Of Friendship and Love P1.

Living the high school dream of the 90's. Friendship and Love is all and secrets remain.

Oh the angst of teenage love, romance and friendships. High School in the 90’s was full of drama’s that filled our days and caused many a sleepless night. Not to mention we were actually there to learn and study, I mean who really wants to do that when so much else is going on??

Why does he not like me the way I like him?
Why is she being such a bitch?
What will I wear to the school dance next week when Mum is refusing to buy me yet another outfit?
What if I’m not picked for the school musical??

Yeah, I went to high school in the 90’s, and I can assure you, the dramas then were just as real as the dramas now.

Looking back, I laugh and sometimes cry. What we thought were world problems that would ruin our lives forever, were nothing more than your average day of a soap opera in the big scheme of things.
Don’t get me wrong, the heartaches were real, the disappointments devastating, the lost friendships and lost romances all live on in our memories.
And sadly, there were things going on way back then that at least can be spoken about now. There is help out there when there wasn’t for us back then. Keep your mouth shut, don’t cause a fuss.

We had no social media, barely used computers, and we listened to our music on Walkmans with headphones and tapes. Yep, tapes. We’d all huddle around our tape decks on a Sunday night waiting for the top 40 countdown so that we could record our favourite songs of the moment and get really pissed if the show's host talked over any parts of them.

But at the centre of it all, our hearts still broke, our fears were still very real, and bullies said it right to your face. We didn’t have social media platforms to hide behind like the cowards do today. And yes, the bad stuff, the really bad stuff, still went on behind closed doors; we just weren’t as aware of it, and we sure as hell didn’t speak of it.

Friendships and Love. Was there anything more important to a young teenage girl than that? Maybe, but friendship and love were pretty high on the list. And when those things didn’t happen or fell apart, nothing would convince you at the time that it would all be ok.