Debs; a formal gathering of school leavers
Date; essential to look like you've friends of the opposite sex/lack of one is where a conversation may start (icebreaker)
Prep; tux, corsage, chocolates (optional), sleep.
Getting to the date; organise a meeting place/wait for the other person to turn up/hope your date finds the house/hope your date is punctual because you amy be cutting it tight
At the house; introductions to family/waiting for her to get ready (even after getting the make-up and hair done)/breaking ice with the father/PHOTOS of the couple and family etc.
Getting to the Hotel; gather at the local watering hole/introductions to people you are spending the rest of the night with/warm up pints or drinks/dash to the awaiting bus/asking around for a bottle opener/stopping the bus for a piss-stop/photos for local paper/getting luminous bands to get drink (or not get drink) with serious words of 'terms and conditions' and a response of 'OK'
Dinner;Scramble to get a professional photo taken with the date/step in for a dateless person's photo/fight to snap a set of seats for all the friends or at least two for the couple/eat drink and be merry/play with baloons to see just how many people are childish enough to look and stare and be mesmorised by the weight bobbing up and down in the table with it's being pulled along by a string/group photo of the school goers only/Wait for band to set up
Dancing;self-explanitary/works well with people you're comfortable enough with/Works BEST when you are feeling the energy from them and they are feeling the energy from you so it just grows and grows and it's great
Afterparty; Varies from organiser to organiser/Bowling in the Leisureplex/going to bed (with or without date)/Going to a house party/go home and tell mother about the great night you had (but not everything which happened)/watch movie with date/breakfast in Airport
Getting home; Walk/taxi/stumble/lift from the mother/bus it home
ETA; 0100-1300 (depending on how good the night was)
About Me?
- Cian Ó Laoghaire
- An ex-Leaving Cert student, thanks be to the man above, who believes that opportunity presents it for a reason. Who enjoys the little things in life, like a suggestive shadow, an occasional treat or even a mischievious misprint on a sign. A person who, at the beginning of this blog, is in the foggy region between secondary school and college running around blindy, arms flailing about and loving it. A person who can tend to blurt out statements without any bit of tact at all, and get away with it. And finally a person who thinks deeply about stuff and still doesn't get any further....
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