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Tales From Sip And Go Girl: “John”

John was never a sip and go because John was never a date. I turned down his invitation to a school dance when I was 15-years-old.

My high school had a semi-formal school dance called Casaba. It is not named after the melon. It’s a blend of the words “Casa” and “basketball.” “Casa” was part of my high school’s name.

The event is essentially the school’s basketball homecoming and happens every January. The week’s festivities include basketball games and decorating four hallways for each class– freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior.

My sophomore year, I hadn’t thought much about attending the dance. I was more concerned with my work on the yearbook staff and how I could get on the staff of the community newspaper.
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Making The Phone Call

21 December 2013 / High Hopes / One comment

When do you make a phone call after a date?

Do you do it the next day, a few days later, or one week later?
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Walk On By

26 August 2013 / Sip and Go Girl / 4 comments

Andrew sent me a text message on Friday night while I was at dinner with friends.

It was a simple seemingly innocuous text asking what I was doing. But I quickly discovered why Andrew contacted me. He felt guilty and needed to confess.

He had set up a sip and go with a gal at a bar/ restaurant for that night. But after he saw her sitting there waiting, he sent her a text saying “no.”

Andrew bailed and walked on by.

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Post-Date Hecklers

15 January 2013 / Sip and Go Girl / Comments Off

One of the challenges I face as creator, editor, and primary writer for a website about relationships is making sure I also stay true to my journalist roots. This means that while I might tell a seemingly far-fetched story about a person, place, or thing, the story is true and I tell it without embellishment. Thus, you won’t see a sentence like this:

“And he very stupidly took the door handle and, like a big imbecile, decided that…”

My goal is not to mock. It’s to learn, teach, and share.

Nevertheless, there is the possibility that someone somewhere is going to read an article in which his name is used and feel sad or angry that I’m talking about him. One of the ways I also try to get around hurt feelings is by allowing some time to pass between the date or experience and when I publish the article.
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A Date Means Wearing Lipstick

16 December 2012 / Sip and Go Girl / Comments Off

When I was in high school, Dennis asked me to go to the Beach Boys concert. It was 1988 and the band was touring to promote its new album. This was the album with the song Kokomo from the movie Cocktail.

I was wearing white loafer type shoes, jeans, and a peach sweater. My hair was as it always was in 1988. I did nothing more than wash it, comb it, and let it dry naturally. I did not use hair product beyond a tiny bit of mousse and I certainly hardly ever wore makeup.
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