Childhood Totally Sucked: 19 Reminders Why Adulthood Isn’t So Bad

3. Having To Go To The School Dance

Maybe you were one of the lucky kids whose parents let them sit out school dances, but that was not the case for me. Being driven all the way back to school on a weekend night — when you were supposed to be free — was terrible enough, but hovering with the other cowards in your Sunday clothes in the darkened gymnasium while No Doubt blared across the speakers was a fate close to death.