You're welcome, Sophia. That story of Yahtzee's is amazing, isn't it? I was surprised that it wasn't recc'd already.

Because of all the storylines about questionable parentage in addition to Lilly's and Duncan's wacky birthdates that seemingly defied human reproductive biology, there was also some speculation that Lilly might not have been Jake and Celeste's daughter. Which has been put to rest now, more or less. (During the last month of S1, before the reveal about Veronica's rape, her paternity, and Lilly's murder, the fandom went completely insane with all kinds of speculations, both plausible and harebrained. Ahhh, fun times, fun times.)

They could be twins and Lilly still "older" than Duncan (it would actually make the "little brother" thing even funnier) Although surely there would have been comment. I could even buy that he was a year behind her in school, if there was some issue with diagnosing his medical issues.

Still the best explanation I can think of.

It also explains why she had such close ties to V's class (although I'm apparently the aberration who had a best frind in another class, but I expect that theatre is an exception-prone circumstance)

I think the actress who played Lilly is closer in age to her character, than the other three are to their characters. That said, I've also read where Rob Thomas said Lilly was a year older than Duncan.

I always assumed after the little brother comment and the "looking at colleges" line meant that Lilly was older. of course, i'm also someone who was best friends with someone who was two years younger than me. *shrug*

Yeah, I thought that when I read someone's comment upstream (Sophia, maybe)? Three of my closest friends (girls) from 7th grade through high school were a year older. Two more were two years older. Almost all the boys we hung with were two years older than I was, too. The first time I dated a boy in my grade (after my first boyfriend in sixth grade) was my senior year of high school. There was lots of grade mixing in our area, where friendships were concerned.

It was me! I actually had alot of friends in different grades, but it seemed that the equivilant of the 09er's didn't. They seemed much more hierarchical. There was also a lot of senior boys dating freshman (and eight grade! which is sort of gross now that I think about it) girls, but very little of the reverse.

I guess the lesson is that high schools vary.

It was me! I actually had alot of friends in different grades, but it seemed that the equivilant of the 09er's didn't. They seemed much more hierarchical.

There was also a lot of senior boys dating freshman (and eight grade! which is sort of gross now that I think about it) girls, but very little of the reverse.

We were in the Jr. High School through ninth grade, and High School was 9th-12th grades, so there were fewer couples much more than two years apart. There weren't too many older girl/younger boy couples in our town, either though. The only ones I can think of--the girls were only a year ahead of the boys in school.

There was also a lot of senior boys dating freshman (and eight grade! which is sort of gross now that I think about it) girls, but very little of the reverse.

This makes sense, given the sexual attractiveness of your average 14-year-old boy.

MY husband and my father-in-law were commenting during last night's Medium (on topic, I swear) that older boys (in this case an eighth grader) would never look at a sixth-grade girl (twelve, I guess, as opposed to his fourteen).

I was astounded by this -- girls love older boys, and older boys know it. And boys, I always found, were happy to date whomever they thought was pretty, regardless (more or less) of her age.

I watched that medium, too, and it didn't seem weird.

This IS off-topic-- but did you notice if the "man on the library ladder" was Badger from Firefly?