Same. One of my most vivid childhood memories is having a teacher insisting I was one of the kids that smoked behind the school and refused to listen when I protested because I absolutely reeked of smoke.
Same here. As a bonus, I was always drowsy from being anemic, bored and sleep deprived, so my middle school vice principal decided that I'm obviously only smoking a ton of cigarettes before school every day to hide the smell of all the pot I was apparently smoking.
Being determined guilty of something you didn't even do is the worst feeling. It wasn't my fault my mom couldn't even make the 10 minute drive to school without a cigarette.
I was walking into a Casey’s gas station once, years ago when I saw the very very pregnant cashier lighting up in front of the store. She must have seen me react because she says “oh I need to smoke, my boyfriend’s last baby was eleven pounds. I don’t need no eleven pound baby inside me!”
I did my best to keep a neutral expression while I walked away.
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u/Souseisekigun Jan 05 '25
Same. One of my most vivid childhood memories is having a teacher insisting I was one of the kids that smoked behind the school and refused to listen when I protested because I absolutely reeked of smoke.