Awkward...

7/13/2010 2:21:57 PM

I went out last night to a club I'd only been to a couple of times, and not recently. I sit down at a table and order my usual beverage and start looking around to see what the girls are like. One of them is approaching me from the side, so I turn my head to see her, at which time we both freeze solid. It's my son's ex-girlfriend. In a very sheer nightgown. That displays/hides her assets quite nicely. The first thought that runs through my head? "Man, why'd he let *her* go?"

To the best of my knowledge, she wasn't dancing while they were going out; both of them were underage, so it doesn't seem likely, as anal as the clubs around here are about IDs.

After a few seconds, I managed to utter "awkward" out loud. She started to turn away, then came back and sat down. "Promise me you won't tell Jimmy?"

"I think that it's pretty much a given that I won't."

"Thanks."

The *really* awkward part? She and my wife still go shopping together every few months.

"Um, I'm not going to promise not to tell my wife if she asks, though."

"But you don't have to bring it up though, right?"

"Nope, but I'm not gonna lie to her."

"Ok, that's fine." She started to get up, but I stopped her, saying, "And I also promise not to come back in here while you're working here."

She at least smiled at that.

Strike one club off my list, even if not for any quality reason.

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Clubber

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14 years ago

gmd,

Pretty close to the same scenario I have with my ATF. She still attends some family type functions that I do. Really isn't awkward, however. Our situation is reversed. I knew her as a dancer, and in our conversations, found out out the other social connection.

Philip A. Stein

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14 years ago

So, what did Jimmy say when you told him?

SnakePlissken

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14 years ago

No lap dances?

SuperDude

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14 years ago

Whew! A close call. She could have been your daughter-in-law. Then, what?

troop

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14 years ago

SnakePlissken says:
Posted: 07/13/10
No lap dances?

LOL!!!

shadowcat

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14 years ago

Being the dirty old man that I am. I would have taken her for a lap dance. That would assure her that I would keep my mouth shut but would that keep her mouth shut?

A long time ago, in the Memphis Platinum Plus, I was sitting with a dancer. All of a sudden she bursts out "I know that guy. He is a friend of my brother's. Hide me." So I took her to the back room.

deogol

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14 years ago

I don't understand. I hear all the time "It's just a job" and boyfriends and husbands are jealous immature insecure boys when they complain about it. You should have held out the bucks for a lap dance.

DoctorDarby

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14 years ago

As a part time college professor, I occasionally ran into both male and female students and former students in local strip clubs. Since I was an underpaid lacky, I did not feel too self conscious about my recreational pursuits, so I did not sweat it. A few of the girls were a bit put off at first, but I usually managed to get dances from most of them that ranged from just OK to really hot (although still low mileage by TUSCL standards). With my current full-time position, I am forced to take my exploits out of town, where the odds are low that I will run into anyone from the school or community. When it happened in the past, I usually said "you are working, I am here as a customer, so don't worry about it." Any dancer that works within a half-hour drive of where they live risks seeing people she knows. It comes with the job.

georgmicrodong

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14 years ago

PAS: Haven't told him. And unless she does something to warrant it, I'm not likely to do so. He's got better things to do now than chasing after old girlfriends. His current is handful enough. :)

Snake/troop: LOL indeed.

SuperDude: Yeah, I thought of that fortunately I don't have to worry about it.

Shadowcat: Didn't even consider it. Upon further reflection, I'm glad I didn't. To me, that smacks too much of the same power abuse situation that exists between an abuser and his victim. I'll pass, thanks.

SuperDude

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14 years ago

Not the same thing, but some contacts come with a heavy cost. Judge Douglas Ginsburg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia was nominated by Pres. Ronald Reagan for the U.S.Supreme Court. The nomination was withdrawn when it was revealed the he used to smoke pot with his students while teaching at Harvard Law.

dudeanonymous

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14 years ago

Thanks for the reminder of one of the many reasons I don't visit local clubs. I'll continue to contain my clubbing to business trips. I used to teach at a college in a small town. Seeing my students in regular bars was awkward enough, especially since I knew most of them had to be drinking on fake IDs.

dudeanonymous

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14 years ago

Off topic: DrD, I much prefer your old avatar.

DandyDan

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14 years ago

My only real awkward moment was the time I went to the same club as the higher ups at my job. It was wholly uncomfortable, even with my first ATF there.

stan1986

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14 years ago

my only experience when one girl maybe 5-6 told me she was from and lived around same town that i did , i just said that i moved away did'nt want to freak her out and no i get a dance from her

gatorfan

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14 years ago

I liked DrD's old avatar better too

lopaw

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14 years ago

yikes!
A real "wanna get away?" moment if there ever was one!

samsung1

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14 years ago

This is an ironic thread started by a guy who wrote the article on "Maintaining discrete contacts" . Funny story though gmd. Hope things work out. Good idea not to get a dance from her.

georgmicrodong

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14 years ago

ss1: The irony did not go unnoticed. Fortunately, it's not my regular club, so maybe I'll never see her again.

Oh, and apparently my son already knew. I told him that I'd seen her at Wal-Mart and if he'd talked to her lately, and he said "Yeah, she's working at some strip bar downtown..." Apparently one of his friends had seen her. He didn't seem too upset, or gloating, about it, so at least there's that.

deogol

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14 years ago

^^^ Sounds like you raised a stable son.

DoctorDarby

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14 years ago

I ditched the Paraguayan menace for Cherrie Curie and the Runaways. Let me know what you think.

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