'Too much, too young'

1979 - I enjoyed being 17. It was a really great time. How can anyone not enjoy being 17?

My friend Elaine enjoyed being 17 too. She enjoyed it alot. She had a nice job in the building society; lots of friends there. She had lots of friends everywhere. I saw her every couple of months - 'lemon chicken' at the 'chinese'. Our lives were different, me studying for my 'A' levels and really enjoying 'tech' with the many new friends I had made. Elaine enjoying having money in her pocket and plenty of time to spend it without the constraints of school and study. The blokes really liked her and she liked them.

With her friends she joined a local group. '18-30' it was called. She wasn't 18 but they didn't ask for a birth certificate. Lots of blokes liked her there, guys a bit older, in their 20s. She liked them too. Maybe that's when she started having sex, I'm not sure. She enjoyed that too. My friend enjoyed being 17.

18 was a bit more problematic.