Spin Cycle: Prom Night, Color My World 1973

Color My World (by Chicago aka Chicago Transit Authority) That was the theme of my prom. Oh, Good Lord! This picture is so so funny! This is a picture of my sister, Jeanne in blue and me in lavender, going to my prom in 1973. Jeanne is 15 and she borrowed the dress from our friend, Denise, who wore it in her sister's wedding a year or so before. I was in our brother, Michael's wedding the year before, so I wore that dress to the prom. I am 17 in this photo. Jeanne was dating Ed, who she later married (then divorced 5 years later) and I was dating Kevin (we never married. A few years later he dumped me for his boss's daughter. My mother was THRILLED!))

I don't have a lot of memories from the prom. I can't tell you the date or where the prom was held. Most likely, a local hotel ballroom because there were nearly 1000 kids in my class! I do remember that the prom was held on a MONDAY NIGHT! How stupid is that? It was the day after Easter and we had off the next day (Catholic school, you always have off the day after Easter). Oh duh! I just realized I can google it! The prom was on April 23, 1973. As you will see in the picture below, Kevin wore a lavender tuxedo to match my dress. I was dorky enough to wear the hat and gloves that I wore in the wedding!

As I said, Jeanne borrowed her dress from Denise. When we arrived at the prom, we discovered that Mr. Maguire's (English teacher- 20th Century Fiction) wife (they were chaperones) had on the same dress that Jeanne was wearing!!! OMG! Jeanne was MORTIFIED!! I thought it was hysterical and thanking the good Lord that it wasn't MY dress she had duplicated. I was happy that Terry (Michael's wife's sister, who was also in the wedding) didn't wear her dress to the prom. Although, years later, our niece was getting married and Terry and I were wearing the same exact dress! She bought hers in Boston and I bought mine in Pennsylvania! Well, we spent 12 years going to the same Catholic schools. I guess it was not unusual that were still dressing alike! LOL

It's funny to see these pictures. Ed is now extremely fat and bald. He has 2 divorces under his belt and has been living with the same woman for about 20 years now. Jeanne is not the skinny little bitch she was in high school, although she's smaller than me. I'll admit to a smile of satisfaction a few years ago, when I saw that my kid sister is now sporting a fat ass now! Kevin went on to marry the boss's daughter, had 2 sons and died at the ripe old age of 35. Me? I'm now fat and sassy, with a divorce under my own belt and a great fellow in my heart, and waiting to get my life back in August when my youngest leaves for college on the other side of the state!

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