Ah to be 14 once more...
During the fateful school disco of puberty, where people actually start snogging instead of propping up the opposite walls, many of my friends snared themselves a girl for the night, whereas I was left out in the cold ("Stay" by East 17 still makes bring the taste of Panda Pops Cola to my mouth. And vomit).

However a few weeks later, due to convenience more than passion, the 'spare' girl of the group agreed to go out with me & so we arranged to all go to the Cinema for our 'first date'.

Now - mobile phones at this point were still monsterous bricks owned by only the rich & insane, even text messaging was the stuff of science fiction. So when I find myself running 2 hours late due to a missed bus, there's no way I can contact said girl or any of my friends to let them know that I'm not being raped in a ditch. In fact, I still don't know how we organised anything. (Note : having re-read that, we never organised ditch rape)

Eventually I make it to the Cinema, my friends are all there with their dates and one lonely girl furiously scowling. I apologise, saying that they should have gone in without me - to which she angrily shouts "Ungh! I told you we should have!"

Brilliant.

Things only get worse, with her choosing to sit on her own in the Cinema (yes, on her own). Outside, when we regroup I try my luck again, asking her if she had enjoyed the film - to which she replied "God!" and walked off.

Long post short - she 'dumped' me the next day & came out of the closet a few weeks later. I gleaned as much feeble mileage as I could from the 'I dated a lesbian' take on things, but the lasting effect was that any girl from her school who knew her, feared that I might 'turn them' somewhow. Which wasn't a great reputation to have at 14.

In a tremendous display of Karma however, I have recently discovered, on recounting all of this to my current girlfriend, that she was stalked by a girl at school. Who could this be? Why none other than my surly Cinema date herself!

Justice.
( moonjam, Sun 24 Oct 2004, 16:18, Reply)