I remember my first school dance (they're called "dances" or "discos" until the last few years of college (high school) when they're called "balls", and become more formal). I was...11. And I danced with seven girls. I know this because it was cool to count how many girls you danced with. Each dance with someone lasted until the end of the song to which you began dancing. If you weren't dancing with a girl, you were just standing with your mates, talking about how many girls you have danced with, and who'd you like to dance with, or being made fun of because you danced with someone. "Dancing" itself constituted the male placing his hands on the waist of a girl, and the girl placing her hands on the shoulders of a guy, and awkwardly shuffling side to side.

11-year-old parties sound so weird in retrospect. How the hell was that ever something to look forward to?