Mandy takes the flowers and practically glows. "Oh, it's lovely."
She smiles at Sher. "It's an American adolescent rite of passage. It plays into both relationship rituals and to feed into the need of certain teenagers, stereotypically among females, for a little formal finery now and again. All the more prominent since America doesn't have as many debutante balls anymore."
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Date: 2012-04-28 05:06 am (UTC)She smiles at Sher. "It's an American adolescent rite of passage. It plays into both relationship rituals and to feed into the need of certain teenagers, stereotypically among females, for a little formal finery now and again. All the more prominent since America doesn't have as many debutante balls anymore."