Being a teenager in the 2000s part 2 💖

[@hanfan26]

‘96 baby here, I was too young to experience being a teenager in the 00s, but I very distinctly remember thinking how cool they were and loving their stuff. I miss this time so much it hurts.

[@WiinterKitten]

Right😭 ‘97 for me and honestly I’m so disappointed that I couldn’t get the same teenage experience that I watched my sisters have😭

[@waitforkait]

same here! my older sister was a teenager in the early 2000s so naturally I thought she was the coolest person ever and wanted to be just like her lol. she’s still very cool (and we’re much closer now that we’re both adults!) but this video definitely makes me nostalgic for that time because even though I was a kid back then, being a teenage girl seemed so glamorous and fun to me 🥹

[@abz4674]

I'm a 94' so I at least I had up to being 14 by 2010 but I know what you mean. It wasn't enough

[@meghansullivan6812]

98 baby here....I feel u

[@____Rahaf]

Found my people 96 here 🥹💖

[@Mcoogie]

Im cryijg thinking about how much better life was. So carefree, so anxiety-free, so free, so innocent, so genuine. So connected. I miss thise times so much. ❤

[@nmh7499]

Yessss I came here to say the same thing!!

[@crowdpleaser54]

I’m with you

[@glam2gobeauty811]

Facts! I've never seen so many kids with anxiety as I do in 2024

[@huffing_metal]

​@@glam2gobeauty811Trust me they existed back then. People were just really good at masking bc anyone different from the norm were outcasts.

[@Freedomfighter20251]

​@@huffing_metalnot true 84 baby here I didn't have anxiety back then.

[@LydiannaBella]

‘85 baby here and everything is spot on! God I miss those days! Would talk on the phone for hours with my friends, go to the mall as an activity and put so much glitter eyeshadow on! So many memories

[@Kalani-xq9mn]

Me too. There was no way for our parents to track us. Life was simple and we had fun.

[@erinrenee980]

86 baby here and same here! It's crazy how time has flown by 😢

[@SpielmanFarms2008]

'85 represent 🎉 This was VERY accurate 👌🏼

[@automnejoy5308]

The glitter eye shadow made my eye lids swell up, unfortunately. But I was definitely a fan of lip gloss. Except when my hair blew into it.

[@ninapedersen1]

85 too. I miss it so much. How fast it goes by. I have a 16 year old now

[@JamieAllOver]

This actually makes me sad 😢 the world is so different 😢

[@trisha56238]

The wierdest part of looking at pictures from the 90s and 2000s is that the way the film looks is how I remember reality looking. Everything just looks different today. Am I the only one?!?! Does anyone else understand what i'm talking about???? 🤣🤣

[@jessicas912]

YESSSS!!!! Omg same, I just wasn't sure how to put it into words! I know EXACTLY what you mean...when I picture my bedroom in 1999/2000 it looked JUST LIKE these photos... like dark, and...scratchy almost...idk but I know exactly what you mean!!! Yes!❤

[@ariellesarinafirestone7823]

@@jessicas912same!!!

[@littlew0men]

absolutely 🥺

[@kurlykaitlyn]

Because today the world is more addicted to aesthetics. Movies like ‘to all the boys I’ve loved before’ or ‘Do Revenge’ for example really represent this over pretty aesthetic look that in reality very few teens actually live.

[@jessemidtdal529]

Fully understand

[@LoveLife247]

"We couldn't wait to grow up, and now we don't know where the time went" 😢😢😢 This hits hard like a ton of bricks, only 90s and early 2000s kids will understand the pain 😢😢

[@maliece419]

just said out loud to myself "why's this gotta make me cry?!" 🤣😭🤣

[@marmeemarch7080]

Nope! Gen X saying the same thing.

[@kota3117]

Us 80s kids definitely understand 😢

[@Jenn_Whyte]

Together we stand 🫡 💞🥺

[@adriannichole06]

@@maliece419 I’ve seen a ton of videos like this about growing up in the 90s-00s and for whatever reason this one made me tear up. I’ve never missed my childhood or teen years for a second until this fleeting moment.

[@nothingtofind9099]

the aesthetics are good but the wholesome vibe is the best!

[@kimgrumeretz5508]

Jenna! You gotta stop making me cry. Watching my kiddos approach these formative years now is a trip. I keep telling them to enjoy the moment! It's gone in a flash💜💗

[@circe8]

That St. Ives scrub triggers a trauma response

[@amanda1413]

😂

[@FairyKit]

I remember using it cause my sister had it! The trauma is so real 😭

[@beeshk2388]

It was so rough 😭😭 I wouldn’t even use it on my foot now lol

[@amanda1413]

@@beeshk2388 hahaha same. Then the cucumber (?) peel off one that probably took some skin off in the process.

[@xamyx725]

It was around in the 80s… How did is still around, even today…? It broke me out so badly, even cystic acne…

[@amandacline3041]

I'd go back any day. When a time machine is possible, I know right when I'm going back to. Thank you for your videos and sharing all of your photos, I miss those days.

[@Casamigostookmyfriends]

Not my almost 35 year old self crying. I miss these days so much.

[@ellav9022]

Same

[@Casamigostookmyfriends]

@@ellav9022❤

[@Casamigostookmyfriends]

@@ellav9022 I had no idea how much I’d miss these days. 😭

[@astrid8433]

❤

[@AbstractlyMe83]

Okay but I *_STILL_* love to drive aimlessly around. Probably why I love being a pet sitter, I drive around all day long to different clients, and why I want to do vanlife!

[@paulina9077]

Same I love driving aimlessly. Probably why I like doing delivery jobs on the side I get to drive around to random places

[@sharedexperiences2773]

I hate paying for gas too much.

[@craisins95]

@@sharedexperiences2773It doesn’t help that it was cheaper then.

[@automnejoy5308]

I like being driven. I'd like a chauffeur to drive me around in my van lifestyle.

[@lovabledork23]

Don’t know where the time went, and in a whole different world than what we ever anticipated

[@automnejoy5308]

It blows.

[@Sarah.Black.]

😢 I cry every time. I miss these days so much.

[@dollarThrifted]

Same💔

[@nmh7499]

Yesssss! I graduated from HS in 2006 and I feel this so hard. Sometimes I get so nostalgic for that time in my life. It was such a carefree time filled with so much innocence. My friends and I loved to drive around aimlessly and listen to all of our favorite mixed cds. Sometimes I still feel like I can close my eyes and feel the sun on my face and the wind blowing through my hair, just listening to our favorite tunes without a care in world. 😭

[@Mcoogie]

And the nails had to be the squarest nails you've ever seen. SQUARE!!!

[@1320babe]

I’d always tell them “Square square” 😂😂😂

[@Puppies-z9h]

That blue dress is still a stunner

[@LoveLife247]

Who else remembers this iconic song in the movie "white chicks" 😂😂 Good old days...

[@cortney213]

Exactly where my brain went to 😂

[@robbiebalboa]

I can’t unsee Latrell.

[@MissyMuthaTruckiN]

TERRY CREWS 😂😂😂

[@user07-awubt01]

Latrell and Terry Crews lol in the car😂😂😂

[@jclyntoledo]

😂😂😂 This!

[@ashleycnossen3157]

I wish I had friends to share that time with. The memories would be sweet instead of painful.

[@msNB1]

Crying right now 😭😭 I miss these days so much!!!

[@Sarah.Black.]

Me too!

[@dollarThrifted]

Same

[@leavemealoha]

As a 90's baby, I had my childhood in the early 2000s and teenage years in between the latest 2000s and early 2010s, and a lot of this I still remember, especially AIM, the usage of house phones, VHS tapes, and the cell phones. I was so jealous of my older brother because he was old enough to have an AIM account and the friends to communicate with. At the same time, I remember having an AOL kids page, and the dialup loading sound still echoes in my brain. My brother and I would argue because he wanted to go on the internet, but I wanted to talk on the phone with my friends. I would also play with my mom's purple-pink cellphone. My dad would record Powerpuff Girls and Lizzie McGuire marathons while I was at school. By the time I went to my first school dance in middle school, the glittery dresses were still popular. I miss my childhood. Now, as an almost 30 year old, I am still in denial that I am an adult and that those years flew by when, as a kid, they felt like time would drag. I realize I am always looking to the future when I should appreciate and live in the current moment.

[@monsev.arellano9125]

So glad you called out the OC! As a 2000s baby I just watched the entire series for the first time and now I know why people are nostalgic for it 💕🫶🏼

[@glamgurl1213]

I still love a good square nail 😂 Did all of these things being a teenager in early 2000s was amazing y2k will still always be the best. No other era had it as good as the kids born in the mid 80s 4real I miss these days teenage life was so simple and fun

[@Fantozz2]

As a band geek who grew up in the same era, I def did not party in fields or get Playboy bunny tats hahaha

[@j.kristineemmons]

Yeah, I was too close to the city for that, but the tanning thing......oh dear. I pay thousands upon thousands on my skin now....

[@janelebenson1102]

oh my god, DEB ! 😩 '85 here. this content is so nostalgic.

[@nickiraeeexo1915]

I’m SO thankful I got to experience the glittery DEB homecoming dress days. Sometimes I wish I was a little older to experience more of what was shown in here though!! ❤

[@wendinunnery]

We all had the same childhood and I love it.

[@automnejoy5308]

I'm not sure Gen Z or Gen Alpha will be united in the same way. They seem more... fractured.

[@TheDamnD_]

Born 86

[@aaabbb-ve9po]

What was weird is growing up in the 00s I already felt nostalgic for a time that didn’t even pass yet. Like I was aware of all this stuff and knew how perfect it was. No case of “hindsight is 2020”. Anybody else feel it back then?

[@couturemepleasexo]

Yes!! I relate to this sooo hard. Sometimes I’d stop and be like damn I know I’m gonna miss this one day, life is so good

[@lh9591]

My coworker who was obsessed with the OC would get special shifts out at 7pm so she could get home to watch The OC. Yeah nice 5-7 shift Stacy. You’re awesome.

[@sarahdeaver4981]

I just cried... I miss my momma....😢

[@stvrlightedd]

This made me realize how bad my childhood was being locked up in a house all day everyday,missing out on experiences...i am tearing up 😭

[@smoothliqour]

every summer was spent inside, i missed birthdays and sleepovers, never learned how to swim or ride a bike. it’s so devastating knowing that your time to explore and build as a child is over and while your peers are ahead of you, you’re busy hoping that you have time to do all the fun stuff you wanted to do in middle school.

[@stvrlightedd]

I am in 11th grade and i havent done SHIT​@@smoothliqour

[@Kira_Martel]

Wait, why were you guys in the house all summer? I mean, sure, I have some friends who never learned to swim or ride bikes, but we all went outside. At the very least onto the porch or in the yard.

[@smoothliqour]

@@Kira_Martel bc i had strict christian parents

[@Kira_Martel]

@@smoothliqour I'm sorry. I don't know if it helps any, but as a Christian myself it makes me deeply upset that your parents could somehow see separating their child from God's creation, which He said was good, as any kind of positive thing. The earth is beautiful. Don't worry. None of us has every component of what's considered a typical childhood, and you have so much more time to experience life. A big part of my 20s and now my 30s has been fulfilling hopes and dreams that child-me had. Don't let people tell you it's too late.

[@notoriouswolfgaming2483]

born 88 here didnt get a cell till high school in 04. Backyard and beachk hangouts by the fire, Nobody barely know how to text hha! Just pure souls connecting

[@heathermiller5765]

'89 and I didn't get mine til AFTER high school lol. Little black MetroPCS flip phone that was all the rage, along with the Razr 😊

[@gina-marie1621]

This makes me cry. Im turning 40 this month but my mom passed 20 months ago. It just feels weird.

[@SENSEF]

Gosh, I loved the store DEB! Who else scored $20 clearance dresses after Prom every year? So fun!

[@GPXgirl]

Yes! I remember wanting one of those phones from RadioShack. Remember seeing it in Mary Kate and Ashley movie. Passport to Paris! It was only like $30 and it had the headset and everything and it clipped to your belt. So you could do whatever and be hands-free. I remember asking for it for Christmas and my parents still got a handheld phone. Still, beyond cool though at the time. 😅

[@loveoftruthtarot8888]

So many memories!! 💜💭

[@mommalou64]

This made me tear up. Kids will not understand this these days

[@xoxokrissi]

Minutes being free after 9 was actually diabolical!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@leavemealoha]

I find it amazing that some of those trends haven't changed in some places. Since I live in the country in BF Egypt, high schoolers still have parties in fields and go mud bogging. I still see Seventeen Magazine displayed on grocery store shelves (despite its different layout and aesthetic - it still follows all of the current trends and contains celebrity interviews), and brands such as Proactive and St. Ives definitely remain popular as far as facial care products go (however, I notice how kids as young as 7 or 8 years old wanting to develop skin care routines like older teens. Kids seem to rush to become adults so early today, its scary. Some even look older than me 😱🙃😭).

[@psychoPilgrim36]

I relate to some of this as an older gen z but unfortunately me and my friends never drove around aimlessly. Me and my mom and little sister would do that though, we would drive around town for hours after getting starbucks and just listen to music with the windows down. Years later i did the same thing with my cousin, but never with my friends and thats a huge bummer because driving around IS super fun and classic

[@pokerfaces67]

Don’t forget we actually socialize in person and talk to people instead of texting 😅❤

[@Goldengurl85]

Girl!!😢 mayb its just me being a mellinial but we had such a great time.our generation was everywhere! So proud to be a mellinial in moments like this!

[@melastac]

I love the sparkly blue Deb dress!

[@littleflower9536]

Calling friends on the landline, and many lived the next town over, AKA long distance, so I had to wait and call after 8pm (but loved growing up in that time)

[@paulina9077]

It really wasn't as glamorous as the resurgence of this whole y2k/2000s aesthetic, but we made the best of it and were happy. I don't think these kids could live in our shoes without social media and smartphones. CDs, house phones, dial up internet, chat rooms, instant messengers, and disposable cameras - these kids wouldn't make it 😅

[@aliciaarguello1989]

Everytime I watch your videos, I cry-in a good way

[@xTIYx]

That's not what my teenager years looked like, being a girl from a seaside town in Brazil. But this video is incredibly nostalgic to me because that's the aesthetics of American series I watched on TV (like OC 😂)

[@megeraashley7777]

I was really into Friends when it originally aired but in 2001 - 02 my dance teacher decided our class was going to be from 730-830 instead of 630-730. The amount of times I threatened my little brother if he pressed stop on my recording was astronomical that year.

[@sarahharvey5363]

Why does this making me tear up!! 😢😢 Oh to go back to those days. 🤍

[@mabuabarati1679]

I absolutely love how you always had a smile on your face ❤

[@JustChristianThings]

The OC!!! ❤ that was my favorite show for a long time. I’ll always love the OC, I just watched a few episodes last week 🥰

[@candycane6385]

Omg I am 36 and this brought back so much memories. I remembered wanting to grow up so fast 😢 and I remember yelling at my mom when I was 14 saying I can’t wait to be 18 cuz I’m outa here!!! And this year my mom passed away at 56. I wish I could just go back to the 90’s and be a kid 😢

[@Mimilyynnn]

I wish I could go back. 😢

[@Trina_yup]

Jenna why are you so GOOD at these?! As an early 00s teen I have to say this is so accurate. We had a “cruise route” in our tiny Midwest town so you could drive aimlessly around it until you spotted someone you knew or gave up!

[@Freedomfighter20251]

Turning 40 this year this is so nostalgic 😢

[@happymommaa]

Yep, me too, feels so weird. I remember my mom’s 40th birthday party like it was yesterday. 😵‍💫🫨 Love your name btw. 🤩😎

[@Freedomfighter20251]

​@@happymommaathanks 2 weeks away and I'll be 40.

[@automnejoy5308]

Your comment has 40 likes. lol.

[@josephlo9579]

Girls wore those flip flops with bottoms that were as thick as a brick...it was super "comfy" according to them.

[@ekaterini2957]

Geez -- particularly the driving aimlessly -- you got this so spot on...

[@andrealarocco4941]

My roommate worked at Arden B, so we literally had the store as our closet. I also had that V-tech phone in purple to match my purple Apple computer, lol 😂.

[@m.josena4485]

Omg the way I want a purple computer so badly rn it sounds so cute!

[@sharisseg7214]

I recently thrifted an Arden B clutch, it was so nostalgic and better quality than any going out clutch you would purchase in the current teenie booper stores. All the bead work is perfectly intact. ❤

[@DurangoDriver23]

I LOVED DEB😭😭😭🤧 where have the years gone???

[@CommentingSomeMore]

Arden B! I almost forgot that place….it was so cool ❤ those were truly the good days.

[@thecoolestrachelfreeman]

Growing up is awesome when you’re not tired

[@jenniferwilliams5478]

Hungout in parks, fields, basements and patios. My cellphone bill is cheaper now then it was in 2004 and that was before unlimited minutes and texting.

[@smithsunleashed]

Omg the oc is one of my favorites! 😭 literally got nostalgic seeing that

[@jasmineaslam1834]

She is so beautiful

[@diamondsglitznglam]

Me too I was 14 in 2000 I loved every minute of it now looking back was better than now sorry 🎉🎉🎉

[@stephaniemalone6412]

This is the sweetest

[@saranorris4914]

86' here. You literally just described my teens perfectly. The clothes, the hair, the makeup, and the brows. Especially partying in fields and riding around aimlessly. Good times 😌😊

[@lowtideflut]

It was such a fun time. And I still love this song ❤

[@jessemidtdal529]

Our siblings listened in on yhe calls! When you snuck out. Your mom would call your cell and you just didn't answer. Honest to God I am rewatching oc right now. My bez5 friend had Nike sign brows. Drove a little car I would LOAD everyone in and we would go out all night. You're so right. Couldn't wait to be here. Now I'm 35 like.. Jesus

[@ei42877]

Aww this makes me so sad but happy. Times were so simple and fun. Although I think my face is still recovering from that exact skincare lol😢

[@Smuckersuncrustables]

and now we get to live during seth cohen's resurgence

[@senocakamber]

Ohh this gave me some good nostalgia feels 💕

[@Mcoogie]

And spent all day at school, home with family, home alone, out with friends- with no phones!! Imagine it ..

[@kjsport82]

So good. I’m not crying I promise

[@BuyLessJess]

That mint julep mask still hits though.

[@Piperdogloveshats]

Did you set out to make a tear or two fall by the time this ended! There nostalgia is making me emotional!!🥲

[@aAngel93]

i miss those days 😢😢😢

[@amanda1413]

Not the tanning stickers😂😂

[@eliza6971]

My parents had to get a second phone line for me because I was always online and the dial up internet monopolized the house phone 😅

[@ashhkills]

Okay but that blue dress is so pretty!

[@okpoptart]

so glad you've the receipts!!! totally forgot about DEB!!!

[@RiaE.S]

It's videos like this when I'm like where's the time machine please. I graduated high school in '03 and can't help but lay here n smile, thinking about all the bomb cds i used to burn, cruising around town with my girls bumping the jams, windows down, wind in our hair, deciding on who's house we're going to get ready at for whoever's party or bond fire that night.

[@rissaroberts5838]

That phone picture just gave me all the feels 😢❤

[@naomi.j.m.]

The last picture is absolutely beautiful!

[@roy4567]

I was only a child in the 2000s ('01 baby) and not a teenager, but I saw teens all the time back then hanging out at the mall, the park, and fast food joints. It always seemed like you guys were having so much fun and loving life. I hope you can look back on those memories with a smile. ^_^

[@samanthamorris1287]

Omg the after 9pm phone calls 📞 😂I remember having to wait to make calls lol❤

[@HermioneGirl1987]

The field and basement parties!

[@j.kristineemmons]

Basements? Yes! Real MF's had basements!

[@stormeealexander7186]

The good days ❤

[@yahyoubetchaa]

“Couldn’t wait to grow up.” Now I’m grown up and would give anything to go back 😞

[@needles1987]

I was a teenager in the 2000s and I was miserable.

[@stellarsyd]

Oh man the end got me all choked up 😢❤

[@SpielmanFarms2008]

Not sure why but this definitely choked me up and made me emotional 🥺

[@GivingPayback]

This actually makes me tear up and want to go back!!!! Best times ever, and we just rushed thru them all. And we wanted all the changes that took all that fun stuff and "boredom" away!?! What were we thinking yall!?! 😢 At least we got to live literally the best of generations ever. We had advanced in times, but not too much yet. I am so upset because I lost a lot of my photos. I had a really abusive first real relationship.... he made me throw away all my diaries and photos from back then!?! I hate I did that. I should have hidden them somehow or went back and got them all out. I regret not having all of those things. I would so love to go back and read those diaries and also go thru all the photos!!!! It is sad to know I will never have them again.

[@abz4674]

I want to go back to those times. That was my favourite song when i was 12. I been a kid through most of thw 2000's but i had that one year of being a teenager during then. ❤❤❤

[@Echolyris212]

I can still smell all the skincare😂.

[@lolagray6616]

The nostalgia❤❤❤😢😢😢😢

[@erincarter5061]

This was such a precious time! 😊💗

[@eviex134]

I’m a 2000s baby so I can’t relate much but I can imagine how amazing it was since I had teenage brothers at that time.

[@shae9364]

The skin care routine. 😂 Sea Breeze was a must in the summer. I put that and Noxema on my sunburns. I still put Noxema on sunburns, even though I've not been sunburnt enough to use it or notice in about ten years. I'm 28, and plan on continuing to not get sunburnt. Lol.