In 1965 young girls did not wander around at night alone. I wound up with tears streaming down my face staring my parents in the eyes and telling them I couldn’t stay there one second more. So my parents were worried and urged me with their angry voices to stop this nonsense and give him up. He had said some really dumb things in an attempt to be controversial as some young men who are rebelling within society will sometimes do. They were worried that maybe he was going to dominate me and I wouldn’t reach my full potential. The argument went on for hours with me trying to explain why I was drawn to this extraordinary man and how he had affected me. The year was 1965 and my parents wanted me to date other men. They were concerned that I was wasting my chances with this young man who had just come back from serving in the military and hadn’t graduated from college. When at last I returned home for spring vacation, my parents had a long talk with me one night. Every night we talked on the phone for hours and though nothing had been said we were each so involved I knew this wasn’t any ordinary relationship. Then he left to go to New York City to take a job so he could make enough money to come back for the following year. During my senior year of college I spent half of it with my boyfriend.
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