> MP>I think I was as tall as I am now at ~14.  That didn't seem to help much,
>   >though, as most the girls around my age them were into two types of guys...
>   >deadbeats who'd upset dad, and those who were, ummm, "ambiguous" and might
>   >wear makeup, like George Michael or one of the Duran Duran.  

> At 13 and 14 the girls were usually taller than almost all the guys in
> the classes I was in. Being taller was an advantage..

I can remember that being so at 12, when I was one of the few taller ones.
They didn't like us at all.  They did like the taller guys a grade or two
ahead if they fit into one of the two categories I listed above, especially
the deadbeat one... if they were held back a grade or two they were a hot
commodity.

> I also may have come off as a 'bad boy' to some extent as I was
> saving to buy my first motorcycle and was wearing Harley T-Shirts
> and studded jeans to school..

So you might have been able to pass yourself off as a "deadbeat" even if
you were not one.  

> Another advantage was I had a number of years playing hockey by
> that time and our school used to take the older classes to an
> arena to skate in winter, supposedly just skating in a circle to
> Teen Throb music.. and being a skilled skater, I was one of the
> few who as able to Dance on skates.. Spins and skating backwards
> while holding hands with the ladies..   B)

> And here I didn't think my hockey career would pay off...   B)

We didn't have that here so I cannot compare, but I bet that would have
helped!

Mike

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