What were you doing in 1988 ?

I was 17 ,having a baby and going to my first boyfriends funeral.


Man, that was a lifetime ago..........
 
That was about a year after High School for me.
I was taking some less than exciting college classes.
Working 2 jobs to support myself. Enjoying my new found freedom in my first apartment.
 
i started school ... i was 5 years old and at that age i use to pronouce yellow as ellow :)
 
I was making hand turkeys, playing house, barbies, and duck duck goose.

*Sigh* The good ol' days........

:)
 
Playing Nintendo stuffing myself with Twinkies and chips!

Everything a growing boy needs!

Oh yeah, I went outside sometimes but only when the great big blazing ball of Hell's fire in the sky went away.
 
I was into my second year of marriage.....

had a one year old baby.. and another on the way.

oh yeah.. and was going through the denial of husband having girlfriend #3

and I was barely 20 years old..
 
I was in college, so I guess I really don't remember......:D
 
I was probably playing the first Final Fantasy and trying not to be such a dork.

Some things never change.
 
T.H. Oughts,

We buried my mother-in-law the end of February that year and she was never able to know that she was going to be a grandmother again.

I gave birth to my son the end of July that year. I can remember that summer being one of the hottest on record. lol

Have a wonderful rest of the day, All.

Enchanted :rose:
 
18

Let's see, I was 18 in April of of 1988. I left the group home I was living at and moved into a room of a house shared by 2 others, a woman and a man.

I was there for just a couple of months then I went to Job Corp a federal program that helps young people get on their feet and aquire real life skills. I was gonna be a chef.

Scrapped those plans and joined the Navy and went to boot camp in October. I though I have joined 'prison'. LOL. It was a little spooky those first few days. Spent the rest of 1988 in either bootcamp or 'A' school learning about basic electronics. That never panned out either.
 
!988

Celebrated the first anniversary of my divorce.
 
Re: That was a busy year for me!!

Luscious Lionness said:
I got my first "real" job at McDonalds and had an affair w/a married co-worker!:eek:


Originally posted by freakygurl32
oh yeah.. and was going through the denial of husband having girlfriend #3



Ah ha.. Now I know who #3 was.. It all fits.. married co-worker.. McDonalds.. yep.. no denying it now ;)
 
At this time in 1988 I was struggling in a way that no 15 year old ever should. I was scared to death that my mother's man was going to get me pregnant and blame the guy I fucked in January. He knew because he read my diary. I was physically ill from the stress and I lost about 40 pounds. I finally couldn't take it anymore when my mother found out I wasn't a virgin and took to calling me a slut. I told the school nurse who told DSS and I was carted away from school to the State Police to make my statement. My mother was there and wouldn't speak to me. She told them I was a lying little bitch that was making the story up so that I could go live with my father.

At the end of that day from hell the DSS case workers dropped me off at my father's house to fend for myself. He walked in the door from work and said what are you doing here? I told him that I lived there now to which he promptly replied You can't live here you'll have to go back with your mother. When he finally shut up and I could get a word in edgewise I explained to him that the police had left me there and that he didn't have a choice it was with him or in a foster home. He said I could stay...Nice guy that he is.

A few months later in June I met my Man. The Man that has kept me alive and sane the past 14 years and I love him more than ever for it. He took care of me when no one else loved me or wanted me. He stuck up for me with my dad and helped me make it through school. All the time that he has cared for me he has always made sure that I'm my own person.
 
1988

I was the happiest 5th grader around, thats when my neice was born. She is now thirteen, bad as hell, but still my favorite neice.
 
I was just finishing jr high and started high school. Broke up with my first real boyfriend, got high for the first time and also lost my viginity during the summer...that's about all I remember from then, the rest is just a blur
 
lilfrk said:
At this time in 1988 I was struggling in a way that no 15 year old ever should.

I was reading this and thinking god what sad story, but it ended so beautifully. You didn't have to share something so personal lilfrk. But I imagine it helps to unload it once in awhile.

:rose:
 
In 1988, I was in my last years of high school. I was going from girlfriend to girlfriend with no luck. I was trying to concentrate on school while drinking constantly. However, it was cool not to get carded, I made a lot of money that year getting booze for my friends. Chewey
 
1988.... that was a very weird year for me and my family

I almost died Portugal when we were backpacking on the Iberian Peninsual. I got the Misles and was in bed with 42°C fever, puking all the time, totally dehydrated and not able to walk. After two weeks I was fit enough to fly home (with a scheduled flight). However, on the plane (first time i was flying, too) we had a slight problem. We had to evacuate the plane as they discovered a hole in the plane. 7h later we flew on from Faro, Portugal, got into a horrid thunderstorm over Paris and almost had to make an emergency landing. In Frankfurt we missed our conecting flight, spent a night in the Sheraton Hotel there and flew on the next morning. 10min after we arrived back home my grandfather died.
The funny thing was that when I was quite delirious in the plane I thought I saw him in my dreams and he said good-bye to me. When my parents told me that grandpa died I just sad (so they tell me at least): "Yes, I know. And he said good-bye and that he loves you."
During the time I was ill in Portugal my dad lost one of his best friends in a car accident, too.

It was a weird year.

Halo :rose:
 
Zamdrist said:


I was reading this and thinking god what sad story, but it ended so beautifully. You didn't have to share something so personal lilfrk. But I imagine it helps to unload it once in awhile.

:rose:

This is exactly the time of year that it was going on so I'm in a bit of a struggle with it again. As I always am at this time of the year.

I've never really thought of it as a sad thing just as a part of my life. It made me the person that I am today good, bad or otherwise. I suppose it is sad story with a happy ending. I have my Man, a daughter that is perfect and a comfy house of our own. We did ok in the end, we work very very hard for it. It boggles my mind more than a little to think it started all that time ago in 1988.
 
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