I am a great Ann Landers fan. This girl makes a lot of sense. There was a letter in there the other week from a teenager who had a real problem. She said she just couldn't settle on any one boyfriend… She went out with a different one now and then and was getting a very bad reputation for being fickle. This kid was 14 years old. How about that? 14 years old and she's worried about being fickle. When I was a teenager, and it's not that long ago, a girl would walk to school with Charlie, spend recess with Fred, drink a malt with Bill at lunch, walk back to school with Alf, dance with Bert, Harvey, Gord, Max and Oscar at the teen dance after school, go home with Murray and have another malt in the evening with Orv before going to a movie with George. She never worried about being fickle. She was getting a little fun out of life and getting to know a few fellows before she decided on the special one. That went on while she was 14 - 16 - 18 and yes sometimes until she was 21. It was the natural thing to do. But today if a gal isn't going steady by the time she's 13, she's having cat fits and she figures it's a life on the shelf for her. We used to put a ring on a girls finger when we were about 25. Today these kids put a ring through each other's nose before they are dry behind the ears. Apart from all the dangers of this business, I'd say the teenager of today is missing a great deal out of life. You'll never know what other flavors are like if you always order chocolate. But then again maybe these kids today are just born old……just plain born old.
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