So I made it through middle school without any romantic entanglements (not difficult at all) and headed off to high school, the time in every geeks life when everyone (even the geekiest guys) are dating… or at least that’s what happened in all the popular films of the day (so it must be true). Here is where I jumped in with both feet and did… nothing. Sure I tried and failed once, maybe twice – I think the highlight was sending a girl (who I had a crush on) a box of chocolates for Valentine’s Day not realizing that she was getting over the stomach flu.

What? You are shocked that I didn’t have a wonderful social life in high school? You see I worked… My parents owned a t-shirt shop. One of those places that you could have a design (or your own message) imprinted onto a shirt. I started working there before they owned it (at 13) and stopped just before they sold it (at 18). If I wasn’t working on Friday night (mmm… ordering pepperoni & meatball pizza) it seemed that I was baby sitting my little brothers while my parents played bridge- therefore very little social life.

I did go to my Junior Prom (not my Senior), and had a nice time. My mother did try to suggest people for me to ask. In celebration of my actually going out with a girl she decided to host the post prom party (Which is why I really dislike the Smurfs). Weeks and a few dates later, when my prom date decided to move on, (“Let’s just be friends”) I was crushed… I kind of became a hermit (not too difficult) until college when things changed- but that’s a story for another day.