My Prom Date
Posted by Lisa Maria on August 7, 2008
My prom date (twice) Chris Steed, now known as Chris Cannon, is a DJ for a Classic Rock station in Crossville, Tennessee.
I needed a prom date because I blew it with my boyfriend, and so I asked Chris, who was a good friend of mine and my brother’s. The next year when he needed a prom date, he asked me. We’re still friends.
He’s not able to make it to the reunion (bummer) and when he emailed me yesterday and asked me to call him right away, I thought maybe he changed his mind.
So I called him.
Since he’s turned Southern on us and become a DJ, he’s got this really stylized, raspy, sexy voice that he knows how to work. And he is a charmer…so he starts in on me “Hey babe, how you DOin’? I just need to know why a woman as cool as you has never gotten married?”
Silence.
Not the question I wanted to hear. Especially since I have no idea why I have never gotten married either. That fact surprises me, too.
He goes on to say, “You battin’ for the other team?”
I shake my head, cracking up. “No, not batting for the other team…” I’m still scrambling to think of a good reason why I haven’t walked down the aisle.
I mean, I’m already sure that I’m the only one who’s going to show up at the reunion in a bad outfit, now I get to be the loser who never got married.
That’s how my mind thinks.
I guess I could’ve gotten married a few times, but it just wasn’t right. And for sure if I had gotten married, I wouldn’t be married now. Maybe I just like being single? I date, I have male friends, I have great girlfriends, I have a great social life. I suppose I just never made marriage a goal. But then, I haven’t felt ready to be that committed. I’m still sorting out who I am in relationships. I have a lot to learn.
I have a lot to unlearn.
And I still haven’t gotten used to the idea that I’m 43. I still think like I’m in my 20’s, like I have forever to get the pieces into place. I’m not even sure what the pieces are.
Chris said
Li-Li !
What a great post.
…and don’tchoo worry about that ugly dress, as mom always says, “…as long as you have on clean underwear…!”
Funny, I too, got busted peeing in public, at Frostburg U….doesn’t everyone have one of those on their record?…I was standing in front of my buddies truck, and I still remember trying to get outta the ticket, and I’ll never forget it…the cop walked up to me, pulled up his pants by his 17 inch belt buckle, leaned over and spit chew, and said, in the most southern accent I’d ever heard,…”I saw the stream, boy!”
Yeah, the good ‘ol days.
SPEAKING OF….thanks again for the ‘proms’…we did have fun, of course, the limo rides were the best part.
I’m sorry that I got you thinking too deeply about marriage, at this ‘juncture’ of your life…but you know, you and I have always been a little more spiritual than the average ‘Joe’.
As far as “battin for the other team”…well, you HAVE chosen to stay in San Fransisco for a long time now, , and who would care anyway, except if that WERE the case, you’d REALLY have a tough time getting married!
I just wanted you to know that the reason I was asking about you still being single after all these years, was a double edged sword for me…for starters, here was the question, for accuracy…”How does a woman so pretty and sexy not ever get married?”
I wanted to compliment you on how you’ve maintained your beautiful, sexy ways both outside AND inside – ((for the other readers, if you don’t know Lisa, you are truly missing out)) – and also, because of the marital mistake I had made. With two beautiful and awesome daughters, I wouldn’t change the past even if I could, I’d tweak it though!…but I wanted to know from someone that I knew and trusted, just what goes through the mind of someone that is strong enough to stay true to themselves, and be able to fight the urges to make major decisions, like getting married.
Gotta roll – …as you try and get those ‘pieces’ together, remember this…people have borrowed some of those pieces years ago, and lost them…you’ll never get them back…BUT, with a little creativity and will power, you’ll find that the pieces that are left, fit quite nicely without them!
LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUU!
ROCK ON!
~Chris!~