Yes! And it was horrible. I was made fun of 24/7, my family was poor so I had to wear Walmart clothing, and lots more including being depressed. I decided to move out of my hometown because the people there were THAT bad.

It's all good though, I turned out to be a pretty cool chick, and I don't have a problem with finding nice friends, and I make my own money so I can buy nicer clothing.

I think we all go through an awkward phase in our adolescence. It's all a part of growing up and becoming who you are.

Of course! Junior High kinda sucked..I had huge glasses and my dad cut my bangs too short lol
My family also didnt have money but in my neighborhood noone really did yet you still had those that made fun of you for having one pair of sneakers! It sucked but now (thank god) we are in a better place and I have a million pairs of shoes lol..and I cant wait to run into one of those heffers!

Oh yes for sure, didn't everyone? Even though you might not necessarily look awkward, it's easy to feel awkward from your tweens all through high school!

I didn't realize I went through an awkward phase until a few years after high school when I was looking through pictures from middle school and early high school... my first thoughts were, "Damn. Was I really that painfully awkward?!" It didn't feel like it at the time but looking back... eek.

In 6th grade I got braces AND a neck gear and had to wear the contraption to school. On top of that I was starting my 10 year battle with acne. This was when everyone was starting to become interested in boys, and I always wondered why no boy would ask me out

Of course everything's fine now, I'm a bit awkward and clumsy now but I own it. It's just a part of who I am.

Yes I had an awkward stage!
Ooooh poor me!

my whole life is an awkward stage.

indieglam, i'm the same! i didn't feel that awkward, but when i look back it was just awful. my face looks swollen in so many pictures from mid-highschool and i had huge zits all the time. so terrible. i'm sooooo thankful for how i look now. don't ask me how i got here!

what did we do before HAIR STRAIGHTENERS!!!!

javsmav that's my line. I think awkward is just a lifestyle now. At least it makes for interesting conversations.

I don't think I ever really had an awkward phase. I was always a bit of a tomboy growing up and that hasn't changed much now that I'm in my 20s. I'm still the only girl that plays ball with the guys. The only thing that has changed is that I wear make-up now

I'm still in it.

I'm with javsmav, I'm 23, and I don't think I'm out of my awkward phase... I'm a little clumsy and totally not cool, so maybe that's just who I am.

sixth grade, braces, the fad of big glasses, frizzy curly hair..need i say more...yikes!

I was an early developer (and I had an unusually large head), so in sixth grade, the huge t-shirt phase started and lasted through eighth...
Luckily, I grew into my head by high school.

yeaaa...like from grade 6 to grade 9
hahahah
i would literally buy boys clothes, walk like a boy, act like a boy. never cared about how i looked. i think i thought i looked damn good omg but the pictures say otherwise!!!!! i dont really remember my transition from boy-ish to girl-ish.....hmmmm

Childhood sucked ass....I was awkard until Universeity and life is now way better; since I have 'grown' into my own skin.

I was awkward until college too. I had horribly crooked teeth until my braces came off in 8th grade. I had HUGE glasses until then too. I barely wore makeup and wore nothing but tshirts until college.

At least I can tell my friends who have been friends with me since middle school have loved me for my personality and definitely not my looks.

I was awkward as hell in my preteens. Horrible haircut, huge milk-bottle spectacles, gangly, too tall and too thin, braces, weird clothes, high grades (apparently that is not something to be proud of during the highschool phase) and on top of all that not afraid to speak my mind even at a young age...which made me not so popular with the in-crowd. I never cared less though. Luckily, I turned into a swan later on

Of course! I was chubby from like 9 up until 17. Haha. Not to mention the fact that I didn't understand how to blow dry my curly frizzy hair until junior year of high school. I think awkward phases are essential. You're forced to develop a super cool and funny personality to make up for your awkwardness. The kids that were always beautiful always seem to be the most dull IMO.

6th and 7th grade, i was insanely skinny and i wore glasses. I felt like a complete geek.

I was awkward when I started getting pimples. Those were the worst. I wore foundation to cover it up, but then, wondered why it was only getting worse. I remember standing in line at a vending machine at school in like 8th grade, and an attractive "popular" guy turns around and exclaims, "DAAAAMN! You have a lot of acne!" Then, when his friend kinda shoved him, he responded, "But...You're still cute." I was horrified!

Then, I went through a chubby phase (per my choice) from 10th grade to senior year, so it was uncomfortable having people asking why my face was so round, and being pressured by my parents to lose weight.

Early middle school. I wanted glasses because my older sister had them, and I looked terrible in the pair I picked out.

I know I did. I honestly didn't look very good from age 8-19 and was kind of shy in school. But I was very sociable, blunt and funny in my personal life so I always had friends. I developed talent in music and theatre. I also did a lot of volunteer service as well. I'm thankful that I wasn't a beautiful child or teen because it helped me focus more on developing my personality and talents.

On the downside, being teased for my appearance caused me to think of myself as ugly.For example, when I was around 16-17 years old I was picked on by a guy in my drama classes often. He constantly cracked jokes about my gangly frame, sharp teeth, low voice, ect. People laughed along so I began to think of myself as a walking joke. It took a year of counseling to help me develop a healthier body image.

The kid in the picture might as well be me! I found some old school pictures the other day and I can't believe how awful I used to look!

My awkward phase ended at about... age 22? It was terrible before then! No style, no fashion sense... nothing! Terrible...

I'm still pretty socially awkward though. Some things never change!

ugh, i was the fat quiet weird kid until 11th grade.
it was really bad in middle school, but in high school people started seeing how funny i was...

needless to say, i didn't date

I was awkward until the fall I started college. It was horrible growing up that way. I didn't develop any self confidence or social skills in my adolescence and really suffered for it. I think family has a lot to do with it, because you really can mitigate physical awkwardness. Some families are more likely to promote athletic involvement. Participating in sports makes you less physically awkward. And an understanding family helps a teen with basic appearance issues (like acne, glasses, braces at a reasonable age). My family was horrible...my mom never let me go outside because of my complexion, so I had terrible physical confidence and never learned to be athletic. She wanted me to get braces at age 17. She didn't help me shave my legs until I was in 11th grade. So I was horribly awkward and hated the way I looked and felt. It was the worst when special occasions came by and people acted shocked at how I wasn't actually ugly. Adolescence is a cruel time...

Middle school was by far the worst. Acne, glasses, slightly chubby- it was just bad. Not that high school was much better with eating disorders, etc... Of course, I'm still socially awkward, but I'm a lot prettier now.

I was awkward until I turned 20.

Hee, javsmav.

I've never been cool and I'm probably never going to be cool. All I can do is be a little more at peace with that fact as time goes on.

Yes I definitely went through a weird phase. I was artsy and filled in my eyebrows with a redish pencil lol and my face broke out all over the place. My hair was long and stringy and I had no idea who I was. This went on from about 7th to 9th grade

Oh yeah! Pretty much late elementary, all of jr. high and the majority of high school.I had glasses and braces and was a really chunky kid.

I'm with you, Twinkle! Growing up was never bad, but I'm going through my awkward phase now and I'm turning 21 in a month and graduating from college this spring. I have THE WORST acne, crooked glasses, frizzy hair, and I'm a bit too chubby for my own good.
Whoever said your awkward phase is early on in life is a LIAR!!!

my whole life is awkward.

Definitely! I hated middle school--I felt like everyone made fun of me and as though I had no friends. High school was a little better, but even now, I have trouble keeping and making friends, especially with women. I still envy those girls/women who have a clique of their own, but I'm at least more sure of myself now.

I'm still living this stage. The last time I wasn't so awkward was when I was, what, 7. I'm so petite that most people fail to see that I exist.

Yes. Awkward was my middle name. I was especially awkward and confused as a teen. I was somewhat awkward in my 20's, adjusting to adulthood and being out of school the first time in my life.

Now that I'm in my 30's, I'm finally comfortable in my own skin. It's been an interesting journey.

between 13-15 i was in an awkward phase but i grew out of it

Ugh elementary school! My sister was the perfect blonde hair, blue eyed girl & I have red hair, freckles galore, and wanted to be nothing like her so I only had boy friends. Unfortunately my mother owns a clothing store so she dressed me in every girly dress or outfit she could find! I hated it! Then around fifth grade I thought I was artsy & got new "hip" glasses which made me look like an idiot! Thank goodness a friend accidentally smacked me square in the face in a hardcore game of tetherball. Yes, I had to walk around school with tape holding them together the rest of the day but soon after got my contacts! I think that was the end of that wretched phase.

My entire life is an awkward phase.

High School and beyond!! Being petite makes me feel awkward.

I've felt awkward ever since I had my son. This new body is just so foreign.

Yeah! I was veeeeeeeeeeeery weird in elementary school! LOL
My classmates thought i was crazy! Prefer not to specify! rofl

Yes, definitely...actually until this year (9th grade). In sixth grade, I arrived at the private school I was starting at only to find that I was pretty much the entire person in our 22 person class who didn't know someone else...I spent the entire year reading in one of the classrooms. And in seventh and eighth grade, I had two great friends, but they were both SO weird it definitely damaged my social status-I was actually embarrassed to be seen with them. But this year, I grew into my social skin, as it were, and I'm loving it!

oh boy did i ever go through an awkward phase. from the ages of 9 through 14, i couldn't bear to go to school. i have very curly hair, thanks to my mixed heritage, some serious almond shaped eyes, big lips, and i'm tall to boot. during my awkward phase, i was at least 4 inches taller than the girls around me, and taller than most of the boys too. i had no breasts, and a large ribcage, so filling out was very... problematic.

my hips began to fill out and i finallly started to feel comfortable around the age of 14, when i also discovered a flat iron and fashion magazines. four years later, i still hold on to some of that awkwardness. embrace it!