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by Sheri White In early summer of 1981, I was a member of our church’s Teen Club (shut up). I mostly joined to please my mom, who figured I wouldn’t be doing anything I shouldn’t if I were a member. I did have some fun and actually met a cute boy named Joe. . . . → Read More: It Came From the ’80s: Superman 2 (1981) Share
By Sheri White Last week I said that every girl dates a creep at some time in her life. Well, she will also date a really cool guy at some point. My cool guy was Andy. I met him when a group of us went to the Mall in DC on July 4th to . . . → Read More: It Came From the ’80s: The World According to Garp (1982) Share
By Sheri White At some point in a girl’s life, she will date a creep. She may not realize that the guy was a creep until well after they’ve broken up, but trust me – every girl dates one. My creep was Ivan. I dated him in between first-love Kevin and Marine Kevin. I . . . → Read More: It Came From the ’80s: Pink Floyd’s The Wall (1982) Share
by Sheri White My parents had the Cuban Missile Crisis when they were in school; I had the threat of world nuclear annihilation during my school years. Occasionally a warning siren would be tested while we were in the middle of class, practically ensuring my uniform would need a washing that night from the . . . → Read More: It Came From the ’80s: The Day After (1983) Share
by Sheri White Is this movie really thirty years old now? Have I been obsessed it with for that long? I was fourteen when that movie came out – and I was dating Kevin. Talk about young! My youngest just turned thirteen; I don’t think I could let her start dating that young. . . . → Read More: It Came From the ’80s: Urban Cowboy (1980) Share
by Sheri White In April 1987, Mitch and I were married, but living apart since New Year’s thanks to the United States Marine Corps. I thought that was bad enough, but then Mitch got even worse orders – he was going to be on TDY in Okinawa for six months. That pretty much . . . → Read More: It Came From the ’80s: Mannequin (1987) Share
by Sheri White I didn’t see this movie in the theater; my brother and I rented it when it was available on video, about a year or so later. Renting a movie back then was both cool and frustrating – cool because you could watch a movie without commercials in your own house, and . . . → Read More: It Came From the ’80s: National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983) Share
by Sheri White The summer of 1981 was the best summer of my teen years; I’ve mentioned that before. Kevin and I were wildly in love, school was out and life was good. Except for the fact that my mom had recently forbidden me to see Kevin! I was crushed. But supposedly he was . . . → Read More: It Came From the ’80s: Endless Love (1981) Share
by Sheri White On December 5th, 1988, I gave birth to an 8-½ pound beautiful baby girl, Sarah. I was a mom for the first time, married to someone I wasn’t happy with. I wasn’t working; the plan was for me to work at home (I typed up ship specifications for a Navy contractor) . . . → Read More: It Came From the ’80s: Scrooged (1988) Share
by Sheri White On July 4th, 1984, a group of us went to Washington, DC to celebrate Independence Day on the Mall. My friend Joanne brought her boyfriend, Joe and his brother John. Although my friend Mary seemed to like John, he and I ended up snuggled together watching the fireworks, and dated for . . . → Read More: It Came From the ’80s: A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) Share
by Sheri White In the Summer of 1987, Mitch and I had been married less than a year. We had gotten married in September 1986, and in December, he was sent on TDY to North Carolina. Since there weren’t any jobs for me there, and the Marine Corps’ motto was “If we wanted you . . . → Read More: It Came From the 80s: Dirty Dancing (1987) Share
by Sheri White You may argue that Thriller is a video and not a movie, and you’d be partially right. But I would argue that Thriller was so much more than a music video – it was an event. I had just turned 18 when Michael Jackson’s amazing album was released. The music was . . . → Read More: It Came From the ’80s: It’s Just a Thriller! (1983) Share
by Sheri White In the summer of 1986, I was engaged to Mitch who was in the Marine Corps. My best friend at the time, Lisa, was dating a guy who was in the Army (for the life of me, I can’t remember his name). We double-dated a lot, and the guys would rib . . . → Read More: It Came From the ’80s: Top Gun (1986) Share
by Sheri White In the Winter of 1983, I was dating another guy named Kevin (not to be confused with first-love Kevin), who had joined the Marine Corps before we met. He was sent to boot camp right after Christmas. I missed him a lot; I fell for him fast and hard before he . . . → Read More: It Came from the ’80s: Midnight Movie – The Rocky Horror Picture Show Shareby Sheri White This is a bit of a change from the usual, but it’s an important one. In the Fall of 1991, I was a divorced single mom. My little girl and I lived with my parents since I couldn’t afford a place of my own. I was a typist for a clearance . . . → Read More: It Came From the… ’90s! City Slickers (1991) Share |
 
 
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