OMG! Not so much a 1980's kid, but a teenager-young adult!
I also paired my leg warmers with the Hi-top Reeboks!
I wore my shirts off the shoulder
I had a Cabbage Patch Kid named Derek (Just for the heck of it)
I still have a cassette tape somewhere with 99 red ballons... in german!
I wore fish nets with ankle lace socks and pumps to the disco! (I was 18 in 1981 )
I remember when Menudo came about (Ricky Martin joined them around 1986, I think)
I had big hair and carried a can of hairspray!
I went roller - skating every Friday night, ever since I was 7!
My outfit for 1983 New Years eve was a neon lime green skirt and shirt (off the shoulder of course!), with fluorescent orange leaf-shaped earrings and fluorescent orange beads!
I wore the jackets with gigantic shoulder pads and long skirts, buttoned up shirt with a brooch at the throat! or a leather necktie!
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You know what "Sike" means.
You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off".
You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer".
You were only cool if you hung out at the Roller Rink and actually knew how to skate.
You can sing the McDonald's Big Mack Filet-o-fish, quarter pounder, French Fry song while jump roping.
You wore 3-8 different colored socks in layers and thought that the more you could wear the cooler you were.
You know who Mr. T is.
You actually believed for a minute that K.I.T. (The night rider) actually was real.
You know who Fat Albert is.
You wore fluorescent, neon clothing.
You could break dance, or wish you could.
You wanted to be The Incredible Hulk for Halloween.
You believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"
Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.
You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
You wanted to be on Star Search.
You can remember Michael Jackson when he was black.
You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth.
You remember the garbage pail kids, and owned some.
You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
You HAD to have your MTV.
You always wondered why Tootie always wore those skates.
You actually thought "Dirty Dancing" was a REALLY good movie.
You watched Purple Rain over and over again.
Your all time favorite movie was Footloose and you actually thought that Kevin Bacon was HOT in it!!!
You remember the episode of Good Times when Flo broke down after James' funeral.
You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
You own any cassettes.
You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.
You remember and/or owned any of the Care Bear Glass collection from Pizza Hut or any other stupid collection they came out with.
Poltergeist freaked you out.
You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunch box.
You have pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female smurf.
You know what leg warmers are and probably had a pair.
You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
You had a Swatch Watch with the Swatch Guard.
You thought UTFOs "Roxanne, Roxanne" song was the bomb!
You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.
You know what a "Push Up" ice cream is.
You had to come in the house when the street lights came on.