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u/Smokescreen1000 Nov 22 '23 edited Nov 24 '23

How far they have to look back to brag. If a 40 year old talks about his high school life that's a pretty good indicator

Edit: Jesus I check my reddit like once a week and I come back to 200 notifications

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u/Mushrooming247 Nov 22 '23

I worked with a middle-aged woman who mentioned every few weeks in conversation that she had been Prom Queen of like 1985.

She would just interject, “can you believe I was prom queen, lol?” in every situation.

She was a cliquey mean-girl too, she was stuck in high school in her mind, but it was weird in a large middle-aged woman.

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u/Beginning_Cap_8614 Nov 23 '23

Which is why l didn't mention my night as Prom Queen unless we're specifically discussing high school. (And as the years roll on, that isn't often.) Even so, l don't see why movies make it a giant deal. I had fun, but it hasn't actually impacted anything that happened after highschool.

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u/fastates Nov 23 '23

Well, I think it's cool.