While I'm down here, I try my best to see as many people as possible. Last night, I cleared out my evening to hang out with one of my closest college friends Beth.
We decided to kick things off right and pick up a 6 pack of Winterhook (it's winter, it's festive, and there's a high alcohol content) and a bag of Tim's Cascade Jalapeno chips. This combination was a staple for us back in school. We caught up with eachother's lives while sipping on our suds; our careers, dating, drunken stories, etc as we made our way to a local pub.
Beth and I didn't stay in the bar for long. She polished off her Rusty Nail rather quickly and we grew bored of people watching.
The walk back was more fun than the bar itself. As we stepped out into the Portland chill, Beth pulled out her gray gloves. Seeing that I didn't have any, she put her right one on and gave her left glove to me. She jumped off the steps and spun around to look at me. I gave her a confused look, she smiled, stepped back up to the steps, grabbed my hand and pulled me onto the sidewalk.
I mentioned in an earlier post that it's an odd sensation to hold someone's hand (no matter how trivial is may seem). It's still very weird and extremely comforting to hold a girl's hand. We laughed, held each other for balance as we headed back to her apartment.
If hand holding is weird, try spooning with a girl. There was nothing sexual about it, no hanky panky (sorry guys!). We grabbed each other for warmth and laughed some more about something insignificant, I'm sure. As "the little spoon", Beth interlocked her frozen fingers in mine, I kissed her on the forehead and we passed out.
It's been quite a while since I've had a member of the opposite sex sleep in same sheets as me. Being single after such a long relationship, I find myself missing these kinds of coupley things, even if it's not sexual.
Baby steps. Baby steps.
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Sometimes cuddling and just sleeping with someone is just what you need. I've been with my boyfriend for 4 years but I have to say, the nonsex couple-y stuff is sometimes better than the sex :)
"As "the little spoon", Beth interlocked her frozen fingers in mine, I kissed her on the forehead and we passed out."
Every girl who reads this is doing the same thing: tilting their head ever so slightly and saying "awwwwww". Then thinking, 'I would totally do him.'
I'm a girl, I know these things.
"hear, hear" :)
Third!
'Awwwww' was exactly what I was thinking there too.
Sometimes you're too cute for your own good SO :)
1. You had yourself a One Night Spoon!! I had a couple of those when I was getting through my thing. Let's hope next time it's a One Night Poon.
2. I've seen your mug on a lot of comment sections on blogs on my blogroll. Hope you like all those folks. I think they're a funny bunch.
3. I need to do more posts highlighting my sensitivity. Look at at the comments you're getting. You're no dumby, SO@24 . . .
jamie - At the risk of selling out my gender... I completely agree.
Hedonist - I wasn't even going for that, but what a great unintentional reaction!
OBunn - Hahaah! Thanks!
Gancer - How do you think I found your blog? The people on your blog roll whose blogs I read on a regular basis are pretty hilarious. I particularly enjoy The Cherry Ride's banner.
If only I could cash in on all these compliments in the blogging world, eh?
p.s. -- there's someone under the age of 50 that drinks a rusty nail?!
charming hedonist, you took the words right off of my keyboard.
Being single after such a long relationship, I find myself missing these kinds of coupley things, even if it's not sexual.
Amen, man. Amen. Baby steps indeed.
Wait just a minute. I thought you told me I was crazy for sharing a bed with a man and not sleeping with him? You are one confusing man SO@24.
i'm with the masses.... awwwww!
here's to finding your little spoon, eventually :)
Tell me about it. I have a fantastic guy friend with whom I shared a very platonic night back in October. It was so comforting to just be in a bed with someone else.
...Okay, so maybe I did have such an incredibly intense sex dream about him that night (whilst in the bed with him) that I woke up and thought it had actually happened before I realized I'd been dreaming. But it was still nice. Even if it wasn't sex.
I agree with everyone else....Awwww that's just precious. Spooning and cuddling is always lovely.
I missed this on the first go around, but I saw it on 20-something, great post!
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