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Although I would consider our social life pretty full, most would consider is tame and mellow.  Getting crazy is now splitting a bottle of wine AND ordering dessert, coming home around midnight and MAYBE hitting the dance floor.  So of course we could not possibly have experienced the night described below, which came back slowly after waking up realizing someone lost her purse.

Starting off easy enough at 6 pm with a clam bake for a local politician.  They only served beer, so this woman simply drank water (oh what good intentions). The fun started with a trip to the rest room. Asking for some tp from the person with large shoes in the next stall, this fairly large hand came peeking under the wall with paper.  At the sink, it is obvious that hand belonged to a very large, very sweet transvestite.  What an eclectic crowd. 


As this women sits on the rocks facing the water to eat her hotdog, her lovely purple sun dress is swept by the wind and flashes two crew teams.  Luckily no injuries to the team.  Met some hysterical people then decided to move on.  She is starting to relax.


Next stop, favorite watering hole.  Bartender offers wine samples and tells his story. After a bottle of vino and some amazing appetizers, this man and woman decide to meet up with friends, one of whose boyfriend is the percussionist in the band.  She is feeling loose.


The crowd is moving.  Band is amazing.  The details get sketchy here but as the man mentioned, he was hanging with the "Sex and the City" gals.  Amazing crowd, knew a ton of people, dancing, drinking, laughing, dancing, drinking. What the hell are "duck fries" cuz she is eating a ton of them?  Tennis friend is shaking it with the guy in the panama hat and white suit. Did someone just do a split on the dance floor?  Oh the ladies are getting crazy.  He says its time to call it a night.  Nope, the couple meets his partner and date so they go to his place.


Cocktails and music on the balcony of his penthouse.  Champagne?  Celebrating existence.  More music, more dancing, more drinking, more laughing...

It's 10 am and this couple is just getting out of bed.  Her purse is gone..maybe the bar?  Maybe the friend?  No cell, no wallet, no glasses, no keys.  Lots of water, lots of Tylenol.  The couple is smiling.


We are old people who would never stay out until 3:30 am.  So this could not possibly be us.

Start the day right

My thoughtful husband created a romantic one night get away on the water last night.  Although the photo does not do it justice, this is the view that greeted me this morning.

WIth a start like this, how can the day be anything but beautiful.

Boys Facing Bleak Future As Men

The Atlantic magazine ran an enlightening article this past month on the State of the American Male.  It was brimming with stats on how women have become the dominate force based on college graduations, work force populations,  overall genetics and more.  As a woman, I was intrigued and frankly pretty excited about the article.  Then I remembered I have a teenage boy and thought about what the world would like for him as an adult male.

About 5 years ago, I was speaking with a very brilliant friend about the lack of magazine presence available to boys.  Whether you agree with the content or not, girls have American Girl, Cosmo, Teen Beat and the like.  You have the unisex mags like National Geographic and Time, or adult sporting mags but not a whole lot focused on the teem boy.  At the same time, I was reading about the differences in the way boys learn versus girls and how our current education system employs techniques favoring girls mode of learning.  Girls have much higher math and science grades and are graduating from colleges at a higher rate.  Sadly we are still unrepresented in the top paying and most senior roles but that's another story.

Just yesterday the Boys and School E-Newsletter ran an article on hypertension signals for boys.  In a nutshell, normal blood pressures in boys are really warning signs for future hypertension.  So why not make the blood pressure norm lower so that parents can see early warning signs and react?

I don't see much being done to focus on gender differences in teenagers and I am concerned that our boys today will struggle as men.