7 Things from the 1980s I Don’t Miss …

I was a teenager through most of the 1980’s and while there are a lot of things I miss from that era, like John Hughes movies and a young, relatively normal Michael Jackson, there are so many things I do not miss at all! If you’re about m age, I’m sure you can relate to these, and if you’re younger, keep reading anyway, so your generation doesn’t repeat our mistakes! Here are 7 things from the 1980’s I don’t miss…

1. The hair!

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What were we thinking? The poufy, crispy bangs, the awful perms… and the mullets?!? Note to self: any hairstyle that requires large quantities of Aqua Net or White Rain hairspray probably isn’t a good idea…

2. Bad Eye make-up

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There’s nothing wrong with a little blue eye shadow, and sometimes playing with colored mascaras can be fun, too… but in the 1980’s, we took it a little too far. I look at fashion photos from that time and cringe… blue eye shadow? Never like that again!

3. High school cliques

I loathe high school, mostly because I was preppy while the rest of the kids were burnouts. Of course, we also had some jocks and some nerds thrown in for good measure, but the cliques back then weren’t as integrated or accepting as they are now… ugh, cliques!