March 3, 1987

After moving here to Michigan I thought it would be hard to make friends. My dad lives in a very small town and everyone here grew up together. They didn’t know I existed. My brother lived here all his life but I never have. I was only here for holidays. I did make some friends though. One senior girl from school and I have been hanging out a lot, I’m just a junior so she’ll leave at the end of the year but I’ll still be here. I don’t think she’s going away to college, though. She took me to a town nearby to meet some of her friends. They’re all guys and really cool!

One is older and has his own place so we hang out there. Everyone thinks he’s gay but he says he’s not and my friend is going out with him so I guess that’s pretty telling. One of them is a kind of country boy, quiet and cute, small guy, dark hair, sweet. Another is tall, boyish looking, goofy as all get out and he makes me smile. He asked me out today and I said yes. I have my first real Michigan boyfriend! I think he’s my first real boyfriend ever because I don’t count that guy in 7th grade that I went out with for 2 days. Since then I have switched schools 4 times and have lived in 3 different states. It’s hard to make friends, let alone boyfriends, when you move so much.

I have a boyfriend! I just had to write about it before I went to sleep.

I have a boyfriend!

Just me…Marissa

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