What were you like as a baby/kid? - Empty Closets - A safe online community for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered people coming out

RaeofLite · 14th Oct 2009, 10:30 PM

Just interesting stories to post here.

Apparently I was a whiny baby who ate small snacks every couple hours. But when I was a kid I loved playing in the mud/creeks and climbing trees and dirt biking. And running around naked. :P

Cheria · 14th Oct 2009, 10:32 PM

Constantly hyperactive, can't sit still, extremely show-offy, "OMG WON'T THIS KID STFU" summed me up pretty nicely.

And then puberty smacked me in the face, told me to grow up, and my personality did a complete 180.

djt820 · 14th Oct 2009, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheria

Constantly hyperactive, can't sit still, extremely show-offy, "OMG WON'T THIS KID STFU" summed me up pretty nicely.

And then puberty smacked me in the face, told me to grow up, and my personality did a complete 180.

I was the opposite. XD
I was usually quiet and was very content. I was an extremely good baby according to my mother. I didnt even cry when I got my shots. Now, Im discontentful with everything and I never shut up. Im loud and obnoxious now and have no manners that I had as a kid.

**Maddy** · 14th Oct 2009, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheria

Constantly hyperactive, can't sit still, extremely show-offy, "OMG WON'T THIS KID STFU" summed me up pretty nicely.

And then puberty smacked me in the face, told me to grow up, and my personality did a complete 180.

I was kind of the same. I was always on the go, always talking, always showing off.

Cynic · 14th Oct 2009, 11:04 PM

I had a blonde/golden afro and allegedly I wouldn't stop talking to people I knew. Got into lots of trouble too. Also pretty hyperactive. God I'm exactly the opposite now. :P

Gaetan · 14th Oct 2009, 11:45 PM

When I was a baby, I was very happy all the time. I apparently rarely cried, and always had a massive grin on my face. I guess I was gay even then--though, the older meaning of the word.

I remember being fairly outgoing as a child, but puberty (and likely my closeted self) turned that around. I'm still very shy and somewhat awkward in social situations.

Shevanel · 14th Oct 2009, 11:47 PM

Joey was never a child, Joey doesn't age!

epiphanies · 14th Oct 2009, 11:57 PM

All I know is that I liked to stay up late (still a trend... it's about 3am here) and I was a pretty depressed kid. Very down. I think they should have had me checked. My babysitter took me to an amusement park with a huge group of people when I was probably 7, and she told me I would have a good time. I replied back "I guess I might" and frowned.

**Helen** · 15th Oct 2009, 01:40 AM

I apparently opened my eyes a short while after I was born. The nurses were all marvelling at how alert I was, already trying to lift my head up so I could look around

I guess I was a fairly normal baby in terms of crying, I didn't cry quite as much as my little brother, but still had my grizzly moments. It took me a very long time to learn how to talk, my parents thought I was deaf, but they came to the conclusion that I was capable of LEARNING how to talk, I just didn't feel like exercising my skills

As it transpired, I could sing before I could talk. Perhaps that was a clue to my musicianness? :O

I was also very, *very* white. XD Considerably whiter than I am now.

**Maddy** · 15th Oct 2009, 01:43 AM

Oh, and I looked kind of like this as a baby, this as a toddler and this when presented with cake. Reading, sleeping, and being a big fan of cake - not that much has changed.

KittyBoy · 15th Oct 2009, 05:22 AM

I wasn't like anyone else my when I was a kid. I was a minature adult, talking with other adults about politics and world affairs, which is quite scary looking back at it. I also used to sing.

AtomicCafe · 15th Oct 2009, 06:04 AM

My parents say I was a really quiet baby, unlike my sister. (Read: TOTALLY opposite of her in that way!) Apparently I was a pretty antisocial toddler who liked to read and draw and could throw hissy-fits if I didn't get to bed at my exact bedtime, exactly on the dot. Sadly, I'm still exactly like this...

Black Cat · 15th Oct 2009, 06:07 AM

Based on the stories I’ve heard I was a complete and utter clean freak. If my shorts got dirty on the playground, I’d have to come inside, take a bath, and put on an entirely new outfit. I was a pretty quiet kid, and very well behaved too. I used to tell anyone who would listen entirely too much information. I remember telling some older woman all about how breasts work at a funeral once, yeah I actually did that.

I also remember feeding the geese in our kitchen once. We had just moved into a new house and there were geese all along the wallpaper in the kitchen. My grandmother came over and she was with my mom in the living room, I was alone in the kitchen with boxes filled with food. I decided to take the salt out and literally covered the kitchen with it, the geese didn’t appreciate my efforts.

**Owen** · 15th Oct 2009, 01:14 PM

My parents tell me I was a very quiet baby. The minute I was born, I stopped crying and started looking around. I always had an inquisitive, pensive look on my face, and was always curious. When my parents would read to me, I would always be examining the book and their face, trying to really figure out what was going on. As my parents say, the minute I was born, I started thinking.

Z3ni · 15th Oct 2009, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by KittyBoy

I wasn't like anyone else my when I was a kid. I was a minature adult, talking with other adults about politics and world affairs, which is quite scary looking back at it. I also used to sing.

Haha.. that makes me think of Stewey from Family Guy lol

Me?... hmm I can't remember, well my mum told me she accidently nearly suffocated me... ¬_¬

xballetxbeautyx · 15th Oct 2009, 01:48 PM

Pretty much like I am now. I learned how to read pretty young cause my mom would read to me every day, and I still love to read. I loved dancing, singing, and showing off as soon as I knew how.

Once we were at "The Sound of Music" when it came to our town. My mom looked down next to her during the "My Favorite Things" scene and saw that I wasn't there. She jumped up to find m toddling down the aisle, and when she caught me, I told her "I wanna go play with the kids!"

Also, I had crushes on lots of fictional characters that I'm just now starting to realize.. Meg from Hercules was one of them; can't think of any more off the top of my head.

MusicIsLife · 15th Oct 2009, 02:42 PM

i was very quiet baby, like i didnt cry much and as i got older i became really talkative. my favourite phrase was "I have just one more question!" and i'd stay up late asking my mom and dad questions about anything and everything xD

Katherine · 15th Oct 2009, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Cheria

Constantly hyperactive, can't sit still, extremely show-offy, "OMG WON'T THIS KID STFU" summed me up pretty nicely.

And then puberty smacked me in the face, told me to grow up, and my personality did a complete 180.

That sounds a lot like me.

Only it wasn't so much puberty as it was the other kids in my school. I was kinda bullied for a while, and that made me become much more shy and unsure of myself, which wasn't so great. It's only now that I've started becoming more self-confident, and my personality's gotten more like it was when I was younger. I'm pretty much the same as I was, only more mature and more understanding of others. I read through things I wrote when I was 10 and I'm amazed by how much I've changed AND how little I've changed, you know?

carrie90 · 15th Oct 2009, 03:06 PM

I was a cutie

*sigh* some things never change hehe

Z3ni · 15th Oct 2009, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by carrie90

I was a cutie

*sigh* some things never change hehe

Yeah so was I ... but not anymore, the older i got the worser I got ¬__¬ lol

14th Oct 2009, 10:30 PM	#1
RaeofLite I've got the moves like Jagger Full Member Gender: ♀ Orientation: Sapphicly inclined Out Status: My closet is for clothes! Location: BC, Canada Age: 23 Posts: 3,111 Join Date: Apr 2009	What were you like as a baby/kid? Just interesting stories to post here. Apparently I was a whiny baby who ate small snacks every couple hours. But when I was a kid I loved playing in the mud/creeks and climbing trees and dirt biking. And running around naked. :P __________________ People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." -Bonnie Jean Wasmund (and the lesbians)

14th Oct 2009, 10:32 PM	#2
Cheria にひひっ♪ Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Almost everyone Location: Illinois Age: 20 Posts: 636 Join Date: Mar 2009	Re: What were you like as a baby/kid? Constantly hyperactive, can't sit still, extremely show-offy, "OMG WON'T THIS KID STFU" summed me up pretty nicely. And then puberty smacked me in the face, told me to grow up, and my personality did a complete 180. __________________

14th Oct 2009, 11:04 PM	#5
Cynic Still Grey Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Some people Location: UK Posts: 241 Join Date: Oct 2009	Re: What were you like as a baby/kid? I had a blonde/golden afro and allegedly I wouldn't stop talking to people I knew. Got into lots of trouble too. Also pretty hyperactive. God I'm exactly the opposite now. :P __________________ Would buy you roses if you asked.

14th Oct 2009, 11:45 PM	#6
Gaetan DON'T TOUCH THE HAT! Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Immediate Family and Friends Location: Idaho, USA Age: 25 Posts: 1,098 Join Date: Sep 2009	Re: What were you like as a baby/kid? When I was a baby, I was very happy all the time. I apparently rarely cried, and always had a massive grin on my face. I guess I was gay even then--though, the older meaning of the word. I remember being fairly outgoing as a child, but puberty (and likely my closeted self) turned that around. I'm still very shy and somewhat awkward in social situations. __________________ Those who say it cannot be done, shouldn't interrupt the people doing it.

14th Oct 2009, 11:47 PM	#7
Shevanel One Is Light. One Is Dark. Full Member Gender: The Dude Orientation: Bi-Winning Out Status: Everybody and Your Mom. Location: Bolivar, Ohio (From NY though) Age: 21 Posts: 7,672 Join Date: Dec 2008	Re: What were you like as a baby/kid? Joey was never a child, Joey doesn't age! __________________ If there were no rewards to reap, No loving embrace to see me through this tedious path I've chosen here, I certainly would've walked away by now. Gonna wait it out... Be patient.

14th Oct 2009, 11:57 PM	#8
epiphanies Well Known Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: More gay than bi Out Status: All important people. Do ask, Do tell. Location: VA Age: 24 Posts: 199 Join Date: Jul 2008	Re: What were you like as a baby/kid? All I know is that I liked to stay up late (still a trend... it's about 3am here) and I was a pretty depressed kid. Very down. I think they should have had me checked. My babysitter took me to an amusement park with a huge group of people when I was probably 7, and she told me I would have a good time. I replied back "I guess I might" and frowned.

15th Oct 2009, 01:40 AM	#9
Helen Empty Closets Mod EC Moderator Gender: Female Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: Inconsequential if people know. Location: York, United Kingdom Age: 19 Posts: 2,102 Join Date: Mar 2008	Re: What were you like as a baby/kid? I apparently opened my eyes a short while after I was born. The nurses were all marvelling at how alert I was, already trying to lift my head up so I could look around I guess I was a fairly normal baby in terms of crying, I didn't cry quite as much as my little brother, but still had my grizzly moments. It took me a very long time to learn how to talk, my parents thought I was deaf, but they came to the conclusion that I was capable of LEARNING how to talk, I just didn't feel like exercising my skills As it transpired, I could sing before I could talk. Perhaps that was a clue to my musicianness? :O I was also very, very white. XD Considerably whiter than I am now. __________________ I want a window where I can see a tree, or even water... (....and the lesbians)

15th Oct 2009, 01:43 AM	#10
Maddy Free Hugs EC Admin Gender: - Orientation: Into girls Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 21 Posts: 7,704 Join Date: Mar 2008	Re: What were you like as a baby/kid? Oh, and I looked kind of like this as a baby, this as a toddler and this when presented with cake. Reading, sleeping, and being a big fan of cake - not that much has changed. __________________ how strange it is to be anything at all [Victor] 2:09 pm: and then halloween happened and I was outside in a skirt.

15th Oct 2009, 05:22 AM	#11
KittyBoy Kitty! (=｀ω´=) Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: All but family Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Age: 20 Posts: 3,479 Join Date: Apr 2009	Re: What were you like as a baby/kid? I wasn't like anyone else my when I was a kid. I was a minature adult, talking with other adults about politics and world affairs, which is quite scary looking back at it. I also used to sing. __________________ Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. ~Judy Garland

15th Oct 2009, 06:04 AM	#12
AtomicCafe Gay by Day, Dyke by Night Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Asexual Lesbian Out Status: Out, Loud, and Proud Location: Tucson, AZ Age: 19 Posts: 208 Join Date: Oct 2009	Re: What were you like as a baby/kid? My parents say I was a really quiet baby, unlike my sister. (Read: TOTALLY opposite of her in that way!) Apparently I was a pretty antisocial toddler who liked to read and draw and could throw hissy-fits if I didn't get to bed at my exact bedtime, exactly on the dot. Sadly, I'm still exactly like this... __________________ That child has several options: staying in the closet, suicide. And then one day, that child might open up the paper and it says, "Homosexual Elected in San Francisco." - Harvey Milk

15th Oct 2009, 06:07 AM	#13
Black Cat As Seen On Hoarders... Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: This cat is out of the bag - I mean closet Location: Pennsylvania, with the cows Age: 21 Posts: 2,391 Join Date: Jun 2009	Re: What were you like as a baby/kid? Based on the stories I’ve heard I was a complete and utter clean freak. If my shorts got dirty on the playground, I’d have to come inside, take a bath, and put on an entirely new outfit. I was a pretty quiet kid, and very well behaved too. I used to tell anyone who would listen entirely too much information. I remember telling some older woman all about how breasts work at a funeral once, yeah I actually did that. I also remember feeding the geese in our kitchen once. We had just moved into a new house and there were geese all along the wallpaper in the kitchen. My grandmother came over and she was with my mom in the living room, I was alone in the kitchen with boxes filled with food. I decided to take the salt out and literally covered the kitchen with it, the geese didn’t appreciate my efforts. __________________ "Your life is an occasion. Rise to it." - Mr. Magorium

15th Oct 2009, 01:14 PM	#14
Owen Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult EC Admin Gender: Agendered dude Orientation: Panromantic androsexual Out Status: Everyone and their mother Location: Massachusetts, USA Age: 21 Posts: 2,870 Join Date: Jul 2007	Re: What were you like as a baby/kid? My parents tell me I was a very quiet baby. The minute I was born, I stopped crying and started looking around. I always had an inquisitive, pensive look on my face, and was always curious. When my parents would read to me, I would always be examining the book and their face, trying to really figure out what was going on. As my parents say, the minute I was born, I started thinking. __________________ "Stand firm for what you believe in, until and unless logic and experience prove you wrong. Remember, when the emperor looks naked, the emperor is naked. The truth and a lie are not sort of the same thing. And there is no aspect, no facet, no moment of life that can't be improved with pizza." -Daria Morgendorffer

15th Oct 2009, 01:48 PM	#16
xballetxbeautyx Heterodox Homosexual Full Member Gender: (.)(.) Orientation: Kinsey 5? Ish? Out Status: If you don't know, where have you been all my life Location: Midwest USA Age: 17 Posts: 1,719 Join Date: Mar 2008	Re: What were you like as a baby/kid? Pretty much like I am now. I learned how to read pretty young cause my mom would read to me every day, and I still love to read. I loved dancing, singing, and showing off as soon as I knew how. Once we were at "The Sound of Music" when it came to our town. My mom looked down next to her during the "My Favorite Things" scene and saw that I wasn't there. She jumped up to find m toddling down the aisle, and when she caught me, I told her "I wanna go play with the kids!" Also, I had crushes on lots of fictional characters that I'm just now starting to realize.. Meg from Hercules was one of them; can't think of any more off the top of my head. __________________ I can't go to Pigfarts! IT'S ON MARS. You need a rocketship! Do you have a rocketship, Potter? Look at this - it's Rocketship Potter! Starkid Potter! Moonshoes Potter! Traversing the galaxy for intergalactic travels to Pigfarts!

15th Oct 2009, 02:42 PM	#17
MusicIsLife EC Addict Full Member Gender: Not even sure anymore. Something in between. Orientation: I like girls :) Out Status: Everyone on orientation 7 people on trans issue. Location: Montréal, QC Age: 23 Posts: 1,595 Join Date: Dec 2007	Re: What were you like as a baby/kid? i was very quiet baby, like i didnt cry much and as i got older i became really talkative. my favourite phrase was "I have just one more question!" and i'd stay up late asking my mom and dad questions about anything and everything xD

15th Oct 2009, 03:06 PM	#19
carrie90 The square root of 4 is rainbows Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Gay Out Status: everybody really Location: Originally Montana but currently San Fransisco Age: 21 Posts: 1,327 Join Date: Feb 2009	Re: What were you like as a baby/kid? I was a cutie sigh some things never change hehe __________________ I empower my Cheerios to live in fear by creating an enviorment of irrational, random terror -Sue Sylvester