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What Not to Write in Someone’s Yearbook

Today . . . for the first time ever . . . I am making my erstwhile, infamous yearbook list public and available for popular consumption.

You are free to steal it. I only ask that if you use it, you put a link to this blog url at the end of the stolen property.

One short anecdote. When some of my students finished reading the list, they’d softly say (with head pointed down) . . . “now what am I going to write in my friends’ yearbooks?”

So all of you teenagers, 20-somethings, 30-somethings, parents who have high school kids, and school teachers out there, here’s the list.

If it gives you a smile, pass on the joy (via the Share buttons or links below). And answer the question at the end.

Use at your own discretion . . . or risk:

  • I was the first to sign your crack.
  • I had a great year, hope you did too!
  • Keep on truckin’.
  • Stay sweet.
  • Have a great summer.
  • Keep in touch (K.I.T.)
  • I’m glad I met you.
  • See you next year (to a senior).
  • Stay cool.
  • I wish I could have gotten to know you better.
  • Good luck with (insert name of boyfriend or girlfriend).
  • Friends forever.
  • B.F.F.
  • Have a great life.
  • C-ya later homeboy!
  • We finally made it through.
  • Thanks for letting me sign your yearbook.
  • Stay cute.
  • It was great knowing you.
  • Thanks for being a friend.
  • 2 good + 2 be = 4 gotten.
  • You are a very sweat person (misspelled intentionally or unintentionally).
  • Be young, have fun, drink Pepsi.
  • Keep sploochin’.
  • Keep it real.
  • T.T.F.N.
  • LYLAS
  • Sorry so Sloppy.
  • Thanks for letting me sign your yearbook, but frankly, I never liked you.

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  1. RB

    March 19, 2012 at 1:59 PM

    The ones I remember best are, “I’ll remember you when I’m rich” (thanks to facebook I won’t let him forget that), and “thanks for all the hurtful memories.”. On the latter I never got an answer on what he meant. Then 25 years later my friend came out of the closet and said he’d always had a crush on me. Ouch!

  2. Frank Prescott

    March 10, 2012 at 6:59 AM

    B.F.F & T.T.F.N.???? Been a long time since high school.

    • Tamzin

      March 13, 2012 at 3:46 AM

      Best Friends Forever

      and

      Ta Ta For Now

      —- Still in high school 🙂 —-

  3. Ant Writes

    March 10, 2012 at 2:35 AM

    I LOVED when people signed my yearbook with my nickname.;)
    (My last name is pronounced AIR HEART..like Amelia….substitute the H for an F..you get the idea 🙂
    Kids are GENIUSES..;)
    We homeschool so we probably won’t deal with that (although our homeschool group makes a yearbook….I wasn’t popular, but people thought I was sorta cool. I graduated in the 80’s, so picture Breakfast club,..I was a mix between Anthony-Michael Hall and John Bender 🙂 (I ended up marrying Molly Ringwald..;) )

  4. Ben Simpson

    March 9, 2012 at 6:07 PM

    My mom was pretty horrified when one of my friends wrote “Don’t get laid, but if you do use a rubber!” I was in the eighth grade. I had little idea what he meant, or why it should or shouldn’t be funny. My mother was not amused.

  5. Kat Huff

    March 9, 2012 at 2:52 PM

    Frank, I’m out of the loop on this kind of thing, but your post brought a memory back to me that I haven’t had in years. You see, I was the extremely shy girl who walked down the hall always carrying a huge stack of books; never speaking with anyone. I remember one day walking down the hallway to class when a boy stopped and looked at me and said, “Hi,” and I actually felt faint and quickly uttered a very soft “Hi” as I picked up my pace to the classroom. I doubt he even heard me speak. How shy is that? Not everyone was a part of the “in crowd” in school, or any crowd for that matter. I don’t recall being asked to sign a yearbook, though it doesn’t look like I missed out on too much fun. 🙂

  6. Seth

    March 9, 2012 at 1:42 PM

    “THE END” on the very back of the book so it fills the page and then sign in the smallest signature possible.

  7. Michael Young

    March 9, 2012 at 12:49 PM

    “See ya in Summer School!”

  8. Bobby (@reformedlostboy)

    March 9, 2012 at 11:58 AM

    My favorite one to write was: “I’m the clown who came to town to sign your yearbook upside down” … of course that was only if someone had already signed the crack 🙂

  9. Tim L.

    March 9, 2012 at 11:18 AM

    What does LYYLAS mean? I tried googling but didn’t come up with anything.

    • Frank Viola

      March 9, 2012 at 1:22 PM

      LYLAS – love ya like a sister. The extra Y was a typo. 🙂

  10. Natalie

    March 9, 2012 at 10:57 AM

    I love this list! I teach middle school, and, while I have never given them a list like this, I always try to remind them of the difference between your and you’re when yearbooks come out because I see so many “your sweet”s and “your a great friend”s. This year perhaps we will talk about using words to say meaningful things!

  11. mark

    March 9, 2012 at 8:59 AM

    The first one on your list is exactly what I thought of when I read the title of this post. And yes, someone actually wrote that on my yearbook (on the crack, of course).

    I remember it being a big deal in middle school to get my yearbook signed. In high school I realized that most of what people wrote was meaningless and quit asking anyone to sign mine.

    I think this was a great idea to help students write something more thoughtful to their friends.

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Frank is a bestselling author, speaker, podcaster, and blogger. He helps serious followers of Jesus know their Lord more deeply so they can experience real transformation and make a lasting impact. His blog – frankviola.org – is regularly ranked in the top 5 of all Christian blogs on the Web and his podcast – Christ is All – has ranked #1 in Canada and #2 in the USA on Apple Podcasts. He and his conversation partners also host The Insurgence Podcast. Frank’s books have sold over 600,000 copies and they’ve been translated into many languages.

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