Dates
- Cover date
- April 1949
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- I Dared to Kiss and Tell · 7 pages
Student nurse Maureen loves Dr. Frank, but her nursing supervisors also have crushes on the handsome doctor and want to dismiss Maureen from the program. Maureen claims she is Frank’s fiancée, which will allow her to stay in school. She is relieved when Frank pops the question for real.
- We Couldn't Be Kept Apart · 6 pages
High school students Fred and Bobby love each other, but their parents don’t want them to get serious at such a young age. Fred and Bobby make a reasoned case that their “interest in each other brings forth the best qualities” in them both, and are permitted to keep dating each other.
- They Made Me a Cinderella · 3 pages
- How Could I Fight Temptation? · 5 pages
Carolyn has a crush on fellow high school student Ronnie, even though he has a reputation as a “wolf.” They go on a date and Carolyn discovers the stories were true. She breaks up with Ronnie and vows to be smarter from now one.
- I Took the Wrong Road to Romance · 8 pages
When her boyfriend Phil enlists in the Army, 16 year old Jean decides to quit school to follow him to camp. She tells her parents the camp is located in a state where she can legally marry him without their consent. Getting a job at the Post Exchange, Jean hopes Phil will propose to her when he completes basic training, but catches him flirting with a nurse and accepts a date from Sgt. Ray on the rebound. They fall in love, but Jean is uncertain if it’s the real thing and decides to go home and finish school. Before she goes, Ray proposes to her and says when she graduates they can be wed.
Reprinted in
Diary Secrets (1952), Illustrated Romance Library (1960), Romance Without Tears (2003), Gwandanaland Comics (2016)