Miscellaneous Musings
I tried my best to make this coherent, but my stream-of-consciousness worked against me, not with me. Sorry for the jumbled ramblings!
No offense to my girl friends, but 9 times out of 10, I prefer hanging out with guys. The atmosphere is just so much more relaxed. In turn, I feel comfortable, there's little forced niceness on my part. It's not catty or judgmental under the surface. You don't hear, "Wow, I really like your shirt," while one is really thinking, "That's the ugliest article of clothing I've ever seen."
Just guys hanging out drinking beer; no walking on eggshells or beating around the bush. I like blunt. I like direct. And I especially like funny. All too often, women fear offending others', namely of the same sex, but guys don't have that problem. It's considered funny to ridicule one another. As an added bonus, when a guy talks, he says exactly what he means.
I'll be the first to admit I miss college and would give anything to go back and do it over again. This time, I'd savor every last second and every time I started to complain about papers or tests, I'd think about how much worse it could be -- wasting away in a cubicle at a mind-numbing job just so I can afford a roof over my head and food in my tummy.
Something I've begun to wonder lately is if it's only natural the 'marrieds' band together and the 'singles' band together. Of course there will always be merging of the two groups, but isn't it more fun for married couples to hang out with other married folk and singles to mingle with singles? As we age, I find it interesting that our status plays such an influential role on our friendships. Ultimately, you may drift apart or grow closer to your married friends based on your own social standing.
But I digress. Severely. Sincere apologies. Saturday night my friend picked me up and we met up with his friends at Brit's. It was refreshing to see familiar faces from the past. Hadn't seen any of them since college. It was nice to catch up, see how people have changed/haven't changed, and lest we forget, reminisce about the good ol' days. They provided many laughs -- good times. :)
This was supposed to be a post about Saturday, but too many elements got my head spinning!
p.s. The staff at Brit's threaten to "pull drinks" at bar close. God, how I would love to see this play out sometime!!
3 comments:
I think you gotta throw out another group, "the parents."
Of course, they probably won't be out with the "singles" and the "marrieds" in a social situation, but you see them at work!
Parents annoy the bejesus outta me!
You mean when they go on and on about their perfect children who can do no wrong?? Fortunately, I don't have to interact much with this group. My co-workers are counting down the days 'til retirement!
You so lucky!
My group of parents are newbie parents. So it's all diaper and barf talk. One repeats everything her two year old says 3-4 times in a row, just to make sure you heard it. Another talks in a high pitched squeal to mimic her son whenever she talks about him...which is all the time.
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