27 Times #GrowingUpThick Nailed What It’s Like To Have Curves

1. Raise your hand if you had bruises on your hips from running into the furniture.

#GrowingUpThick Always banging your hips and thighs on the corners of tables, chairs, door frames, footboards, & headboards <<<<

— Liz Lemonâ™’ï¸ (@lizzydwnyLuV)

2. And not just the furniture at home, either.

#growingupthick when you had trouble sitting down & getting up out of the cafeteria lunch tables

— nina long. (@_forestb)

3. If book report time could more accurately be called “the ‘how many pencils can I knock off of desks challenge…â€

#growingupthick and being shy is just a bad combo. Having to squeeze through desks in class & presenting was just

— Gordita (@OBSRVNG)

4. …and recess, “‘guess how this turns out time.â€

#GrowingUpThick … You were always the first victim when it came to the “tag” game

— rudeness (@_PixyStixAddict)

5. If the mall was your sworn enemy for a good couple years there…

#GrowingUpThick already hitting the juniors section at kohls in 5th grade while your girls still shopping at limited too 😂 @MelissaHale_

— B R E E (@iBreeTanner)

6.

#growingupthick searching for the perfect skinny jeans was like a whole journey.

— Ketsia (@KetsiaBagula)

7.

#GrowingUpThick having melt downs in dressing rooms on the regular.

— A Little Bit of Sass (@shadessassier)

8. …and your family reunions went a little something like this.

#GrowingUpThick that one cousin that was half of you.

— hades (@emilybazzz)

9.

#GrowingUpThick *family member looks at me, then my older sister then asks me* “you’re the oldest, right?”

— bitch better (@havemym0ney)

10.

#growingupthick “you cant wear those pants your uncles are here!!!!” ALL MY PANTS FIT ME LIKE THIS OK!!

— bree mendoza (@briannaeileenn)

11.

#growingupthick your siblings using your thighs as pillows

— zayn (@breezyftzjm_)

(Youre welcome, sisters.)

12. If going to the neighborhood pool was always really ~fun~…

#growingupthick always having to be the one on the bottom while playing chicken in the pool

— Addy B (@addy_brookee)

13.

when someone invites you to a pool party but your hella self-conscious #growingupthick

— nat (@bcttomlouis)

14.

#GrowingUpThick not even bothering to try on a pair of VS bathing suit bottoms bc even a size L makes you look like an open can of biscuits

— R▲▽εn ✌ (@ravenbgxoxo)

15. …and dudes just DID NOT GET IT.

#growingupthick means being hit on when you’re in the 8th grade by grown men and then THEM getting mad at YOU for being too young

— Ciarra (@ciarrarp)

16.

#GrowingUpThick the guys that made fun of you in elementary school are the same ones trying to holla at you now

— bruce wayne (@litzybitzyspidr)

17. If finding something, anything to wear was totally the worst.

#GrowingUpThick ALL LEGGINGS ARE SHEER AND SEE THROUGH ON YOU

— Melanin Mamí (@Imani_loovesyou)

18. Like really, who makes the rules?

When the finger tip rule doesn’t apply to the skinny girls but every teacher stops you at the door #GrowingUpThick

— afrodisiak✊ (@Dahreeka)

19. And even when you found something you could just about wiggle into…

#GrowingUpThick Having To Stretch Everything You Put On😑

— PimpDaddyXdope (@xDope_Blasianx)

20. …it wasnt guaranteed to last very long.

#GrowingUpThick this is triggering … 😭😭

— chanty . (@chantalestrada)

21.

Damn well recognizing the sound of your jeans/pants ripping. #growingupthick

— Muñeca (@CanYouNot98)

22. Your assets werent about to let you relax for a moment…

#GrowingUpThick i was a B cup for like 5 minutes

— S (@materialjustins)

23.

Going straight from kids sizes to juniors 7 #growingupthick

— vote green party2016 (@girlwiththelegs)

24.

#growingupthick Friend: “Finally I’m home. I can take my bra off.” Me: “I’m going to bed. Where is my sleeping bra?”

— Sailor Mars (@TigerTinsy)

25. …and you definitely earned your stripes.

#growingupthick stretch marks on your boobs, butt, and thighs

— Chelsey Lynn (@millikenshakes)

26. But hold up! You had your fair share of advantages, too.

#growingupthick I never had to sit on anyone’s lap when the car was packed

— Haerraz Lenahc (@Zeee_24)

27.

#growingupthick when you would go to your friends house and they would put more food on your plate than the other kids

— Gabrielle Dixon (@dixon_gabrielle)

Come to think of it, #GrowingUpThick was pretty awesome.