princess b
12-10-05, 07:15 PM
Originally posted by Princess B on 3.15.2001 (or something like that)
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Does it count?
I've asked around. I hear such things as "it doesn't count if it happens in another state." I've heard this rule applied to zip codes, and even area codes.
I recently returned from a 17-day jaunt through parts of Europe and Africa. I was on a tour, which means I was traveling with the same group of people the entire time, staying in the same hotels, drinking in the same bars, and watching others make complete asses out of themselves (please see my "Beer Goggles") all in the name of fun. Good reason if you ask me!
All of this togetherness on a trip, along with the fact that I was one of only two single women under the age of 60 on the trip, and you can imagine the opportunities I had to break and create any rule imaginable.
So I may as well come clean here - the tour guide and I hit it off rather early on in the trip. Priding myself on being a person with great self-restraint, I am glad to say that I did not fall into the "when in Spain - do the Spaniards" rule by which many live. However, we did spend a fair amount of time together. He was really fun, I had a great time with him, but I also knew that he probably hooks up on every tour, so I just took maximum advantage of it and didn't buy any of his lines.
Besides, when your standing on the balcony of a beautiful suite of a hotel on the beach in Africa, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, drinking fine Moroccan wine, it's kind of fun to have an older man from Spain to make out with! Same goes for the Palace in Madrid at night. No court would convict me!
Having no desire to become an international floozy, it didn't go any further than that. But here's my question - would it have counted if it had gone further (all the way to be exact)? I have some friends who were actually disappointed that I didn't go for it. I came home proud, and now I'm wondering if I passed up on an opportunity to join the seemingly great "it doesn't count if you do it" club.
Who cooks up these rules? Are they merely justifications for behavior which one, deep down inside, deems inappropriate? Because I live a boring and (for the most part) prudish life, I have no need for such justification, but I'm beginning to wonder if I shouldn't take advantage of it.
On the other hand, why are rules and guidelines and justifications necessary at all? Can't we all just have a good time, in our own way, doing (or undoing) whatever works for us?
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Does it count?
I've asked around. I hear such things as "it doesn't count if it happens in another state." I've heard this rule applied to zip codes, and even area codes.
I recently returned from a 17-day jaunt through parts of Europe and Africa. I was on a tour, which means I was traveling with the same group of people the entire time, staying in the same hotels, drinking in the same bars, and watching others make complete asses out of themselves (please see my "Beer Goggles") all in the name of fun. Good reason if you ask me!
All of this togetherness on a trip, along with the fact that I was one of only two single women under the age of 60 on the trip, and you can imagine the opportunities I had to break and create any rule imaginable.
So I may as well come clean here - the tour guide and I hit it off rather early on in the trip. Priding myself on being a person with great self-restraint, I am glad to say that I did not fall into the "when in Spain - do the Spaniards" rule by which many live. However, we did spend a fair amount of time together. He was really fun, I had a great time with him, but I also knew that he probably hooks up on every tour, so I just took maximum advantage of it and didn't buy any of his lines.
Besides, when your standing on the balcony of a beautiful suite of a hotel on the beach in Africa, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, drinking fine Moroccan wine, it's kind of fun to have an older man from Spain to make out with! Same goes for the Palace in Madrid at night. No court would convict me!
Having no desire to become an international floozy, it didn't go any further than that. But here's my question - would it have counted if it had gone further (all the way to be exact)? I have some friends who were actually disappointed that I didn't go for it. I came home proud, and now I'm wondering if I passed up on an opportunity to join the seemingly great "it doesn't count if you do it" club.
Who cooks up these rules? Are they merely justifications for behavior which one, deep down inside, deems inappropriate? Because I live a boring and (for the most part) prudish life, I have no need for such justification, but I'm beginning to wonder if I shouldn't take advantage of it.
On the other hand, why are rules and guidelines and justifications necessary at all? Can't we all just have a good time, in our own way, doing (or undoing) whatever works for us?