"When I Was Your Age..."

Marian
Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:06:32 +0000

Got a copy of “Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask” as a going-away-to-college present from my best friend, who had already been at college for a year. Figured I wouldn’t need the information for a long time. Needed it within three months.

Had too much to drink once. Once was enough.

Never tried marijuana. I couldn’t face the idea of smoking anything.

Came home from college one weekend to visit my boyfriend at his parents’ home while his parents were out of town. Never told my parents.

Had a car at school one semester, when my family didn’t need it. Offered a ride home to a girl from my dorm who lived along the route. Didn’t realize she was bringing home her pet chicken.

Got married at 21 – what was I thinking?

A week before I got married, while my soon-to-be-husband was sick with German measles, went out dancing with two guys and another girl (and didn’t tell my fiance). These other people invited me because they knew that I like to dance and that I was about to marry a guy who refused to dance under any circumstances. They figured it was the last time I would ever get to dance. They were right (so far – it’s only been 35 years).