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We all have stories from our childhood that makes us want to bury ourselves deep in the sand. However, sometimes, these stories are what best defines our characters. When twitter user @chrelisem started a funny thread asking "What's a childhood anecdote that says a lot about you?" quite a few brave souls delivered their best stories. Scroll down below to read them and don't forget to share your defining moments in the comments

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not mine, but something my Ama told me about my dad growing up: When he was in eighth grade, my dad was in swing choir. Around that time, he also refused to smile on command because, well, he was an obnoxious 14-year-old. But the swing choir teacher always told him to smile more, again and again and again, but he never did. One day she had had enough and snapped at him, "Why won't you smile? Is that too hard? Smile or get out." So he said okay, walked out, and never sung in choir ever again XD

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When we were young, two sets of twins born a year apart, we too decided to run away from home. So all four of us decided we were going to live in the park, and drink from the fountain. We wrote a note and could not agree on who was going to deliver it, so we all went home, she didn't even notice all of her kids were gone.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was little I was so scared of mummy's, I went to the library a lot and they always had the mummy books displayed... little me was terrified!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok, ik what the birds and the bees talk is but how tf do birds and bees relate to it?!?

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Another one my Ama told me about my obnoxious eighth-grade father: He was always the first one finished with tests, and he finished one in about half the class period, so he went back to his desk and sat down. He was sort of looking around, not really at anyone in particular, but his teacher snapped at him to "keep his eyes on his own paper." He told her that he was finished with the test and besides, he wasn't looking at anyone's exam. But the teacher said that he needed to "set a good example" to which my father replied, "Why is it my job to set a good example?" She locked him in the closet for the rest of the period. My father was a very testy eighth grader, apparently...

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The first marking period of 3rd grade I got a D in reading - my mother couldn't figure out why because at home I was reading the Black Stallion and Nancy Drew series' Turns out when you are reading at the 7th grade level - you won't go back to reading at the 3rd. I got poor marks the rest of the year because I wouldn't read that "baby stuff".

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was little I would just randomly start jumping and stomping on the ground because I imagined I was beating up the devil 🤣

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have 2 older sisters and when our middle sister was about 7/8 we were at a restaurant and she told the waitress she wanted a whiskey sour to drink. Mom almost died as that was her drink of choice. Needless to say we all ended up with Shirley Temples for our beverage that night out.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, you'd have to come down at some point. If I hid from something, I just got in more trouble.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, at about 5 I found out there isn't a Santa Claus by pretending to go to sleep, and then after a while crawling back to the living room door and looking under the door at the tree, only to see my parents placing presents. I remember my reaction was "well, that makes more sense", and simply shrugged and went for bed for real. I didn't care for the supernatural stuff, I just wanted a logical explanation.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In your defense, she did not tell you to put the stamps on the bills for you drop them in the box.

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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love the word "kibbutz" for the sole reason that its plural form is just so, so random :D Kibbutzim? Who came up with that?

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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, a future mortician and/or future thriller/horror novelist?

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yea, when I was a kid to keep us out of trouble one day my mom had us dig up some saplings that had taken root in her garden. We then planted one. She figured it would die. I'm in my 30's and it is still there.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

During naptime in k5 my friend Rudy told me to stick an eraser up my nose, I did. I then went to the emergency room to have it removed. Ah, good times...

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In 1971-1972, when I was in 6th grade, girls weren’t allowed to wear pants to school, only skirts. Well, when it got cold, our legs got cold too—-this was the early 70s, and miniskirts were in fashion. Plus, the 6th grade boys were gross, and tried to look under our skirts (we started wearing our gym shorts under them as a result). When we went to the principal to ask if we could wear pants, we were told no. So we organized, and picked a day when we would ALL wear pants in protest. We figured they couldn’t send every 6th grade girl home to change. The day came, and we all showed up in pants. It was way warmer, more comfortable, and extremely liberating. The principal saw that the ground didn’t swallow us up, and the world didn’t come to an end, just because a bunch of 12 year old girls wore pants to school, and the dress code was broken. I learned the power of peaceful protest that day.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The only Hell that existed for you was Catholic School—-and the devils were the nuns and your classmates. Glad it was very temporary.

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Aisling Badsha
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Both my kids go to a faith school as it was the only one with space in our catchment area. My 10 year old calls god the great cloud fairy and very much so believes in science not god. But my 6 year old full on believes no matter what I try explain but he calls him cheesers Christ which I don't correct

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Went to a faith school for a semester. We've been allowed to take in the lyrics of our favourite German song for one of our language classes. My choice was Ich Will by Rammstein...

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Karen Hansen
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know how anyone belives in that heaven hell nonsense.

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Dani
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's called RELIGION. I'm not religious but why you gotta knock on other people's beliefs?

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was in catholic school fifth grade. I never took to the massive amount of doctrine (don’t do anything fun.) the first class every day was religion. I asked the nun why we had to learn this junk. I was told to sit down and be quiet. I was very surprised when I got home and my mom new all about my apostasy. In order to save my soul they encouraged me to be an altar boy. I did with enthusiasm because it was show business.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a catholic: This concerns me. What a bunch of idiots at your school. Sorry you had to go through that.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband's family moved a lot due to upwardly mobile dad. He was 6 and they went to Texas. In a school where the whole school started the day in auditorium with prayers. He went home and told his parents. The next day he was in another school. A year later they moved back to California. To this day he hates Texas and has strong views about the separation of church and state.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ahh yes, the Catholic religion. Only the biggest of a******s stick with these pervs

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lol I said that too when I was 10 and boys would pull down my pants and underwear in front of grips cuz I'm a boy and the kid who did that got a broken nose and got bruised all over this went to court i told my parents if course and they said the kid had it coming I raised him like that my dad said lmfao

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yeah, I'm Christian but I don't believe that people go to hell for things like that, or lying or being a bully in elementary school. ): Only for denying God when you have a complete knowledge of Him

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