Does anyone here hate teenagers?

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Damm teenagers! Get off my lawn

Many teens I know (almost all of them are my students) are characterized, I must notice, by horrible immaturity and lack of knowledge in all areas besides soap operas (girls) and sex (boys; some weeks ago one of them recommended one "really cool" site to me - when I looked in there out of curiosity I realized it's a porn site). When once I complained about it to one of my college teachers she didn't understand what I could be complaining about - "how did YOU behave being of their age" (then 14)? I said truthfully: "Being of their age I perceived myself an adult woman in every aspect except for my biological age and now looking at my earlier youth from the perspective of those years that passed I know my perception of myself then was 100% right". So I was informed then that in that case I was an exception and they are normal teens like everybody else.

I hated those "normal teens" when I was of their age. Their "problems" and interests were so foreign to me that in my eyes they could live on another planet, much less developed than that I came from as well.

I hate teenagers too. Their priorities are "messed" up. And everyone thinks they need to complain to me about breaking up with their boyfriends, and I want to say "I don't care. I really don't, because you're either gonna get back with him anyway or (insert sexual act) with the next guy you see to get over him. Leave me alone. I don't care."

I have a lot of friends who aren't like this, but I went to boarding school with these kinds of kids and it drove me crazy.

I know 40-something year olds who couldn't get past their teenage years. Kind of pathetic, really.

Yeah, high school was hellish for me as well, and possibly worsened by the fact I didn't have a single friend (aside from my brother) from my sophomore to my senior year, essentially a non-entity. Although, in retrospect I guess it wasn't such a bad thing as the friends I did make in my initial year of school were kind of the wrong crowd, and even they utterly rejected me, something to do with me being "immature" and "childish" because I wasn't up to speed with the latest social machinations and simply wanted everyone to get along and act like (in my mind) a proper group.

Oh, and the dating, that was interesting. Girls would flirt (I guess) and I would be completely oblivious to it at the time, as it would only make sense if someone pointed it out to me, and even then I didn't particularly care. I guess this offended some people though, because I gave their friend the "cold shoulder" or some nonsense. I would try and play the game, really, if only to keep the peace, but my actions usually ended up being terribly awkward and usually a bit on the childish side. This isn't counting instances when people were showing public displays of affection (which usually gives me intense anxiety for some reason) and I'd try and not look at it or leave momentarily or something, which drew the ire of some people. Very odd.

So yeah, to this day when I encounter a group of teenagers or individuals acting in a manner very much like that of high school, I sort of have a panic attack and feel restless, and a little bit sick.

I hate normal teens just as much as the next person, because they're normal, and I'm not. It sucks to be different.

I really dislike most teens I've met. I get along with few people my age, most are younger than me and some are older. But don't give up, some people are actually worthy of knowing.

I am glad I am different. I would like to have better social skills and to get rid of my executive disfunction but besides those two problems that bother me I have no desire to be normal.

I hate teenagers cos they r foul mouthed, immature n have no respect wotsoever.

I see what you mean. I know in my high school class there are many people that are very immature. However, since I'm in all honors classes in a quite small town school I tend to have more experience with the brighter side of teenagers more so then the average individual. The future's engineers, scientists, teachers, and leaders are my classmates. Not the future's hamburger flippers and prison inmates.

I have always had more in common with people from my parents' generation than with my own, at all ages. My friends have always been older than I was.

That's the same of me, to an extent. The slight difference is that my parents came of age, in the late 60s, and I'm fond of the late (British) 70s.

Being the mom of several teens, it's a little easier for me to say, I hate some of the things that teens do. The constant prattle, the constant beepbedeepdeep of a videogame, the UhUh chirp of someone else getting a message on MSN, the mess in the kitchen, living room, hallway and bathroom.

What I like about my teens... They do them, so I don't have to do dishes anymore.

There is justice in life.

I don't get along with teenagers - however, I don't hate them.

Sure, they can be careless, wreckless, rebellious...but so can anyone else if they wanted to. Thankfully, most people grow out of that teenage mindset as they reach adulthood. But for those who don't, they generally end up in a lot of trouble and thats not my problem, so I don't care.

Teens don't scare me but kids 7-12 do. I have bad memories from that age, and kids that age still make me nervous. They always analyze you and don't have the social skills yet to not make a blunt rude comment to you.

I hate all the negative teenage qualities listed above, with a bit more emphasis on the insanely loud, bass driven music and the years wasted on one endless party. I had that kind of fun for a summer, got it out of my system, then got really bored with life. How can they go into their twenties without ever stopping to think or wonder what they might want to accomplish in life? My few friends are mostly older, and so is my husband. I can't stand it when older people assume that I have these disgusting teenage, or "college kid" qualities just because I'm 22. I don't belong here.