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Are you one of them girls?

I've officially sublet my apartment for the summer and I'm now living on my boat at a marina in Maryland. With a single-burner stove and a tiny microwave on the boat this means I'm eating out a lot. Well, this past Saturday night I was sitting down to a late dinner at a waterfront lunch/dinner place that turns into a bar at night. It was still relatively early, but the crowd was changing over.

I had finished dinner and was sitting there with a glass of wine enjoying the music and the breeze and watching the boats. He walked up to me and asked me if I wanted to dance. I politely declined.

[b][i]"Are you one of them girls?"[/i][/b] he asked. I recognized the words as a song lyric but couldn't quite remember the rest of the song. He, of course, laughed and I pretended I got the joke and went back to watching the boats and enjoying my wine.

And I made a mental note to Google the lyrics later. Obviously not a top priority, I just got around to Googling them now. The song is by Lee Bryce:

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[quote][i][big]One Of Them Girls[/big]
[b]Song by Lee Brice[/b]

Are you one of them girls?
That peels off the Bud-Light label
Just might run a pool table
Roll your eyes if I call you an angel

Ain't you, one of them girls?
Ask you to dance, you say, "No"
Just to see how far I'll go
Your song comes on and your eyes closed
That's when I know, yeah
...[/i][/quote]

No, dude, believe it or not, sometimes it's not about you. Yes, I'll roll my eyes if you call me angel (or sweetie or baby or just about anything else) because I'm not your angel and rolling my eyes is my way of stopping myself from going all cra-cra on your ass. You do not want to see me go all cra-cra.

I have no interest in seeing how far you'll go, unless you're heading away from me. And yeah, I've gotten pretty good at pool the last couple years and have been known to pick at labels on a bottle or two. None of that has anything to do with wanting to see how far you'll go.

And if my jam does happen to come on and I do get up to dance, please know that that most certainly has nothing to do with you and you'd best stay clear.
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pdqsailor1 · 61-69, M
@sarabee1995 I always wear a hat, sun glasses, if its hot I will wear a short sleeved shirt with a collar (polo / golf type) and I almost never wear shorts almost always long pants.. I use SPF 30 on my face, neck and the open triangle under my neck, and arms and hands... I have been known to take a shower on deck (I don't like getting the head wet or the cabin steamed up) but I do this after dark... and when I am alone. I cook almost all our meals from scratch and use salt sparingly if at all but I will use it on some foods... I can't eat French Fries with out some salt.. and the one other exception is home made chicken soup which would not taste right otherwise but I get ALL of the fat out of it (custom made pot, drains from the bottom)... You are clearly well aware of what it takes to avoid common hazards... One other thing I do when sailing is to wear a life jacket with a built in harness and I clip myself on and I have to re-learn wearing sailing gloves. I changed out the wire life lines with spectra......
sarabee1995 · 26-30, F
@pdqsailor1
I sometimes wear a harness and clip in, but that is rare. It is only when I'm pushing her to the edge of her envelope for fun. 🙂
pdqsailor1 · 61-69, M
@sarabee1995 many years back I took our eldest Daughter sailing - we had as a rule made her wear her harness while sailing on the keelboat..and she resented this rule, but as I sat there while the boat is sailing along with the pilot steering it I thought.. what would happen to her if I were to fall over board?... I got up, I put on my harness and clipped it on next to her on the weather rail... She asked why I did this.. I said "what would happen to you if I fell over the side?" All of a sudden she was VERY satisfied with my answer and my action and realized that wearing a harness was not something we did to her but something we did for her - and it was not just for children, it was for grown ups too... she felt more grown up wearing her harness as I did it too... As I get older, I will become far more vigilant about using it..... few of us are perfect all of the time..
sarabee1995 · 26-30, F
@pdqsailor1 Yup. I get it. When I'm out with guests, I'm rarely sailing anywhere near where harnesses would be recommended. But when I'm out alone, I've been known to push her pretty hard. 😌