Jane (12) had a pre Valentine's Day dance at her school; she was
so excited and all dressed up. When I was driving to pick her up, I was reminiscing about the school dances I used to have around that age. It always was a bit awkward: the boys standing in one corner talking and the girls in another corner giggling and eyeing the boys in great anticipation -
but nothing ever happened. The boys were too shy to ask us for a dance, and in the end we danced with the other girls.
As I entered Jane's school to pick her up, there they were: boys
on one side of the room, and the girls giggling on the other side.
Some things never change.