17 Things That Feel Like Personal Hell For Kids

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“Having a random day off from school. You know the ones — like some odd religious holiday or ‘Teachers Institute Day.’ It would be just a random Tuesday without school. These were the worst because everyone else would be giddy making plans like ‘Let’s all go bike riding’ or ‘my mom says I can have people over to go swimming’ but none of that was ever allowed, and I knew better than to accept invitations. Days off were suddenly commandeered as ‘we’re going shopping,’ ‘visiting grandma,’ or ‘taking your sister to get her clarinet adjusted.'”

“Also, all dentist, doctor, and orthodontist appointments were always scheduled on these days off, too. I never could figure out why the other kids got to mysteriously leave school mid-day as a freebie for appointments but days off were always wasted on this stuff. 

It got to the point where I absolutely dreaded these days because they represented nothing but missing out on fun times and having to hear all about what everyone else did the next day. ‘What did you do JP?’ ‘I had to go to the discount clothing store and try on 25 different pairs of paints, and my mom made me change right there in the store because I took too long walking back and forth to the changing room.'”

—u/JeepPilot