I’m so happy to find Spotify. I love seeing other people’s playlists! I’ve caught my friends red-handed listening to Cher and other random stuff. But the other day, I heard a song that conjured up memories of awkward junior high school dances. Love Bites was the ultimate junior high slow dance song. Not only was it the longest slow song, but theoretically it represented a time when you could be alone with the girl you had a crush on. Of course in reality it didn’t always work out that way! Most of the time I’d be too shy to ask my crush to dance and just end up messing with my friends already dancing on the dance floor! My plans of being the next Johnny Depp or New Kid on the Block were always thwarted when I realized that I’d be smaller than most of the girls my age! Occasionally some brave group of girls would find me and my friends screwing around in the corner of the gymnasium and ask us to dance. When I did finally make it out to the dance floor with my partner, we’d spend 4-7 minutes laterally shifting our weight from leg to leg in complete silence with no eye contact until the song ended! Thanks. Good times. I’d like to say that things have improved since then, but sadly they haven’t and I have regressed. I have made it out to the dance floor a few times at weddings and parties. I’m happy to say at least it’s not as awkward as it used to be… FYI: I HAD NO IDEA WHAT “MAKING LOVE AND LOOKING IN THE MIRROR” MEANT BACK THEN…
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