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Originally Posted by Burning Down
Here's in me in 1996 at a friend's birthday party. I was 6, and was wearing an Alice in Wonderland dress with an ugly white sweater thing over it. My mom still has both pieces of clothing for some stupid reason.
And here's me in 2008, age 18. A really bad photo taken by my friend at the high school jazz band concert. It was poorly cropped by her too.
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Your style changed a lot, Burning Down!
I must say I prefer the more modern one, which is less like a little frilly confection. Speaking of which...
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Originally Posted by Dayvan Cowboy
1998: aged two. |
I echo all the "awwwww's," Dayvan. You look like an adorable cherub, reminding me of this one:
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Originally Posted by ThePhanastasio
Found an old baseball picture from when I was 7. I'm wearing the #8 jersey, and look absolutely *thrilled*. Being the only girl on the team was irritating. |
I can relate to the irritation, Phanastasio. When I was 8 or 9, I joined a city Parks and Recreation soccer team. I was the only girl on the team.
At least you got the same uniforms. I still remember the awkward feeling of being made to feel different from my teammates during practice, because when the coach separated the team into "shirts" and "skins" and picked two kids to start the selections, I knew what team I'd be stuck on. I felt humiliated to be treated differently, especially when I didn't *look* any different from the boys, which made the whole "girls have to wear shirts" law even stupider than it already was.
That was in the old days, though, back before adults came up with the novel idea of giving all kids those gender-neutral, stinky, sweaty red and green mesh jerseys to put on over their clothing.