The Day Before The Fall Dance
Rachel was terrific the week before the Fall Dance. We had two more dance practice sessions at school and the room was packed with students who wanted to learn more dance moves from her so they would look good on the dance floor. They were very impressed and surprised by how much Rachel knew about all the different dance steps and how comfortable she made them all feel who attended the practice sessions. They were also impressed with her ease and confidence and her ability to simplify and break down each segment of the dance routine.
Friday, I asked Rachel, Jennifer, Jane, and Lizzy, what color of dress they were going to wear on the night of the Fall Dance. I also asked Rachel the color of the dress her mom would be wearing. Then I stopped by the counseling office and asked Julie what she was going to wear to the dance on Saturday. After I got this information I went to Marybeth's Flowers and ordered seven corsages.
The sales lady looked surprised and said, "Seven?"
"Yes, the school is having their Fall Dance on Saturday and I want to purchase corsages for each of the girls I'm going to dance with that evening. So I need three corsages for each of the three high school girls and four corsages for the four adult ladies who will be chaperoning the dance and whom I'm planning to spend most of my time with on the dance floor."
"Really? Are you serious?"
"Yes, I am."
What did you have in mind?"
"Well, I think the corsages should be fairly simple in design so the corsage doesn't get in the way of their dancing. A few of the girls and I will be doing some jitterbugging. The corsages for the chaperons could be a little larger, maybe an addition rose bud added since I will choose more moderate to slower dance tunes to dance with them."
"You are blowing me away, but I like your courage...I've never heard of anyone focusing in on a small number of girls during a school-wide dance before, not to mention dancing with the chaperons. Did you arrange this with all of them before the dance?
"Of course, the high school girls and I will meet at the school and sit at one table together, the chaperons will be sitting at other tables nearer the walls of the gym. The SBO director gave me a sitting chart where each chaperon will be sitting. So, it will be easy to find the chaperons I want to dance with."
"Do they know you are going to be asking them to dance?"
"Oh, yes, I told them personally this week that I wanted to dance with them at the Fall Dance."
"What did they say?"
"Billy, if you ask me to dance with you I will."
"Well, I wish I could be a fly on the wall. What is your name?"
"Billy, my name is Billy Williams. You waited on me a few weeks ago when I came in to order a corsage for a girl on our first date?"
"Oh, yes, you told me you were taking her to the Officer's Club for dinner and dancing. How did that date go?"
"It went extremely well. Anyway she will be sitting at the same table with the other two girls I date a lot."
"Do they all get along? I mean there isn't any tension between them when they are together with you?
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Marybeth and I'm the owner of Marybeth Flowers. You've really caught me off guard this afternoon. You are the first person who has ever come into my florist shop and bought multiple corsages for every girl or woman he plans to dance with during the evening."
"I guess I'm not the average guy. I haven't had very good success when I focus on only one girl, and going steady, but I guess I treat my girls pretty well and they put up with me having several close girlfriends."
"Ah, ah, ... and how about your adult women friends? I'm not trying to pry into your personal life Billy, but I've never met anyone like you before and I'm a bit curious if you have contact with these women outside of school hours."
"Oh, I don't mind you asking about my personal life Marybeth. Yes, I see all the ladies outside of school hours, in fact, some of my best relationships are with the mother's of the girls I date."
"... Ah, ...hmm ...you have close relationships with the mothers of the girls you date?"
"Yes, I do."
"Wow, and their daughters don't object? You are really blowing me away Billy. Are you telling me they all get along being one of Billy's girls?
"The mothers are cool about our relationships. I think they appreciate my company more than the high school girls do. I discovered after women marry, they realize the love and closeness of their marriage begins to fade and they realize they are stuck in an awkward boring routine, and they aren't getting the attention they want or deserve from their husbands. Most of the mothers I know are depressed and lonely, and then their teenage daughters bring home their boyfriend. he boyfriend gives the girl's mom much-desired complements and treat them with respect. I've found most neglected mothers need a lot of attention. They are starved and lonely and want to be touched and listened too. They realize how deprived they are; and they want whatever the boyfriend offers them, even if the daughter doesn't like sharing her boyfriend."
"Yes, I've seen that happen in my own family. You've described my mother perfectly, and I'm beginning to see it in my own marriage. How about the girlfriends?"
"We've had some problems. The girls are just looking for equal treatment. They don't want to feel that I'm partial to one over another. So as long as I spend an equal amount of time with each of them they are fine, but one of the girls is jealous of her mom and she gets out of wrack occasionally. Her mother and I just let her pout and moan and she finally decides to be more cooperative."
"So you have a well-organized harem and you are managing it quite well."
