We're Having a Party
Last Friday on my now famous or infamous condom story, I didn't mention who threw the party. Since we have outed ourselves many times since, it's obvious it was a holiday party for the ChicagoNow bloggers.
A lot of pictures have come out and there was one of me hanging out with two female bloggers. Put that together with the strawberry condoms and you get all kinds of comments. A week later they're still coming...and no I was not trying them on...at least not there!! HA!!
Now to figure out why I was never going to be a condom user that night. They say the past can predict the future, It certainly does with me.
Going back 40 plus years, you know how high school yearbooks have those "most likely" prediction sections? My school skipped it that year, but I would have won "prettiest eyes" and "most likely to be a virgin at age 25." That's how it started!! Now the eyes are still pretty but the latter became false a few weeks later. I'm still shocked about that. Btw...if you grew up with me back then, you don't know her. Out of towner. Phew!!
A few months later, right before I left for college, my dad and his business partner tried to hook me up. She was a lesbian...not that there's anything wrong with that.
In college, I once told a girl I liked, that I was more interested in getting high every day than going out with her. She told me it was possible to do both. What did I know? IDIOT!! Btw...no names on this one either.
After college, my dad and his partner tried again. Shockingly it worked. They found the daughter of someone who did some work with them. She was beautiful. She was smart. She was nuttier than me. Perfect! When she went off to grad school it saved both of our sanity.
Do you see a pattern here?
I was married for 16 years. Keyword there is WAS.
Add in the factor that I've never, NEVER picked up a woman in a bar and you can see what we're up against.
That brings us to last Thursday.
This is the picture that started this column. That's Teppi and Tara. Both are lovely and talented. Tara even writes about sex. I now know both of their husbands.
After that I spent some time with the Yoga mom. Beth is also lovely and talented. She's even from Highland Park. Btw...I think about half the Bloggers here have a HP connection. If you want to be a Blogger, apparently this is the place. Anyway...while YogaMom was singing about the 12 Days of Christmas, I met her husband.
I also spent some time with a couple. They got engaged right after the party. Less than a week is right after, isn't it!!
Here I am with the wonderful Kim Strickland. She writes books. Plural! I'm thinking about one. She's done it multiple times. She's also a pilot....and not a go up in a little plane kind of pilot. An airline pilot. I'm pretty far out of my league here. Btw...in her spare time, she's also married with dozens of kids...well maybe a few.
I'm having a great time but you can see where this is headed, right.
The evening ends and the next day I'm writing about strawberry condoms. There are comments everywhere about the party. I see one from a writer whose Blog is entitled " Old Single Mom."
Really? Are you serious? What the fuck is the matter with me? That's what I should be looking for. Right under my nose and never knew it! Sigh!
Honestly, until Friday, I had never heard the name. Not a clue she existed. I did find her picture and she's probably 25 years younger than me. Not exactly old, but that's not the point. My radar is off. Yeah, what else is new.
So basically you got a long-winded story about why I'm not buying a condom in a bathroom.
Wasn't that a beautiful holiday story. Happy New Year!!
Btw...here's the links to the Blogs of the women mention in today's Blog. Use Them!!
Red & Company When You Put It That Way Ups And Downs Of A Yoga Mom A City Mom Mom, I Think I'm Poignant! Old Single Mom