Thought Question #199

I’ve given in to peer pressure a lot of times in my life, and a lot of times I’ve regretted it.  Other times, I’ve loved it.  A friend of mine got me to get my first tattoo, and I still love it.  Thank goodness for that.  Another friend got me to get my second tattoo, and I love the design, I just want to retouch it and perhaps add on to it.  I’ve had friends who’ve gotten me to do things I shouldn’t have done, other friends who’ve made me feel things I shouldn’t have felt, and experience things that really wasn’t necessary for anyone, but mostly for a kid my age, at the time...

I gave in to things like alcohol, cigarettes and most of all, guys.  I’m not proud of it, even if it was fun and games most of the time, but hey, everything teaches you.  That I’ve also learned.  What I am proud of is the fact that I never really embarrassed myself or made myself into a whore, of sorts.  I was never promiscuous, like some other girls.  I was never irresponsible.  I was never drunk as a skunk, acting like a crazy person.

I never really coped well with peer pressure when I was younger, though, but now I’m actually getting better at it, and I’m glad.  It comes with age and maturity, I guess.  Even though I know I still have a ways to go...

What did peer pressure do to you?  And how did you cope?