I wanna do"
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    13. When Amy and Ricky had this totally not awkward exchange.

    Amy says she loves Ricky like a brother and the father of her baby she doesn't want to be with
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    14. When Griffin bravely shared this very specific story.

    Griffin says he got beat up 57 times in elementary school for having a crush on Al Gore
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    15. When everyone casually performed a flash mob of "Marry You" in the school hallway, complete with cutouts of Ricky's face.

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    16. When George walked in on Amy and Ricky having a very intimate moment.

    Amy tells Ricky she's going to change into lingerie and get into bed with him, not realizing her dad is standing there listening
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    Tag yourself — I'm the dog.

    17. And finally, anytime the parents and kids just candidly talked about sex at the dinner table like this, aka every freaking episode.

    During dinner George says neither Ashley or Amy are ready to have sex and won't be for a long time
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    Secret Life...you were truly something else.

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