Please no songs from the movie Grease

It has been since the fall of 1979 when I started High School and graduated in the Spring of 1983. Our old school now houses the Rockmart Police Department and other City offices. Rockmart has a new High School out Highway 113 towards Cartersville, Ga. I can remember being so excited to start High School. By this time I was no longer in a relationship with my first boyfriend. There were lots of fun times in High School. I would always look forward to Friday night football games and the dance. I told my brother just last night we needed to go to a High School game soon. Of course, High School had it’s hard times too. I am just trying to decide what things to share and I keep remembering the hardest time. Nothing else seems to come to my mind right now but a time that really affected me for most of my life up until a few years ago.

It was in the tenth grade that it happened. The football quarterback asked me out on a date. I couldn’t believe it. He was so handsome and popular. I remember him coming and picking me up. It was embarrassing having him pick me up where I lived in the housing projects. I knew his family had money and lived in a nice home. Young people can be so affected by status and money at this age. I had not been taught it's about who you are not what you have that is truly important. We went to see the movie Grease. To this day I can’t stand to hear any song from that movie. It reminds me of what happened that night.

After the movie my date drove us to a wooded area way off the road. He started kissing me and then proceeded to try to get me to have sexual relations with him. I was upset and tried to push him away. He told me if I refused he would put me out of the car and I would have to walk home. There were no cell phones yet so that meant I had no way to call for help. I finally stopped trying to fight him off and gave in. Oh if I had only been taught more about sex. I was just thirteen, almost fourteen years old. I was so unprepared for dating. My first go in a car date. Parents please, please take the time to talk with your daughters and sons about sex and don't them date until they are older than thirteen, much older. Teach them and make plans for what to do if they encounter a situation of a similar type.

So many things could have been different in my life. I know that night was a pivotal point for me. I am sure you know after that night the quarterback never had much to do with me or speak to me again. It was some six weeks later that I noticed I was very tired and sleepy all the time. I had not had my normal menstrual cycle either. Yes, I had gotten pregnant. It was a terrible feeling of not knowing what to do. I can’t remember if my mother figured it out or if I told her. I just remember she told all my siblings. That was the first time I ever felt like I had let everyone down including myself.