“Will you go with me?” the boy asked. I was in fifth grade and didn’t recognize the phrase used at the time to ask someone to be his girlfriend. (Think 1980s.)
Wide-eyed, I said, “Go where?”
As his real question dawned on me, I regretted my reactionary response but was too shy to backpedal and say, “Yes.”
This interaction started my dating era.
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