My Saturday Evening

I mentioned on Friday that I would be attending a cocktail party over the weekend with Bill and a number of his friends from college. They're an interesting lot. All the men are very successful professionals and their wives are all full time housewives. Before I go any farther, I'm not knocking housewives - my mom was/is one and I respect her more than any person who has ever lived. She's intelligent, world savvy, and can talk on almost any subject. Several of her housewife friends and one of my sisters-in-laws are the same. I love talking to them.

Anyway, when we arrived I wasn't able to make it into the house unassisted thanks to the snow, my injured knee, and a nice set of steps up into the house. Two of the fellas hurried out and helped/carried me into the house. This I believe did nothing to endear me to the ladies, but nonetheless, couldn't be helped. After a little small talk the party shifted as most of them do with the men migrating to the den and the women to the kitchen. The ladies spent quite a bit of time talking about recipes, their kids, carpool woes, and their latest shopping bargains. I have nothing against this and in fact wish I could relate more. I have no children and I'm not really into shopping (ok, I hate shopping). I stayed in the kitchen for a bit and attempted to join the conversation (at least I can cook and I do love kids), but after a few snubs and one request to be a dear and refill someone's glass, I decided that wasn't the place for me. (Heh - if I was writing a bit of fiction here this is where I'd say I hypnotized them and had them all doing silly things. Either that, or walking around treating me like I was Queen Julia and they were my Ladies in Waiting. Hmm - that has possibilities for the future... ;)

Instead I hobbled out into the den and spent an enjoyable couple of hours talking with the men about politics. Ever been in a room full of Southern conservatives when you're the only one with a liberal slant? (ok, I'm moderate but compared to these people I'm laying completely over on my left side!) Sheesh. It was actually very interesting and I learned a bit about the really conservative views on a few issues. I was happy to find that most of these men were as upset with King George as I and that they cannot wait until he is out of office. Perhaps there is hope for the country after all if even really conservative people are that upset with him.

So, not a very exciting story but since I mentioned it on Friday I wanted to followup. I did decide that it wasn't really an issue with my not liking or trusting these women or even not having anything in common with them. I can pretty much talk about anything so finding some common ground wouldn't have been impossible. What I couldn't do and wouldn't even if I could is change who I am. I may work as Bill's nurse and clearly am not on their socio-economic level but I'm not going to be treated as someone beneath them because of it.

Smiles. Sorry this entry is boring. I'll try to post something more exciting tomorrow.