Emily
People are diverse by nature. We all hail from different backgrounds were raised in different households with different rules, and yet there are somethings we’ll always have in common.
Twitter users are sharing their most ‘on-brand’ childhood stories and tbh, they’re so damn relatable it’s scary.
Florida resident Kathryn Brightbill recently asked the Twitter-verse about their most on-brand childhood stories.
What is your most on brand story from your childhood?
— Kathryn Brightbill 🖋️ (@KEBrightbill) February 20, 2019
And she kicked the poll off with her own example.
Mine is probably learning how to sign my name when I was four so I could get my own library card instead of having to rely on what my parents checked out for me.
— Kathryn Brightbill 🖋️ (@KEBrightbill) February 20, 2019
It wasn’t long before people started sharing their insanely relatable anecdotes.
1. Glue in the hair was a common occurrence.
I got PVA glue stuck in my hair when I was in infants, and cut it all off while the teacher was out of the room. A for initiative! #rockthecrop
— Yvonne Redmond (@yvonneredmond) February 21, 2019
2. It’s important to appreciate all of the little things in life.
My dad tells me that it took an hour to walk to preschool because I would spend a few minutes crouching down and looking at flowers and rocks and other interesting things on the road.
— Jae Han (@jae_heehan) February 20, 2019
3. Always be curious, but with shoes on.
https://twitter.com/barnes_matt1/status/1098131023362064384
4. Siblings are the best.
Older friends, sisters 3 & 6 yrs. ahead of me, would fight over which had to sit in back of car with 3 y.o. me when we got ice cream. I *wore* that ice cream! So did anyone in my general area…
— Trying to finish Mueller Report by July 17, 2019 (@BMbsf) February 20, 2019
5. Show and tell can be dangerous.
https://twitter.com/BirchandMaple/status/1098337909256511489
6. Every child has been lost in a store at least once.
I was “lost” in JCPenney when I was 3 years old and they shut the store down and everyone including staff searched for me for like 10 minutes and finally my sister found me standing next to a kid mannequin pretending to be another mannequin.
— Michael (@MRudolphComedy) February 20, 2019
7. The sneaky reader always finds a way.
https://twitter.com/anemonejames/status/1098154140285456384
8. A little white lie never hurt anyone.
I accidentally cut myself with a secret pocket knife I wasn’t allowed to have when I was five. I dragged a piece of paper through it so I could tell my parents it was a paper cut and provide evidence. I had to get stitches.
— Soren Bowie (@Soren_Ltd) February 22, 2019
9. Bringing home treasures is always a gamble.
https://twitter.com/imipak/status/1098329515355500545
10. Not every kid likes to be social.
https://twitter.com/JTReese89/status/1098108375307571200
11. Her love for the ocean never went away.
My mom took me to the beach in Maine when I was 6 months old. When I saw the ocean for the first time, I tottered right in and didn’t stop till the water was above my head! Now I’m a marine scientist (currently masquerading as a limnologist).
— Carolynn Harris (@iceicecarrie) February 21, 2019
12. Librarians have childhood stories too.
Made a card catalog and labeled all my books on my shelf using the Dewey Decimal system when I was 10. At 43, I'm helping build libraries in Cambodia.
— White Girl Learning (@marlataviano) February 20, 2019
13. How the tables have turned…
In first grade, a teacher ripped up my drawing of a Christmas tree because apparently it wasn't good enough. About 10 years later, this same teacher invited me to show my paintings to her adult art group!
— Aesthetics Research Lab / Michael Spicher (@MRSpicher) February 21, 2019
14. Some things never change.
Crashed my bicycle into a hedge. Got told off by the Police for how I rode my bicycle. I’m a biker now and some things haven’t changed 😂
— 𝕻𝖆𝖚𝖑 🏳️🌈 (@paul_nomad13) February 21, 2019
15. And the Oscar goes to…
in middle school I used to have private awards ceremonies for the books I had read that year, like an Oscars for books, and would make up speeches for all the characters to say.
— Owl! at the Library 😴🧙♀️ (@SketchesbyBoze) February 21, 2019
16. Kids say the darndest things.
I LOVE THIS I was getting presbyterian baptised when I was 4 and once the pastor was done with the baptism lil speech (i remember terminology v well) I INTO THE MICROPHONE WAS LIKE “ I’m supposed to say yes to everything you say right” but v lighthearted in a joking way
— ❣️Labor❣️Mel❣️ (@labor_mel) February 20, 2019
17. A young, but brilliant entrepreneur.
https://twitter.com/Lisetteness/status/1098118129304121345
18. Child prodigy?
When I was 8 my 3rd grade class had a contest to see who could read the most pages in a 6-wk period. My highly literate and extremely competitive ass went home and found the biggest book I could-which was a dictionary-and read the entire thing.
I won.
— Nightmeg (@garfieldesque) February 21, 2019
19. And this pure act of solidarity.
Stood outside in cold four hours with the only black person in our class of 700 because the restaurant wouldn’t let him in. All other 40 classmates went inside. Chicago 1954
— Lynne Bundesen (@norwaymiss) February 20, 2019
h/t Twitter
