So I’ve worked with students on and off since I turned twenty-two. (26.75-22=4.75yrs.)
I’ve one on one mentored roughly ten teenage boys during that time span.
However, it was last night that I heard maybe the funniest line out of any of their mouths.

I was talking with one of the guys who just turned sixteen. This young man had just went out on his second date with this particular girl. I was conversing with him on how the date went, where they went, what they did; you know all the normal questions you ask. He went on to tell me about how they just watched a movie and swam.

He then went on to tell me about the movie.
It was in that part of our conversation that he said what left me laughing for roughly 15 minutes.
He said the following to me:

“We were watching a movie. But no worries, I put my arm around her so i wouldn’t be tempted to put it on her, well you know”

Now, I know when I was a teenage boy trying to keep myself away from the danger areas of screwing up, I did some pretty slick things. But I have to say, never did I tell someone in such a unique and honest way as this young man did last night, of what I did to try to prevent something, and what exactly that something was that I was trying to prevent from happening.

Priceless.

Which makes me wonder, what is something you did when you were a teenager to keep temptation from becoming a reality?

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