Frosting, beer and arm wrestling

Yesterday I was a little worried about how last night's birthday party would turn out. And it turned out to be many things.

Predictable was one. I was a little late, but the birthday girl was so fashionably late it pushed last season. Some wondered if she would show up at all, so I'll take late. And the party was all about the hostess. What she wore, how much she had already had to drink and how many guys she could attract.

Entertaining was another. There were balloons to make it festive, shots and more shots and beer and cake and more shots. Some guests came in their cocktail costumes and some didn't. One of they guys told me the hostess yelled at him for wearing jeans and no tie. She tried to send him home. What? He didn't leave. The birthday girl ended up with frosting on her nose, and one of the guests licked it off for her. What a gentleman. And all entertaining.

The conversation was fascinating. Everyone let their hair down. The guys talked about what they look for in a woman, but hot sex seems to be what they really want. And they're not opposed to paying for it. I represented the single girls well when they started talking about how expensive any relationship is - financially and emotionally. They talked about how after one night with a girl they say, "so you're my boyfriend now, right?" I told them they're picking the wrong girls. And by now they should know how to spot the needy girls before that night happens.

The evening ended up on an amusing note at my place. We had a few more drinks, talked politics and changed the subject with a few healthy rounds of arm wrestling, and I severely overestimated my strength. Once the guys had all taken their turns, it was time for the girls to show them how it's done. I watched one girl put up an awesome fight. Okay, I can do this. And I did. But it took both hands and my whole body to bring his arm down. The he reminded me my whole body's the size of his thigh.

I'm not sure where the birthday girl ended up last night, but the hostess was really cozy with someone outside the bar at closing time.

It's a birthday party crowd, and I love it they celebrate.

Love to the single girls,
Addison