THE HATPIN

Snapshots In My Time, Of My Time.....Hauntings.

Did date rape happen when I was in college? It may have, but the girls I hung around with never had a problem. We were always armed with our emergency dimes--the payphone cost a dime back in the late 70's and early 80's. In addition, one of the girls I met in college told my group of friends of another way to arm yourself when on a date. Her mother had always sent her out with the dime and a hatpin. A very long hat pin that she kept in her purse.

If any boy got out of line with her, out came her hatpin. She was not aiming for an arm or a leg either. She always aimed for things that could go "POP"! She never missed her mark either.