Teenager’s Choice, A Pt 2 of 3

A Teenager’s Choice Pt 2 of 3 Sandy arrives at Anne’s house - two boys joke, looking thrugh papers for jobs - look horrified when Anne tells them a job as a “box boy” Joneses market is available. Boys tease Sandy about marriage, place odds - tell her about Doug’s scholarship - “I just can’t believe old Doug is ready to swallow the cyanide”. 09:08:30 Anne: “Don’t get upset, they’re only kidding.” Sandy arrives home, parents & brother playing Scrabble, rejects their invitation to join them. She goes up to her room, picks up doll & looks at high school yearbook & cries. 09:10:50 Father leaves Scrabble game & tries to comfort her, she says nothing is wrong. He kisses her forehead. 09:11:59 Anne in kitchen drying dishes; Gibby arrives. “...you’ve got terrific self-control...you’ve seen me around all these years & never once begged me to marry you.” Anne: “I’ll admit that hasn’t been easy.” She & Gibby discuss how to stop Sandy & Doug marrying so young. Anne tells Gibby what God means to her. They joke & he begins helping dry dishes. 09:13:44 Anne in Sandy’s bedroom; Anne tells her about talking w/ her older married sister Delia about Sandy’s marriage. “What did she say?” She said when she was 17 she almost ran away & got married. “To the same guy she’s married to now?” “No, to a high-school romance.” Says her church minister made her realise error but didn’t try to talk her out of it but said “..but should have a spiritual foundation...” “Doug & I can’t back out now, you know what everybody would say.” Cries. “...we don’t need any help.” Religion; Christianity; Social Issues; 1950s Americana; Juvenile Delinquents; Family Life; Teenagers; Youth; Stubbornness; Immaturity;