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debm55

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Sun Mar 8, 2026, 06:59 PM Sunday

Was there ever a time you got into mischief or trouble as a child? Edited to add, what did you do? Me I had a 5 year [View all]

old boy walk me home from Kindergarten. He kissed me at the side of the yard. I got beat with a broom all over my body. I was 5.

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5th. Eko Sunday #1
I don't understand, I edited my OP. debm55 Sunday #3
I plead the 5th. Eko Sunday #7
HAHAHAHAHAHHA, That's funny, Thank you for letting me know debm55 Sunday #11
Same here. OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #53
What day?😁 Lochloosa Sunday #2
Thank you very much Lochloosa. What did you do? debm55 Sunday #4
I'll take Elo's lead. Ill plead the 5th Lochloosa Sunday #17
I'll take Elo's lead. Ill plead the 5th Lochloosa Sunday #17
Bad decisions make for good stories OC375 Sunday #5
Thank you. OC375 debm55 Sunday #6
As a child no... as a teen every chance I got. Phoenix61 Sunday #8
Thank you for sharing with us. Phoenix61. It wasn't Penn State was it? debm55 Sunday #12
No, University of Florida.nt Phoenix61 Sunday #34
Just from your description I had guessed UF! lark Yesterday #60
Shoplifted a candy bar at Safeway when I was eleven.. Permanut Sunday #9
Thank you very much for sharing with us. Permanut. I fill sorry for you. debm55 Sunday #13
I still get into mischief as an adult! True Dough Sunday #10
Very true. TrueDough. debm55 Sunday #14
Too busy trying to get good grades, calimary Sunday #15
Me too, calimary, Me too. debm55 Sunday #19
I was in Catholic school for 12 years and the oldest of 6 kids. Ritabert Sunday #16
Thank you very much , Ritabert. for sharing. I went to Catholic school for 8 years. Family moved to the suburbs and went debm55 Sunday #20
So you've been there. 🙂 Ritabert Sunday #22
Yes, I I went to Catholic school in a mill town outside of Pittsburgh, debm55 Sunday #24
I would just leave school if I wanted to. Mister Ed Sunday #21
That's very intersting. Thank you Mister Ed. debm55 Sunday #26
I was a similar sort. Fortunately I generally liked school until the seventh grade. hunter 13 hrs ago #65
Hmmmm. Punishments. Not too many, or too severe. Mister Ed 13 hrs ago #66
My Mother brought me a toy gun at a second hand store because I was into cowboys and Indians for a time. kimbutgar Sunday #23
Oh my. Glad it was a toy gun debm55 Sunday #28
I, of course, was a perfect child; well behaved in every respect. rsdsharp Sunday #25
Oh you, It wasn't you was it? debm55 Sunday #29
It wasn't? I mean. . . Why no, of course not! rsdsharp Sunday #40
Good to hear, rsdsharp. I was afraid it was you. debm55 Sunday #41
Suspended from school once MaryMagdaline Sunday #27
Thank you very much for sharing with us. My HS had a patio where kids could smoke. debm55 Sunday #30
Ours, too! Beginning in 8th grade MaryMagdaline Sunday #33
Wow. ours was in 10th,11th and 12th grade. debm55 Sunday #35
When I was 6 years old out at my grandparents farm KS Toronado Sunday #31
WOW. Thank you for sharing with us. I think it was more your uncle's fault for not unloading. Did your kid brother get debm55 Sunday #36
He walked scot free being the youngest. KS Toronado Sunday #38
Thanks, KS Toronado. debm55 Sunday #39
Only time my dad ever spanked me. I was sinkingfeeling Sunday #32
Oh I am so sorry , sinkingfeeling. debm55 Sunday #37
I was about 4 or so. Talitha Sunday #42
Thank you for sharing with us. I got beat with a broom for letting a 5 year old boy kiss me. I was 5. debm55 Sunday #43
So sorry that happened to you, Deb. Talitha Sunday #44
Thank you, Talitha. debm55 Sunday #45
Got caught by the Navy Police LogDog75 Yesterday #46
Thank you LogDog75 for sharing, with us. That sounds like a real adventure. debm55 Yesterday #49
deb, I am sorry you got beat. Physical punishment was so common once irisblue Yesterday #47
Thank you irisblue. Back then it was what it was.Sorry to say. debm55 Yesterday #50
This message was self-deleted by its author irisblue Yesterday #48
Being the 2nd of 4 boys Sailingdiver Yesterday #51
HAHAHAHAH. Thank you for sharing. Did your family ever make it to church? debm55 Yesterday #55
When I started school Sailingdiver Yesterday #52
HAHAHA That;s funny that you for sharing.Sailingdiver. debm55 Yesterday #56
I got in a fight in 2nd grade CanonRay Yesterday #54
I bet she wasn't.to happy with you. thank you very much for sharing with us. CanonRay. debm55 Yesterday #57
I was an angel, never did anything wrong. That's my story and I am sticking to it. nt doc03 Yesterday #58
HAHAHAHHHAH. Thank you, doc03. debm55 Yesterday #59
An easier question to answer: HappyH Yesterday #61
HAHAHHAHAHHA. Thank you very much, HappyH debm55 Yesterday #62
I lived in Frankfurt Germany gopiscrap 21 hrs ago #63
Oh that is funny, but bad at the same time. Thank you for sharing your post with us. debm55 21 hrs ago #64
I was a pyromaniac. hunter 11 hrs ago #67
Thank you hunter. I am glad you stopped that activity. debm55 42 min ago #69
Ran away from home on my pony. We lived on the bank of Lake Michigan. It was a dangerous Ziggysmom 4 hrs ago #68
Thank you , Ziggysmom, I am glad you and the pony were okay. debm55 40 min ago #70
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