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Earrings Too Expensive For The Young Crowd
The three pretty young girls had been looking at prom dresses all afternoon. They found gowns that were too revealing. They knew their parents wouldn’t pay for a dress if it didn’t cover them more than that. Dressing like a playboy model wasn’t something they could get away with.
They stood in front of the swarovski earrings and picked out what they liked. There was a green pair that were long with oblong emerald stones and white smaller stones at the level of the earlobe. Traci thought they would be perfect with one of the dresses she had tried on earlier.
Each girl saw herself in a slinky dress with sparkles on her earlobes. They had seen movie starts on TV wearing some of these very earrings. They all liked what they saw.
It would be better if they sold three earrings n each set, they guessed. Then if you lose one, you still have a pair to wear. They all knew they had lost more than a few earrings already in their lives.
Now they thought if they each bought identical pairs, they would each lose only one and could take an extra from one another to make a pair. They couldn’t lose more than one each. That left at least one matching pair.
They crossed the aisle to the next jewelry case. They admired the necklaces and a group of rhodium earrings there. Traci longingly looked back at the swarovsky earrings she so wished for. None of the girls could afford a hundred dollars for earrings.
She knew that the dress would be expensive enough. She would have to pay for her shoes and evening bag herself according to her mom. She didn’t have enough to pay for new earrings in that price range.
After admiring all the earrings in the store, they agreed that someday they would all have jewels. They strolled out to the food court. Sitting down with cold sodas they gave their attention over to a discussion about how to get rid of acne.
They decided to buy a plate of cheese french fries to share and worry about pimples later on. Traci talked about her date for the prom. She was excited about him. The other girls had not accepted dates yet. If no one they liked asked them, they would simply go with each other. They were popular enough to be unconcerned about the situation.
A lot of kids were doing that these days. It was like a rejection of the old traditions. It was like dressing Emo or Goth. Rejecting the parental opinion of what is correct behavior has been a requirement for being a teenager since the beginning of modern culture.