Who said Sixteen was sweet?

“Ah! Here comes sixteen… What do they call? Yeah got it, “Sweet Sixteen”. Right. My countdown began 5 days prior to my sixteenth birthday,”5….4……3….” I called my mom, “Mom! Am gonna turn 16 in just 2 days. I am a big girl, now!” I was very excited. Of course, to be in the middle of teen-age is something really exciting. And I was one such girl, carried away by the often heard words “Sweet Sixteen”. So, I thought I would throw out a big party, announcing everyone that I am 16. And what else? I kept the volume of my speakers in a full blast,

“Today I’m gonna ride away
And feel the sun throughout my hair
Finally free to be who I wanna be
Who that is I don’t really care

‘Cuz I’ve got friends who love me
Blue skies are above me
My blond hair (mine is not blond though,:-P)is everywhere

‘Cuz I’ve got friends who love me
Blue skies are above me
My blond hair (mine is not blond though,:-P)is everywhere

Sweet sixteen
Gonna spread my wings
Sweet sixteen
It’s my chance to shine
Sweet sixteen
Discovering
Sweet sixteen
So much more to life
Sweet sixteen”

After listening that Hilary’s song for the Seventeenth time, I listened and watched these shows, too. The 1984 film Sixteen Candles features a coming of age story as the lead character, Samantha Baker, turns sixteen. Before that, a song “16 Candles” was recorded by the Crests and several other artists, including Roy Orbison. A song by Billy Idol with the same name”Sweet Sixteen”, as well as a song by Neil Sedaka called “Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen” and a song by Chuck Berry titled “Sweet Little Sixteen”. Fall Out Boy recorded a song titled “A Little Less Sixteen Candles. I know that was quite insane, but that happened 1 year ago. Now, am quite a matured girl. Sitting in the bed, I was thinking, “Who in the hell named the age that way???? Wait till I get my hands on him…And bless Hilary for deceiving me that way!(And every one else too!)

Rather than the Bamboozling Adjective,”Sweet”, They should have named, “Watever is the antonym of “Sweet””. Yeah 1 year has passed by since you saw that thrilled, excited girl, with a care-free life. Of course, all teenagers from 13 to 19 face the same problems. But still, Why should they have named sixteen alone this way?? There must be reasons, right? And I was quite determined to find out that reason. I found out from the web. It says that, In U.S, that’s the age when they get driving license. And that’s the age of consent and that’s a milestone for them. But being in a country like this, We must not follow this phrase. I am quite sure. Teens suffer from the studying-hard disease to many bugging up activities in schools and at houses. And for me, I realized I was silly to be deceived by just a I-DONT-WANT-TO-MENTION-THE-WORD of a phrase. That was the age I got really bugged up with school, where we had nothing else apart from studying. Even now I am doing that, of course. But “Sweet”, in this context means Fun, Joy etcetera…but I didn’t come across such a feeling , often at all. Warning: to teens from 13-15. Don’t get deceived by this phrase at all. It has no inner intentions of meaning.!!!!