Trying too hard or not hard enough

Late 1960s: Saint Jerome liked a girl named Jane when he was in High School, maybe junior year. He hung out with her and her girlfriends a lot. He liked her and he thinks that she knew that he liked her. He thinks that she also liked him. She ended up going to the prom with a kid from her German class — short with freckles who was about this tall (Saint Jerome points to his waist). Saint Jerome didn't go at all. Something happened, something awkward, opportunities missed and one day Jane came up to Saint Jerome and said, "You don't try too hard." and walked away. They never did go out.

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