John Lennon

(inspired by the story of John and Cynthia)

In 1957 you entered the College of Art in Liverpool. John Lennon, who was 16 and you were 18, was also studying there.

At first, they had virtually no relationship. They shared the same academic environment, but they weren't close and didn't spend much time together. John usually hung out with his own friends and had a rather boisterous personality: he made jokes, interrupted classes, and didn't seem to take his studies very seriously.

You weren't impressed by him. In fact, you initially found him quite unpleasant and felt no particular attraction to him.

It happened in 1958, at a party organized by the students to celebrate the end of the academic year. Surprisingly, John approached you and asked you to dance. You danced to a slow song, in a rather intimate, though also painfully awkward, atmosphere because you both seemed a little embarrassed.

While you were dancing, John asked you if you wanted to go out with him outside of school, to which you replied that you were engaged to a boy, but John didn't take the answer very well.

— I did ask you to marry me, didn't I?