Reply #8: Here we go.

[tjwmason]

1. Who was your first love? - I'll let you know when there's been one.

2. What was your first concert and with who? - I'm not sure, but I think I was taken to one of those ghastly "classical extravaganza" things as a nipper - of my own choice, the chapel choir at university singing various choral works, with some chums.

3. Who was your first prom date? Never went to a prom (as in school dance - been to loads of the Prom Concerts).

4. Who was your first roommate? - Shared a flat in 2nd year at university; he's now an R.E. teacher.

5. What alcoholic beverage did you drink when you got drunk the first time? - White wine, aged about 9, was drinking on the sly (naughty me).

6. What was your first tattoo and piercing and where? See question 1.

7. What was your first job? - General assistant at an opticians, Saturday job.

8. What was your first car? - See question 1.

9. When did you go to your first funeral? - My paternal grandmother - aged about 15.

10. How old were you when you first moved away? - You mean away from parents? 18, to university.

11. What was the name of your 1st grade teacher? - No idea, the earliest teacher whose name I can remember was Mrs. Fenton - I was aged 8.

12. Where did you go on your first ride on an airplane? - Barcelona.

13. Where did you go for your first date and who was it with? - A pub, unsurprisingly with my first (and only) girlfriend.

14. When you snuck out of your house for the first time, who was it with? - My older sister.

15. Who was your first best friend and are you still friends with them? - His name was Richard, I had lost contact with him, but then heard that he died aged 17.

16. Who was the first person to give you flowers and when? - See question 1.

17. Where did you live the first time you moved out of your parents house? - University hall of residence.

18. Who is the first person you call when you have a bad day? - Nobody, I fume alone, maybe call on the services of the gin bottle.

19. Who's wedding were you in the first time? - My uncle's.

20. What is the first thing you did this morning? - The very first thing was to turn the radio down (I use it as my alarm); once I was vaguely compos mentis use the littlest room in the house and then the shower.