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| Sometimes he even writes funny music. His site | | | | only one! Many days Jenny would be waiting by that |
| MatchTales brings dating stories, site reviews and free | | | | tree till I passed by and smile nervously saying "Hi". I too |
| dating support forums to the web. | | | | would say "Hi". Sometimes I even said it first! But |
| One of my first "Big Dates" was a Cotillion dance in | | | | always continuing on my way. God only knows what |
| 8th grade...or was it seventh? Cotillion was an attempt | | | | disasters would have occured if I had stopped to talk |
| by a local "grande dame" to nurture refined manners in | | | | any further! But this was earthshaking stuff making my |
| a group of young teens along with ballroom dancing | | | | head spin on the rest of my walk home. |
| instruction. I think it was a truly nerve wracking | | | | Well this brazen flirting continued and the pitch of her |
| experience for most of us! Once a week we would | | | | "Hi's" became higher and happier. When it was time to |
| walk a couple blocks from the middle school to the K | | | | invite someone to the dance I found the number in the |
| of C Hall located on the 3rd floor of a downtown | | | | phone book and spent an hour or so making myself |
| building. A virtual skyscraper in our town! Guys wanting | | | | nervous. One of Jenny's 300 sisters answered the |
| a little money would hang about by the door and help | | | | phone and I heard much yelling for her and thumping up |
| the instructor out of her car ...open the door. These | | | | and down stairs...I nearly hung up in fear! This was |
| kind of brownie points paid a couple bucks cash! If you | | | | much worse than when the german shephard down |
| were really good you would carry some of her stuff | | | | the street was chomping on my leg as I rode past on |
| up the 3 flights of worn wooden stairs. It was one of | | | | my bike! |
| those buildings that are mystifyingly old...the major | | | | I don't remember the conversation with Jenny...I may |
| mystery to me being that they haven't burned down! | | | | have blacked out. But I know it was successful |
| We would then partner up and learn the rhumba, the | | | | because weeks later I found myself at her house in a |
| foxtrot, the bossa nova, jitterbug, waltz etc. Every so | | | | suit in this predicament with an enourmous corsage |
| often we would switch partners and during the session | | | | and no clue of how to pin it to her dress. Thankfully |
| you would dance with each of the 50 girls a couple | | | | her mother came to the rescue. Her mom still laughs |
| times. All very open stance and supervised...but still at | | | | about that when she see's me. |
| that age, and for a nerdy guy still in his Clark Kent | | | | After that awkward scene things got better. We sat |
| frames it was something of a thrill. | | | | with friends and ate, all joking around. Jenny and I |
| Jenny (names have been changed to protect the | | | | actually remembered the different dances and |
| sweet and innocent) was a cute little girl from my | | | | impressed the leader of the orchestra a little. Music, |
| neighborhood. She lived about 4 blocks away so I only | | | | friends and dancing with a childhood crush. There was |
| saw her when I was walking home. Her family had a | | | | nothing more to it than that. Really when compared to |
| tree between the sidewalk and street with a trunk that | | | | some of my more recent dates, it is perfect in |
| was curved from years of kids passing by and | | | | comparison. |
