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Hi Leslie Anne, as are you (a great storyteller) and shall I add, Go Normans!
To digress: I have a fourth degree blackbelt in shopping. I imagine that it would be higher if such a thing existed. I always shop for my girls. My youngest has an edgy quality to her wardrobe. It is not gothic or outlandish but a bit fashion foward. She wears the straight leg jeans, very short skirts...well, when I go shopping salespeople know my name. So when I was shopping this summer I bought some really cute dresses (a Marc Jacobs, a Tibi) that were adorable. And, just in case she rushed she would have some options. Nothing was conservative, it was all very Los Angeles, but a bit different from her usual. She has things for black tie, for the beach, for school but not enough stuff for the inbetween.
With one dress especially she rolled her eyes and said, why this? I answered, "Well, just in case you rush." And yes, there was the snarl and the eye rolling.
(Now, patting Mom on the shoulder because the daughter never would) My daughter started looking at what I had bought. Did she put them together in her own way? Absolutely. I love what she did the whole time.
So, the eight party day was finished and I, biting my tongue waited. Finally it came. She really liked several houses. One house that she loved first round, second round not so much. Several houses really surprised her. They were very different, but they stood out to her in a good way.
So, I asked casually what are you going to do? She had a top 6 and the next round had five parties. The Reluctant PNM sat at our table, sick as a dog and went through her list. It was interesting that she assumed that she would be invited back most of her choices. She came to a decision: It was an interesting one, but given the opportunity, one of the houses that she really liked the first round she wasn't feeling the second time.
Now here is where this gets "iffy" and a caution to all PNMs (no, not the don't count your chickens one) this is a "top" house. She gave me her reasons (one of them being a tenuous family connection that I already had a concern about, but didn't share with her) and I loved her all the more: I'm not feeling it. (I guess in teenage language this has many layers) I want to be friends with my sisters.
WHAT?!!!! She's thinking sisters, and not her biological one!!! Hmmm, is it possible? She's thinking that she'll pledge?!!!
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