Something remembered

So this morning, I was thinking about high school. Particularly high school dances, and the fact that I never, ever had a date to one. Well, in my freshman year, a guy asked me, but I thought he was a loser, and I told him my parents wouldn't let me date. Jackass. Me, that is. I think I set the tone for the next four years. I did ask a guy to the Sadie Hawkins dance when I was a junior, but we were just friends, and it was actually very boring. Just because I didn't have dates to the dances didn't mean I didn't go. I would go with other girls who didn't have dates, either. Often, we'd sit at a table with our friends who had dates, and somehow all of the dateless girls would be asked to dance, and there I'd sit. Inevitably, the dreaded, but always constant question would be asked, "Could you watch my purse?" What could I say, no? And there I'd be, alone at a table with 4 fucking purses.