It was only a slip of the tongue…

I hadn’t “dated” since I was 19, and here I was almost 42 and about to move away from my home and be single again after 20 years of marriage. This was moving unhappily into uncharted territory for me. I had never done anything “not appropriate” so I was going out into virgin forest.

I had great relationships with women and had lined up a “girlfriend”, or at least someone who seemed to like me and we got along just fine. We had made a few “moves” on each other already but none too serious. I had planned to leave in the beginning of March as my apartment lease was starting at that time. I was still living at home but with the agreement that I would leave ASAP.

I often spent time after work at the small bar on the first floor of the apartment house at the corner, with their incredible happy hours.  I was there and it was my 42^nd birthday and I was with friends having a good time and feeling a bit sorry for myself, as the weekend was here and would be basically alone.

We all walked to the parking lot to retrieve our cars and I was with a few people including the probable girlfriend and another woman, a bit of an “over the top” young woman. I knew she was too young and basically wrong for me but was a fantasy woman.

We all said good night, and the men shook my hand and the women kissed me and wished ma a happy birthday. The kisses were not normal, but it was my birthday. The potential girlfriend lingered her kiss a bit long which indicated her potential. The younger woman leaned up and kissed me and slipped in her tongue!

I was dumbfounded!

I could not get a clear thought! I was confused! What do I do?

It was just the slip of the tongue!

I smiled at them all and got into my car and drove home in a daze! Nothing like that had ever happened to me. Of course I’d had a normal puberty; I had kissed a woman before and already had three kids! Still, a bit of tongue from a very young woman was unsettling.

I worried all weekend. I started to call her several times but what would I say? I’d never called her before and had no excuse for the call except to ask very dumb questions. Was that kissing a mistake? Was that kiss common in our new world of the 80’s? Did I just not understand?

Worry became fear as Monday approached. As well as I remember that kiss, that’s how little I remember Monday. I don’t know what I said or what I did. Over the next few weeks the potential girlfriend disappeared and the young woman became my obsession. It changed my life.

 In hindsight, it helped me to become who I am. It made me not fall out of one relationship directly into another like some textbook case. Or maybe it helped me become a different kind of textbook case.

After all, it was only a slip on the tongue…..

 

Gillette Fusion Proglide Power and Manual Razors

 

This is another one of those razor stories that I have written before, but I’ve added a new chapter to the saga. I know I’ve complained about the cost of the razor cartridges on these before, but they do seem to last a long time. While the company says they last “up to five weeks”, in my experience I can get two weeks (or almost two weeks) out of a cartridge and I do like it.

However, lately I’ve been looking at the Power version wondering what it does. I mean, a battery in a regular razor seems superfluous. What could it do?

Shoppers Drugs finally did it for me! They sent me a coupon for the Proglide Power, which was a free one. I was so happy, as it simply bothered me that it had a battery, and it seemed so useless.

I took my coupon to the store and got a new one, but in the end the battery was missing from the case and I had to take one from my collection of batteries in my freezer, as going back to the store seemed like way too much trouble for one AAA battery.

I always have a collection of AA and AAA batteries in the freezer plus a collection of those little round ones that fit in watches. I always seem to be In need of one when I least expect it.

This morning I put in the battery and tried the razor.

First, the little blue light on top lights up! As well, the whole thing vibrates! It does not however get the internet, Wi-Fi or use Bluetooth! It shaves pretty well, as good as the manual one, but seemingly no better and is a lot more scary as it buzzes and shakes.

I used it twice and now have put it away in favour of my non-power version which works just fine!