Image - a photo of me at 16 with the guy I went to my Formal with. I was so awkward my mum had to arrange the date for me. Anyway, I’m wearing a one shouldered blue velvet dress and my hair is pulled back with ringlets at the front. The dude is wearing a tux. We both smile uneasily.
I made up for the Semi Formal horror by looking amazing at my formal. That guy, well, at the post party we got drunk on cranberry and vodka and pashed the whole night rolling around on the grass. He invited me to his formal but then forgot about it. I was devvo for the rest of the year.