Drinks That Help Dating

I’ve talked about the ‘Joys of Dating’ in 2009 before, but as I go along ‘getting my feet wet’ there are things I’m finding out that I never knew when I was sitting at home staring at ‘Dancing With the Stars’ or ‘American Idol.’
One of the interesting tidbits I came across was when I was out with this friend of mine. We’d had dinner and decided to head to the bar for a drink or two before heading back to our respective lives. We were having our usual great time, so neither of us were in any hurry to rush off. I’ve known her – my friend – for a long time and we share a lot of the same background and views on life which makes talking and ‘hanging out’ a great time. We have one of those relationships that’s fun, humorous, tender, understanding, good friends… and hot with a sexual tension running under the surface all at the same time. If everyone doesn’t have one of those kinds of friends – they need one.
When we got to the bar we asked the waitress what was good. She recommended a, “Tie Me To The Bedpost.” My friend and I looked at each other. I know SHE turned twelve shades of red and I can only imagine I did, too. The waitress went on to explain that if that one was lacking some kind of liquor we were looking for in a drink there was always a, “F…#&*! Me Blue.” (I don’t think I have to be any more explicit with the name than that.) Of course, the waitress said the name like it was an everyday drink, which added to the humor the two of US had with the drink’s name. My friend and I talked it over – a little sheepishly – and decided we’d have one of each. To us, they just seemed to go together.
The drinks themselves were not all that great, but the names have stuck with my friend and I and been the butt of some great ‘one-liners’ ever since. We figured that if you had enough of the two of them, you might actually end up being tied to a bedpost and having sex until you’re blue… whatever that means. But, it makes US giggle every time we mention it.
And then there’s the thought of TRYING it with this same friend about whom I have fantasies I can’t even START putting down in a blog!!
So, for those of you out there who are trying to get into the dating scene and you have NO idea how to get around to the next step… the sexual relations part of your relationship… you might want to wander into a bar and ask for EITHER of those drinks. Trust me, they’ll start a conversation that might lead to some really INTERESTING times!!! If nothing else, you’ll have some great one-liners to share – as I do with MY friend – about some really unusual drinks.

Graduations in 2009

What has happened to high school graduations?? When I was a kid it was a quick ‘practice’ where they told us what was going to happen, then we showed up, listened to some really boring speeches, got our diplomas, threw our hats in the air and went home. Pretty standard stuff.
Today the picture has changed radically.
Before I get to that, let’s look at how we got here. It’s MY belief that we got to this ‘festival’ attitude about these graduations for the very same reason kids now go to their proms in groups. The old traditions were dying out. The world has changed in a lot of ways and there was nothing about these events to attract the kids any longer. They were no longer important in the ways they had been in decades gone by. In the ‘days of yore’ when two people went to the prom together that was nearly a commitment of marriage and graduating high school used to be a major life-altering event – and going on to college was a rarity. Suddenly kids were still kids when they graduated high school. Graduating college became the NEW high school graduation. In order to keep the kids going to these events the schools and parents had to come up with new ways to attract them. So they got creative.
Now we have seniors spending most of the month of May going through a series of events leading up to the ‘big day’ that isn’t over with the graduation itself. No, no, no!! There’s a big party afterward that resembles the party at the end of ‘Grease’ and a series of parties that follow the next day at the homes of the kids for the graduates. Of course, the parties the next day are more for the parents than the kids, but the ‘graduates’ get to show up and look like they’re having a good time – if only for a little while to make their parents happy.
So what we’re doing is bribing our kids to go through a rite of life they SHOULD be old enough to cherish on their own. All we’re demonstrating is that they’re not ready to be released on the world when WE’RE ready to release them.