Although we had plenty of American movies on TV, Biff, we didn't get them until they were twelve or fifteen years old. 'Gee, Pa' and 'what's a swell dame like you doin'...?', are the American expressions my generation grew up with.
I have far more sense than to vouch for molly's behaviour, TR. If you have let her whip you up into a frenzy I'm afraid you will have to deal with the consequences.
No, Biff, 'going steady' was purely the stuff of American movies, before the days when the young felt they had to emulate them.
If people have fun on a blog of mine without it being at anyone else's expense (with some exceptions), I count the blog as a success. Even when it's not my pants that look like they are coming off.
I imagine that for the duration of the misunderstanding, that false news raised my league rating and lowered hers, briefly putting us nearer to an equal footing, jac. Our relative positions were firmly back in place the next day though.
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Your 'smooching' and molly's 'shifting' was our snogging, Biff.