Introduction

When I was 14, I remember meeting some friends in a small nearby town to hang out and do something unproductive like checking out girls. By the time I got there, a few of my friends had beaten me to the punch, deciding to go to the local movie theater with a few girls they had met. Because I didn’t know this, I searched frantically for them, cursing them under my breath. Just as I was ready to phone my mom from the corner pay phone, they strutted up with big grins on their faces. After unloading on them with a few expletives, I calmed down, and we grabbed a slice of pizza and a soda. The girls were gone, and I asked if my friends had gotten their numbers. They said, “Uh, we forgot to ask,” and I began to question the intelligence ...

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