Just Like One of Those Wooden Ducks

This one's an oldie but a goodie - way back from one of my very first dates as a teenager. Mark invited me to the Homecoming dance (probably not a big deal for many, but we were in a small town with not much else to do). I was excited because he was older and I felt pretty special that he'd asked me out of all the girls who would definitely have gone with him.

So he picks me up and we head off to the dance. We were standing outside, waiting to get in when another girl, Sarah ,and her friend Julie approach us. They stood in line with us and I didn't think anything of it. Then we went inside and they stayed with us. Instead of dancing his first dance with me, Mark went off to dance with Sarah, leaving me behind.

Next thing you know, he was taking pictures with her and not even pretending I was his date anymore. Turns out, Sarah was Mormon and her parents wouldn't let her go to the dance with a boy. So I was just the naive decoy date! What a way to start my dating career, huh?

Alisha, Minnesota

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