1976
Went on a city wide organized trip to Bethel. Met boy from other side of city. (Way other side, of big city. And me, from the other side of the tracks) First boyfriend, and first kiss. We try to keep together, but being JW's and only being 15 and 16 years old, it was of no use.
1 year later, and at a Circuit Assembly, I see him. We talk, and he asks me to his prom. We are both Seniors. I am 16, and he is 17. My father says YES!!!! With provisions. Both of our fathers were elders.
We would be followed home from the prom. My choice of whom. My DAD, or a woman I like, in the congregation. I pick the woman.
Not allowed to leave prom, until the designated time chosen.
I had to buy the dress, he didn't have the money. (it was all I could afford, but wasn't bad. The sales lady helped. Mom didn't want to go. No imput what-so-ever)
We were allowed to drive to a restaurant across town, to eat with his parents, at a Country Club. We were timed. No time to pull over and have sex. His mother was a rich JW snob. Made a couple of snide comments, about my side of town. His mom took pictures.
They followed us to the prom location.
We were almost the last people to leave. Everyone else cut out. But we had to stay. When we went out to the parking lot, The sister, had parked 2 feet away from his car. The parking lot was EMPTY!!!
At every stop, she would pull up next to us, wrinkle her nose, and wave. We would wave back. Over and Over. No talking for us. Just waving at the nut job sister, that I thought was half way cool.
We finally got to my house, and she in front of him, in he driveway. She stayed for 5 minutes, and then announced, that she was going, and so was he. BYE!!!
THE PROM
I can't dance. I just swayed, all night.
He bought me an orchid,,a bid petal fell off, and I slipped on it, and almost landed on my butt.
Don't remember much else. Just loud music. I didn't know anybody else there. Just him. I found out, that my bra showed big time. From the boys brother. My mother never said a thing. I was never given any copies of any pictures. I really liked him. The only problem was, he was going to College. OMG!! College??? Why??? Oh, they had money. We didn't. Nobody ever mentioned college where I came from. I was a straight A student, in a bad school.
We tried to "say we were a couple", but it was impossible, at such young ages. We both had graduated high school at young ages, and not even old enough to date.
SWEET 16 BLISS to NIGHTMARE
I went to a JW party, 2 weeks after graduation, and my girl-friend and I had already been stalked, and hunted by two "JW" "Bad guys" Christian brothers. (What a Laugh) They already had decided, who got who. They introduced themselves. My life was changed from that day.
Enter horrible life, to JWD
