Bounce back curls

Tales of love have their ups and downs as I was saying before.

And ours was up and down from the moment we started.

My aunt got it in her head she could pick out a girl for me the notion!

Well I'd show her!

The first stupid thing I did for my love or rather to my love follows.

My aunt had arranged for us to meet at a youth group get together.

I was drawn to the cute curly headed girl who flirted with me.

But the next day I asked my aunt to ask her for her blond friends phone number. Who I had no real interest in.

Stupid you say?

Yes, I know but I couldn't have my aunt thinking she was right about who I liked.

The request came back with a um, she's got a boyfriend statement.

So I asked my aunt to ask if I could call her instead.
You know Go with a good solid pick up line.
Like if your friend won't go out with me will you?

For some odd reason she said yes even though I had done pretty much the same thing the exchange student had done to me.

So I called my love and asked her out on a date. She agreed to go out with me.

The carnival was in town we went out and rode some rides.

Funny to see two people on a date who were not familiar enough with each other to hold hands.
But had the rides pushing us closer together.

I can remember riding one of those things that spin you around. When we went to get on the operator stopped me and put her to the side that had her being pushed up next to me.

I remember spinning with her being pushed up next to me. Our hands on the silver bar next to each other but not hand in hand. A couple of kids both on pretty much their first real date not sure of what to expect or what to do. Both interested in the other but shy and unsure.

When we were done at the carnival we walked back to the car which I had parked liked everybody else blocking other people in.

There stood a police man who gave me a lecture on being courteous to others and watching how I parked next time. He could have given me a ticket but he didn't. I felt like and idiot here I was trying to impress this girl and here I had went and done another dumb thing.

Where did we go for dinner?

You're laughing at me aren't you?
You know how picky I am.

Well I took her out to the local Taco Bell. Funny thing is I didn't really eat Mexican food back then, but that's where she said she wanted to go.

So we go there and she gave her order to the clerk and I think I got a Dr. Pepper.

We went and sat down after getting her food, and I watched her eat. She was insecure because she was eating so much more than me. I being insecure because I was trying to not show how much of a picky eater I was by not ordering things instead of just having them take off the stuff I didn't like.

Later we'd laugh about it. She said she felt like a pig because she had dinner and I just had a drink.

Another thing we'd laugh about.
My mother forbid me to drive on the main roads, and told me to take the little side and back roads in town.
Well my love who had grown up in town drove on the main roads, and was wondering where in the world I was going and what my intentions were that first date.

It's a wonder she ever went out with me again.
But that girl just like her curls would bounce back time and time again.