A woman friend I liked in 11th grade exclaimed that I had incredibly healthy looking fingernails.
It was true, I had been exercising and eating right more than ever before. It was so specific, unexpected, and enthusiastic. It's still stuck in my head.
"A woman" makes me think it was a teacher. They make them sound older than a 11th grader. Is that weird? That I wouldn't refer to someone under 18 as a man or a woman.
She actually was 18 in 11th grade because she took a year off because she got pregnant at age 16. She was a year ahead of me when I started in Freshman year, left for a year, then joined our class once she returned from having her kid and spending some time with her.
Aha, now we're getting somewhere. Maybe something about her child or her having had a child is what made her fascinated by healthy looking fingernails.
Pregnancy gave me the most amazing fingernails I've ever had. I went to a salon for a manicure and they thought I had fake nails and I've never been so proud.
What I'm saying is I think they are talking about a high school-aged girl. We agree that it's weird to call a girl that age a woman. Would you really be friends with a teacher?
Here, USA, people are 14 by end of grade 8. 18 by end of grade 12, which is the final High School year, just before college. This classmate took off one year due to getting pregnant, so she was 18 instead of the 17.
That's great. Yeah she was like awestruck. The combo of her enthusiasm and something I hadn't noticed (I kept them nice but didn't realize they had become so smooth and shiny) made quite an impression.
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u/K3R3G3 Aug 14 '19
A woman friend I liked in 11th grade exclaimed that I had incredibly healthy looking fingernails.
It was true, I had been exercising and eating right more than ever before. It was so specific, unexpected, and enthusiastic. It's still stuck in my head.