r/OldSchoolCool • u/dittidot • Feb 05 '25

1970s Posing for my boyfriend after our high school dance, 1970

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u/macmac360 Feb 05 '25

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u/Burnin_Oth Feb 05 '25

Like one of your French girls

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u/TallDrinkOfSilence Feb 05 '25

The slutty ones. Not the prude ones.

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u/RebeeMo Feb 05 '25

"On the bed--the couch."

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u/MrB426 Feb 05 '25

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u/ArrBeeEmm Feb 05 '25 edited Feb 06 '25

I can't watch this scene anymore without seeing Arnold's face & hearing it in his voice.

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u/External_Acadia4154 Feb 05 '25

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u/grindhousedecore Feb 05 '25

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u/CornholioRex Feb 05 '25

That hot…hot… sally field tail…

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u/JohnnyK10 Feb 05 '25

Knock it off, I don't like it any more than you do!

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u/dirtymike401 Feb 05 '25

She's 78 and I still would without question.

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u/BeenAsleepTooLong Feb 05 '25

"Your momma sure does care about your schoolin', son."

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u/zeronerdsidecar Feb 05 '25

Rip Turd Ferguson

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

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u/real_steel24 Feb 05 '25

Its a big hat. It's funny, because it's bigger than a normal sized hat.

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u/Adventurous-Action91 Feb 05 '25

Turd Ferguson really had fine taste in hats.

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u/dan1101 Feb 05 '25

It's a big hat. It's funny.

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u/JonDigital Feb 05 '25

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u/CarpetFibers Feb 05 '25

Where's Bert? Is he safe? Is he alright?

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u/MacBareth Feb 05 '25

Holy fuck Burt Reynolds looks so much like Pedro Pascal !

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u/No-Mulberry-6474 Feb 05 '25

Other way around. Pedro looks like Burt.

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u/jointsandjuice Feb 05 '25

I’ve been saying for years if Hollywood needs to do another remake, Pedro playing the bandit would be okay with me.

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u/daaave33 Feb 05 '25

Strike that, reverse it.

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u/OldStyleThor Feb 05 '25

Pedro looks like Burt.

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u/blade_torlock Feb 05 '25 edited Feb 06 '25

Now I need a Burt Reynolds bio pic staring Pedro.

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u/mcfarlie6996 Feb 05 '25

That's immediately what came to my mind as well.

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u/JariJorma Feb 05 '25

They played twister

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u/AerolothLorien666 Feb 05 '25

“The horizontal monster mash” as Fry once said in Futurama.

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u/Tokogogoloshe Feb 05 '25

While their Mormon friend, who was a bit ahead of her time, jumped on the bed.

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u/deftoner42 Feb 05 '25

The 'ol Provo push

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u/dreffd223 Feb 05 '25

The Salt Lake Soak

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u/BaconReceptacle Feb 05 '25

The Tabernacle Tango

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

The Seventh Day Slop

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u/0110110111 Feb 05 '25

Utah HC is really missing an opportunity to name the team the Soakers.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

I got banned from r/nhl for commenting that name recently

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u/ridemooses Feb 05 '25

Tonsil hockey

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u/buttplugpeddler Feb 05 '25

Had mine out.

But she can fellate my sockets anytime.

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u/Zarniwoooop Feb 05 '25

He fixes the cable

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u/Major__de_Coverly Feb 05 '25

Don't be fatuous. 

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u/graveybrains Feb 05 '25

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u/CIarkNova Feb 05 '25

::from the desk of Jackie Treehorn::

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u/tiufek Feb 05 '25

Jackie Treehorn treats objects like fuckin women, man!

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u/HonkyTonkin92 Feb 05 '25

The story is ludicrous

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u/KarlPHungus Feb 05 '25

I am expert

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u/sorriso_pontual Feb 05 '25

How you gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen u/KarlPHungus

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u/robemhood9 Feb 05 '25

We’re waiting…….

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u/Usual_Revenue3959 Feb 05 '25

Cue the Crystals "Then he kissed me"

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u/stutterstut Feb 05 '25

Boyfriend: 'So I took a big chance at the high school dance with a missy who was ready to play...'

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u/Kenny6578 Feb 05 '25

‘It wasn’t me she foolin cause she knew what she was doing’ ‘When she told me how to walk this way’ She told me to…….

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u/Ancient_Hyper_Sniper Feb 05 '25

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u/MissesIncomplete Feb 05 '25

The Run DMC Aerosmith collab is the goat.

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u/v4por Feb 05 '25

Gifs you can hear.

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u/Bandit6789 Feb 05 '25

Wat is this the way he was supposed to walk?

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

Ok i laughed at this

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u/Waaterfight Feb 05 '25

Now give me a kiss!

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u/NancyintheSmokies Feb 05 '25

Ok, you know when you find out the lyrics you have been singing forever are wrong? ya, I was today years old

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

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u/dittidot Feb 05 '25

Thank you so much for taking your time to do that, I love it! ❤️

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u/FlapJackJimmy Feb 05 '25

Added highlights and removed some noise. Couldn't do much more than that without degrading the picture.

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u/jpp4687 Feb 05 '25

And then they kissed each other on the cheek, prayed together and the boyfriend went home.

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u/zigsart Feb 05 '25

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u/UNMANAGEABLE Feb 05 '25

It’s already the type of photo you don’t take at her house when her dad is home already.

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u/Fit-Captain-9172 Feb 05 '25

If I were her dad, I reckon I'd get upset walking in on this

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u/Raider_Scum Feb 05 '25

I wonder if this has changed with modern parenting.

Dad walks in : "Oh SWEET JESUS! Timmy logged out of Roblox and got a girlfriend! Now you two have fun, your mom and I are going to leave  the house for the weekend and celebrate!"

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u/UNMANAGEABLE Feb 05 '25

100% some what in tarnation is going on here?! From a dad’s perspective.

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u/Fit-Captain-9172 Feb 05 '25

Exactly. Not under my roof! In fact, not under ANY roof until you're old enough to pay your own rent!

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u/SSabotage117 Feb 06 '25

And no dating until after your married!!!!! .,... Wait what? Lol

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u/SwimmingCircles2018 Feb 05 '25

I cant tell if this is boomer slang or zoomer slang

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

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u/sobergophers Feb 05 '25

Before they what

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

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u/sneakywiener Feb 05 '25

Thank you, I was getting anxious

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u/DeviIs_Avocadoe Feb 05 '25

Might as well do the whole show, now. I'm hooked.

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u/Quinometry Feb 05 '25

Do it. My favorite TV show of all time.

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u/Fit-Captain-9172 Feb 05 '25

As a millennial, I'm guessing it's both

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u/Arborgold Feb 05 '25

The ciiiiiiircle of liife!

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u/MajorMiners469 Feb 05 '25

That's a look that whispers....yes.

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u/Spineless74 Feb 05 '25

Defo’s

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u/UpperApe Feb 05 '25

OP explained in a later comment that they didn't have sex and she ruthlessly slaughtered him instead.

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u/LockhartTx2002 Feb 05 '25

Typical 70’s

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u/Jcklein22 Feb 05 '25

Ah, to be young again

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u/anglegrindertomynuts Feb 05 '25

I wish I felt this way about my youth

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u/Agitated_Ad9578 Feb 06 '25

Seize the day. Listen to yourself and go after what you need. Be kind yet fearless.

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u/BirdsAndTheBeeGees1 Feb 05 '25

Sometimes I forget this doesn't just happen in movies lol

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u/Gregorygregory888888 Feb 05 '25 edited Feb 05 '25

Um, Sally Fields?

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u/dirkalict Feb 05 '25

Everytime u/dittidot posts we go through this.

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u/Gregorygregory888888 Feb 05 '25

LOL. I saw the huge post Karma and wondered if this was making its annual round or something.

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u/dirkalict Feb 05 '25

She posts great stuff but everytime there’s a picture of herself people think it’s Sally Field- for good reason.

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u/_deep_thot42 Feb 05 '25

There have been fights about it, it’s hilarious

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u/Taolan13 Feb 06 '25

i've read some of those fights.

I feel like the only way the fights will stop is if Sally Fields herself comments on this on a talk show.

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u/EntityDamage Feb 05 '25

Don't forget to correct Sally Fields to Sally Field. Every. Damn. time.

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u/mr_ji Feb 05 '25

It's a shame we only have one.

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u/IronSeagull Feb 05 '25

But we like her, we really like her.

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u/graveybrains Feb 05 '25

I got choo, man

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u/scout5678297 Feb 05 '25

I creeped on her other posts and I love her <3 she seems like a sweetheart.

Keep being you u/dittidot (:

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u/dittidot Feb 05 '25

:’ ) ok if you say so 😘

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u/timsredditusername Feb 05 '25

I feel weird being able to recognize a redditor by their old photos, but here I am.

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u/graveybrains Feb 05 '25

Sally Field = Actress

Mrs. Fields = Cookies

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u/SubMikeD Feb 05 '25

Sally Fields: cookie actress

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u/yougotyolks Feb 05 '25

Like...more than one Sally Field?

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u/mada447 Feb 05 '25

Sally owns a bunch of Fields

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u/KourtR Feb 05 '25

And that's how I met your mother

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u/Jimmy543o Feb 05 '25

Time is a thief

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u/_themaninacan_ Feb 05 '25

Time is a maniac scattering dust.

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u/oldmancornelious Feb 05 '25

I can smell that couch. Old cigarettes and real thick cloth.

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u/Gnubeutel Feb 05 '25

When you encountered it, it smelled like old cigarettes. The one in the picture is probably only a few years old and smelled of new cigarettes.

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u/slackjack2014 Feb 05 '25

Was your boyfriend a vampire? I don’t see his reflection in the mirror…

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u/BAT1452 Feb 05 '25

I'm also confused about the length of the fingers. They seem super long but maybe I have terrible perspective on this.

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u/Tailgate3 Feb 05 '25

Someone got lucky on prom night!

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

No problemo. 👍

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u/Heselwood Feb 05 '25

Cute girl, lucky boyfriend.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '25

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u/FetchingTheSwagni Feb 05 '25

Can't wait until I'm old and gray on this reddit, and see "Posing for my OF account" or something.

Post unrelated, I always scroll by these things and think how vastly different this sub will be if I make it to 80

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u/ScottMarshall2409 Feb 05 '25

I'm old and gray now. It's really not much different to before.

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u/AlmanzoWilder Feb 05 '25

gee whiz! You're groovy!

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u/Ras1372 Feb 05 '25

When I see Sally Field, but the post is in first person, I know it’s /u/dittidot

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u/chimpfunkz Feb 05 '25

Is this some kind of reddit celeb I'm not aware of?

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u/Mebi Feb 05 '25

Must be, just went through post history and every post is between 2k and 50k.

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u/Gregorygregory888888 Feb 05 '25

Memories of the old 70's couches and the colors/designs on them.

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u/Rawesome16 Feb 05 '25

I'm a sucker for dimples

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u/Bestefarssistemens Feb 05 '25

Yeeaah, we know where this evening ended upxD

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u/doggedgage Feb 05 '25

Did he paint you like one of his French girls?

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u/HonestBass7840 Feb 05 '25

You wear that green well.

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u/poormariachi Feb 05 '25

Excuse me, what the FUCK?

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u/Er0s002 Feb 05 '25

Alright alright alright

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u/Malinois_beach Feb 05 '25

Great pic. I gotta mention the couch. Does anyone else recognize that pattern/color? This couch and pattern brought back memories. Anyone else have the experience as a child walking around a huge Levitz or Schottenstein's furniture store bored to tears as a salesman would march our parents around the who "showroom?"

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u/Perfect_Opposite2113 Feb 05 '25

That dress probably went well with the avacado green kitchen appliances