From PRX, this is the Moth Radio Hour. I'm Jennifer Hickson. In this hour, we're sharing

stories about situations where things are not as they seem,

from purposeful deception to just coming to terms with who you are versus who you thought you were.

We found our first storyteller, Phil Branch, at our StorySlam in Washington, D.C.

Here's a story he developed for a show in Boston, where we partnered with public radio station, WGBH. Here's a story he developed for a show in Boston where we partnered with public radio

station WGBH. Here's Phil Branch.

So my senior in high school, I am your average All-American Teenage Boy, interested in average

all-American teenage boy things like having a cool car and taking a hot date to the prom and designing my dates prom dress.

I, my senior year, I'm 5, 6, 129 pounds, and this might be surprising, but I could not catch

and or dribble a ball of any sort. So the fact that I had a date at all was a miracle. My girlfriend's

name was Dana, and she was the most beautiful girl that I had ever seen. And we were together

most of senior year, and as we got closer to senior prom,

we began planning. And when I say we began planning, what I really mean is that I began to sketch

what we were going to wear to the prom. Prom was a big deal in my family, and my parents

went to the prom together, and several of my aunts and uncles went to the

prom together.

And all those pictures were up on the family wall.

And I knew it was my turn, and nothing could go wrong.

And one day I was at home watching music videos, and there's this artist named Christopher

Williams, who was really popular at the time.

And he was this tall, gorgeous man with this great curly hair.

And it was this music video called Promises Promises.

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