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I was one of those lucky people who had an awesome and funny roommate back in uni. Today, you are the lucky ones, as my former roommate and still good friend Joyce Lansky of Catch My Words is our guest blogger today. Thanks Joyce for sharing this story from before we met.

Innocence And Middle School

When I was an innocent twelve year old, my big sister explained all those naughty words we weren’t allowed to say but needed to know before entering middle school. When she came across the “F” word, she refused to define it because it was too naughty to talk about. Those with me in those early seventies, now know the bad word: “fifty.”

Unfortunately, urban dictionary did not exist yet, and my sister’s little vocabulary lesson was not nearly enough.

In the seventh grade, I had a crush on an eighth grade boy who I didn’t know and still have never spoken to. Knowing he was Jewish, I needed to let him know that I was/am Jewish too. When we had a fifties day, I wore my earrings. A friend told me that the only people with pierced ears in the fifties were prostitutes. Here was my chance to let the boy of my dreams know I’m Jewish. I loudly said, and repeated multiple times, “I’m not a prostitute, I’m Jewish.” Okay, prostitute sounds like protestant, and I didn’t know what one was anyway so… oops.

Then came sleepover camp. Late night Truth or Dare with a crowd of boys and girls was the ultimate fun in middle school, until Ruthie asked me, “Are you a virgin?” Not knowing what a virgin was, I sure didn’t want to admit to being one, so I said, “No.”

Oh my. The faces around me turned white and mouths dropped open because who was not a virgin at age 13 in the seventies? Of course, I didn’t know why I got their strong reaction to my answer. Ruthie explained to me that a virgin is someone who has never had sex.

Oh! A virgin! I thought you said, “Virgo.” I’m a Sagittarius.

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Big thanks to Joyce for the guest post. For more laughs, be sure to visit her at Catch My Words.

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