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Skittles

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8. that was pretty much the same culture
Mon Mar 2, 2026, 02:46 PM
Monday

(to be fair, moving from England to Iowa was an extreme culture shock in itself)

it was highly coveted to be on the sidelines cheering for guys - it all seemed very degrading to me. I remember one cheerleader trying to tell me it actually WAS a sport but I didn't buy it - I just couldn't understand why they would rather do that then participate in sports themselves

OH and I had blonde hair down to my ass and a slight accent so the football players were ENTHRALLED with me, but I wanted nothing to do with them, they came across as a bit thick to me LOL

sounds like you did good

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