It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Snow Patrol were the soundtrack to our lives, Fatman pants were the fashionable weapon of choice and mobile phones were the only social media around. It was first year in secondary school and we had so much to learn.
Here are some of the key moments that remind us of that tricky teenage dating scene .
'Will You Shift My Friend?'
On paper, this looks like the phrase of a noble wing man trying to help you get lucky. But behind the veneer of the apparent selflessness lies the intentions of a pure evil mastermind. This is how it REALLY played out:
'Will you shift my friend?
'No'
'Will you shift me?'
'Ok'
And you call yourself a friend?
Plotting A Cinema Date
Your mother doesn't want you having boyfriends so the notion of getting to the cinema for a date became a military operation. The standard plan to stop Mammy getting suspicious was to round up all the girls and get them to go along to the cinema with you. And it always worked, until of course she came to collect you and caught you talking to a boy outside the cinema.
So close...
Texting But Not Talking
Behind the keypad of a mobile phone, you were the closest thing to Casanova. The compliments would be flowing from your fingertips until you actually tried talking to your love interest and the charisma just vanished. If you thought getting to the cinema was tough, trying to overcome the awkwardness of a face-to-face conversation was even worse. Throw in the chorus of jeers from your mates and the situation was almost unbearable.
Plotting A Kiss
Getting the shift for the first time was an all out operation. Arranging to get two people to meet up behind the shed in school could take up to 40 man hours and involved half the class. But once you actually got the puppy lovers there, the build-up would get to them and they could barely muster up a peck on the cheek.
Prank Calls
It was more like something you did to pass the time when the craic died down at someone's birthday party. The girls would all go to one side of the house while the boys congregated elsewhere and the prank calling would start. Fake accents were used to keep your identity a secret and the only thing to say was so and so likes so and so before hanging up and giggling endlessly.
The Break-Up
It was normally communicated through the passing of notes in the classroom and things were a bit edgy for a while after. Everyone in the group felt a bit heartbroken heart break when this happened but we struggled on.
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