My friend said I did not have to wear the corsage out if I did not want to. However, the year she received a birthday corsage was very memorable and included many questions about the corsage, followed by free drinks.
I was more than happy to wear the three perfect orchids on my wrist and there was no shortage in questions about it followed by happy responses and free drinks.
As a kid, I watched my older sister go on many dates. She was popular in high school and had a date to each of her formal dances, in addition to offers to attend formal dances at other schools. Seeing this made me excited for my sixteenth birthday, the magical Mormon approved dating age. I could not wait for the boys to line up for me with corsages color coordinated to my dress. However, that did not happen. I am not sure if it is because I was shy in high school or the fact that I attended three different high schools. Perhaps a bit of both? Whatever the reason, I never attended a formal school dance.
My best friend during my last two years of high school had similar formal dance demand to my older sister’s. I think it was the night of my senior prom that I broke down with my dad. I remember him telling me that my friend didn’t have much going on beyond the size of her boobs and that I wouldn’t be one of those people whose glory days were over by the time they were eighteen, that mine were just starting. Cheesy? Yes. Helpful? Absolutely.
So I find it only appropriate that my first corsage was worn on the night of my thirty-first birthday. I certainly cannot imagine having as much fun in a sweaty high school gym, as I did with my girlfriends last weekend.
In a strange twist of events…I have been invited to a 80s Prom party. I get to go to prom after all!
