We all just kinda did everything we thought we were supposed to do and girls dated the guys they were supposed to and did things with the guys they were supposed to.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I certainly didn't want to date. I was through with guys.
Dating and getting attention from boys was something that came later to me.
I went to an all-girls school for part of high school, and the idea of boys was amazing to me; like, all I ever wanted to do was kiss boys and be around boys.
All my other relationships with men, there was so much maneuvering and strategic decisions and stuff.
It didn't matter what we did or where we did it as long as we were together. We knew we'd found what most people either pursue in years of futile search or dismiss as a fantasy at the outset: the missing half of ourselves. The real thing.
Then I got together with my brother and a friend and we decided to play dates. The more we played, the more we wanted to do it. And it got to a stage where we wanted to do it all the time.
When I was a girl, we all wanted to have fun. That's all we thought about. It didn't occur to us to get married and have babies.
I dated dozens of young men, had fun with all, made commitments to none.
People were endlessly trying to set me up with 'eligible' men, and I enjoyed going on a galaxy of dates.
I didn't date for my entire teen life - it just wasn't on my mind.