So it was my little sisters prom last night (and she looked very beautiful )

It has made me all nostalgic and it got me thinking about how much I hated school, I was a complete ugly duckling/geek with no friends and I was constanly bullied

I was so glad to leave, and the years that followed were the best of my life! I just can't get over the fact that I left 8 years ago, that's like a third of my lifetime, and boy has it flown!!

Even though I met my (now) husband seven years ago, left home four years ago and bought my own house and car, I have job with a lot of responsibility and have had more drama in my life than a soap opera I still don't feel like a 'grown-up'

So my question is what do you remember about school and leaving?

And also when did you actually feel like a 'grown-up', if at all?

Firstly Louise I'm 48 and still don't feel grown up
School was the founding of my musical taste, all the guys swapping records, reading Sounds and Kerrang and going to gigs together pretty much shaped my main musical taste for rock. I was pretty much an average student, only doing well in History and Art (funny that), but pretty much didn't mind school on the whole.
Leaving my 'gang' of mates was a harder wrench than school itself, pretty much because I started DJ-ing and entered a whole different phase of friends and music, which I enjoyed but missed my mates pretty much. Then I discovered the fact that girls and dealers love the DJ at a club so that took care of the next 10 years

Sounds like some fun times, especially the dj-ing years

It was college where I made my friends, they are like family to me and can't imagine my life without them

I have two books I seriously intend to finish, a children's book and one from the DJ era. I have so many great tales and story's from those days.
We once went back to a friends flat after a Friday night at the club and a girl there introduced me to her friend and said this is the singer P.P.Arnold, being slightly pissed I said "yeah, sure you are, sing us 'The First Cut is The Deepest' then. She promptly stood up and sang the whole song acapella in the most beautiful and note perfect voice I have EVER heard. She sat down and said " Believe me now?".....

Wow!!

Dont beleave him Louise that he is 48 that is so pants...................But I hated school too but I will always remember pulling a moonie to all my mates at the top of the Eiffel Tower when I was 13

Paris .....such a beautiful city ....Such class Sizzler ....

I alway used to skip lessons, one time the scary p.e teacher came into girls loos and stuck her head under my cubicle door to find me standing on the loo seat so she couldn't see my feet! got in big trouble that day

I'd often go to a lesson have the teacher not know who I was 'cos I didn't ever turn up

Oh I have to ask...does Sixx feel like a 'grown-up'???

Dont ask silly questions Louise .......