Friday, January 24, 2014

Does this qualify me as a home-wrecker?

Real talk tonight: One night while I was out dancing in Austin, TX a man - maybe he was in his late 30's early 40's- a man wearing a wedding ring asked me to dance with him. Ok. Fine. I danced a bit with him while his friend danced with my friend, then we switched partners. He must have picked up on the suspicious looks I was giving him because he insisted that he was just out to have fun and doesn't want to start any trouble! Right. Can you trust someone who puts a disclaimer on his actions almost as soon as you meet him? What is this guy up to?

My friend and I went back to our table and had a couple of drinks, chatted, and mostly minded our own business. Then what happened? This guy comes back and asks me to dance AGAIN! I looked at my girlfriend for help here. Being the savy lady that she is, my friend told me to go ahead and dance with him and she'll come get me (read: save me) in a bit to avoid any uncomfortable or regrettable actions. She followed through with perfect execution and I was off the dance floor and in the next bar in a matter of minutes. A perfect extraction.

As someone who is most certainly on many a woman's black list for perceived intrusions on their relationships, I have to be weary of these things! Granted, some of those women are exceptionally petty (I mean really, I just put a smiley face on his wall!) but I have to ask- Does dancing with a married man cross the line?

Totally innocent me, minding my own business in Texas

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