Clear winner for me
In Australia - when you're in year 11 (17 yrs old) we have this thing called the Debutaunte ball. It's a very archaic tradition - basically - it's introducing women to society so they can find a husband and have lots of sex and babies and be set up for life.

And well I asked several guys (it's girl's choice - if a guy says no to one girl he's not allowed to say yes to another) and all of them said no. And when one of my STRAIGHT friends asked one of the guys - he said yes immediately. He doesn't even like her that much I don't think.
Now - being the ONLY out and proud lesbian at my school - given the evidence above - I was fairly sure that I was being turned down because the guys all know they won't get a chance of getting into my knickers at the end of the night.

And I was feeling quite depressed and upset and like I was an ugly cow (I'm not - I just felt like I was), and my best friend (who is lovely sweet girl) said she'd take me to the deb.

And we discovered that if you oh so discretely drop words like "discrimination" and "Board of Equal Opportunity" to the principal and Debutaunte committee, they become very ... shall we say... easy to manipulate??

And we went through all that and then her mum said she couldn't go cos she didn't want her daughter being called a dyke when she isn't one.
Bollocks.

But yeah. I love my best friend. She is the best.

And yes - she's very very straight. As in bonking her bf every opportunity she gets, straight.
(Poppet some assembly required., Fri 3 Oct 2008, 3:03, 7 replies)

that's strange
We don't have that here and, last time I checked, this WAS still Australia...

We have yr 10 formal and yr 12 formal. I took my (female) best friend to yr 10 formal and it was no bog deal, no one cared. One couple (2 girls) snogged on the dance floor at yr 12...
(misskitty reeks of sex and turpentine; laudanum afternoons, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 3:15, closed)

I was going to say the same thing.
I think grammar schools have them?
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 3:24, closed)

Maybe
just some schools then?
We don't get a year 10 formal or a year 12 one here - just the deb.


But then - this is a very old fashioned small country town. It's not a grammar school. It's a state one. It's just really pretentious. I hate it..lol
(Poppet some assembly required., Fri 3 Oct 2008, 4:17, closed)

aaah, the deb ball
we had one (our school was very into keeping the tradition going. blech) however it wasn't compulsory.
your best friend sounds amazing, i don't think the girls i was friends with in year 11 would have done that for me!
(charlottebronte stalking through the moors, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 6:46, closed)

ja'mie!
at least you didn't stand her up, leaving her to ask a kiddie along to the ball ;)
( gypsy turnips, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 12:55, closed)

lol gotta love that
but I don't think I'm going to be able to go now. Her mum's refusing to budge and if I don't have a partner then I can't go.

And don't tell me to ask a boy. I've asked all the guys I would have been comfortable dancing with. I'm not dancing with someone who would rather not be there because he'd be unhappy and so would I.

But still. I love my friend to death for this.
(Poppet some assembly required., Sun 5 Oct 2008, 4:39, closed)

Have a click
you little trailblazer, you!
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 21:07, closed)