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Friday, May 15, 2015

More Adventures in Dating, Beehive Kicking, and the Dreamy's Bestie Button Down Black Shirt Drama

Ok.. First, I know I missed last week and I suck and I'm sorry for depriving you of your weekly MSG2L fix. If it makes you feel any better, the topic of this week's post will at least give you some indication as to why. It's been a bit hectic the past couple weeks what with dealing with the backlash of my last post Miss Slik's Review of Dance Gavin Dance at Empire aka Mr. Dreamy's Big Metal Band Show and then of course last weekend was busy because the Christian Grey of my life came to visit... which was nothing short of lovely and epic. So let me go ahead and get you caught up. I actually need to vent this shit out anyway because it's been next level extra.

Well, I'm happy to report that my insane months long dry spell finally came to an end.. not last weekend as I had originally planned... but actually the night of the Mr. Dreamy Band Show because I ended up bringing home a little souvenir. There was a certain person who attended the show that Mr. Dreamy had mentioned to me in passing a several weeks prior was his new bestie... Let's call him Dustin. Well when I saw him at the show, I thought he was cute and within about 5 minutes of meeting him I found out he thought I was too when he asked me what my backstage pass was and then checked out my ass. Ding ding. Game fucking on.. Especially after what happened later that evening.

After I finished interviewing the bands, I was super pissed because Mr. Dreamy didn't even bother showing up to the interview with his band. He claimed he was busy dealing with a situation because a couple of his friends were getting arrested outside.. They did not get arrested. They got citations for weed possession. Cindy told me she actually saw him standing by the bar outside the lounge for most of the interview and didn't even bother to come in. Then when I came out he was still standing there so I bitched him out for missing the interview. He was whatever about it and didn't even apologize or seem to care how uncool it was at all.. So in that moment I finally hit my breaking point on the Dreamy Drama.

This was when I made a very calculated move and decided to go find Dreamy's bestie. We'd been flirting a bit all night so I figured why not exact some basic bitch revenge? I went back in the lounge and found him sitting in a chair all bummed out because during my last band interview he'd walked by with tray full of drinks he was getting for friends and spilled them on the floor. This was the second tray he'd actually dropped and his bad waitressing skills were wreaking havoc on his bar tab. He looked all sad so I cheered him up, took his hand, and said, "Come on sweety, let's go get you some alcohol." 

We went to the bar in the main room to get drinks and he decided we should do shots and, even though I had offered to buy him a drink and told the bartender to put what he wanted on my tab, he pulled a sneaky move and paid for everything. This impressed me. So we're running around and talking and flirting and whatnot and somewhere in there he mentions that he's bisexual, which I'm cool with cause that means he still likes chicks and actually wasn't surprised by considering he was slightly effeminate and had a bit of an androgynous vibe about him. I actually thought he was gay which I think I asked and may have been what prompted him to disclose his sexual orientation.. And then he drops the bomb on me... Wait for it... that Mr. Dreamy is bisexual too... and.. Oh it gets better... that they've been getting intimate on a somewhat regular basis... and even better... including that morning.

So remember way back weeks ago in my post Miss Slik's Guide to Dating: The 3 Date Rule when I said how Mr. Dreamy had said all that anti-monogamy stuff? Well turns out I was all wrong about his reasoning for having said that. I thought he just wanted to bang a bunch of chicks... He actually meant he just wanted to bang a bunch of everybody.. and a certain somebody in particular... His new bestie who'd now just become my new favorite person. What's really funny is that both Mr. Dreamy and his bestie had recently gotten out of long term relationships with women so they could be unfettered and sexually free.. and I guess at that point neither of their ex-girlfriends knew about it and were actually trying to reconcile and get back together not knowing they were still being lied to about the actual reasons for the breakups.

Anyway, Dreamy's bestie and I proceeded to make out everywhere.. and I mean EVERYWHERE... Outside while we smoked cigarettes right in front of Mr. Dreamy, in the hallways, in the middle of the crowd, by the bar, and even in the ladies room. Meanwhile I'm learning more about his involvement with Mr. Dreamy and kept having to reiterate the fact that I've never fucked Mr. Dreamy because his bestie couldn't wrap his brain around why I hadn't given the size and beauty of Mr. Dreamy's endowment.. which I was well aware of, hence my prior offers of sex and burritos after having shot him down on our 1st date. Dreamy's bestie also informed me that he happens to share a similar interest with me and the Christian Grey of my life as he is also into certain BDSM activities... and when I expressed interest in participating in interesting things of that nature with him, he said he would be interested in participating as well.. Ding ding.

Well the show ended and Dreamy's bestie asked if I wanted to come back to Mr. Dreamy's place for a little after party. I was not very interested in going out there and neither were Cindy and William. Since Cindy was spending the night at my apartment I explained that I needed to go with them, which meant we were going home. So this is when Dreamy's bestie decides he wants to come with us back to my place instead of going home with Mr. Dreamy... which I was hesitant about.. But he was pretty persistent.

We all then went outside and apparently while I was off taking pics of our Most Photogenic special award winner, Dreamy's bestie told Mr. Dreamy that he was going with me and asked Mr. Dreamy to pick him up from my place later. Cindy said Mr. Dreamy's eyes got big as saucers and he turned and looked over at me in disbelief like "WHAAAAATTT?! How the fuck did this happen?!?" I wish I could've seen his face because that would've been awesome.

Dreamy's bestie grabs his stuff and I see Mr. Dreamy say something to him like he's trying to talk him out of it. I later found out from Dreamy's bestie that what Mr. Dreamy was whispering to him is that he had apparently sorted out a little sexual rendezvous with some girl that I guess he'd planned on the 2 of them sharing.. But Dreamy's bestie said he'd rather have a night on his own. This thrilled me to no end because not only had I stolen Mr. Dreamy's little plaything but I ruined his night by making his ménage à trois a much less interesting ménage á deux.

So we left and headed back to my apartment. Cindy decided that since we'd gotten out earlier than she thought we would she'd go ahead and drive home and give Dreamy's bestie and I some alone time... I was sitting there like "Uh Oh" cause I knew I was in trouble. Between me being drunk and him being all respectful and shit and saying we didn't have to have sex and that he's not the hit it and quit it type, the last of my resolve to hold off disappeared and somehow this dude found the key to my imaginary chastity belt... 

Plus dude eats pussy like a champ. Honestly, I could really give a flying fuck whose dick he sucked that morning. If he put the spit shine on Mr. Dreamy the way he did on me, it's no wonder dude drives all over 3 states and Hell's half acre for him. Lemmetellyasomething, that boy worked me the fuck out and vice versa. I ended that damn dry spell a few times that night... and then again the next morning. *Brushes pimp dust off shoulders*. In the meantime though, we had some real talk bonding moments and compared Dreamy notes, which was both very weird and insightful, while we cuddled and he played my guitar naked and shit... which I really wish dudes would stop doing post coitus without asking me first.

And then somewhere in there, things took a weird turn and he got all sad and for some reason I can't remember, he said, "Someone like you would never date someone like me." I'm sitting there thinking 'Ah hell, this dude looks like he is about to cry all over my bed. I can't tell him that he's right.' So instead I'm like, "There there.. Of course I would date someone like you." 

You're damn right I lied straight through my fucking teeth because there was no way in hell I was telling this dude the truth, especially not in that moment cause honesty does not work with drunk, sad, slightly belligerent, naked people. It was the wrong time for unfortunate truths.. I just wanted to have fun so I placated him for the sake of not ruining my entertainment. 

We ended up passing out though around 3:00am and the cherry on the sundae of my revenge fucking was that while we were asleep, Mr. Dreamy actually showed up knocking on my door at like 5:00am trying to pick his bestie up and I didn't realize what was going on. Felicity was flipping out but I was not awake. Then I got a call from Mr. Dreamy but I didn't know the 2 things were related so I ignored his call. He then had to drive all the way back to my place a few hours later in rush hour traffic to pick his bestie up before I left for work. 

Before Dreamy's bestie left though he was trying to get his stuff together and couldn't figure out what he'd done with his black button down dress shirt and his tie he had been wearing. I honestly couldn't remember if he was wearing it when he left so I was no help. But later when I was cleaning up from the combo sex tornado and usual dog destruction I found his shirt hiding in one of my dining chairs. So I texted him to let him know I had it. I still have no clue what happened to his tie.

We continued texting a bit throughout the week, which was hectic to say the least between working on the Quadruple Post Extravaganza and preparing for my DJ gig. I was still pissed at Mr. Dreamy for having missed the interview but Cindy pointed out that he may not have come because I'd embarrassed him over the Dreamy Drama on the blog which all of his bandmates were now aware of. In light of this, I enlisted Dreamy's bestie's help to persuade Mr. Dreamy to do the interview so I could add in his responses.

Fortunately, my little helper was successful and Mr. Dreamy called me and did the interview. He even texted me after we got off the phone to apologize for being a little short with me in the beginning of our conversation. I hit up Dreamy's bestie to thank him for helping with that. Then we chatted for a bit and I got on him about not having accepted my Facebook friend request yet. This is when he tells me that Mr. Dreamy actually gave him some weird ominous warning about me and told him I wanted monogamy and a serious relationship.

This apparently made Dreamy's bestie apprehensive to friend me on Facebook because he was concerned I would post all kinds of stuff to his wall. Since he was still friends with his ex-girlfriend and hanging out with her all the time, he didn't want her knowing he was being "slutty". I told him that I don't really post a lot of things to people's walls in general, especially dudes with whom I'm just casually involved, because I don't want to blow up my own spot. I already knew about the shit with his ex though because he told me the night we met. I'd also told him about the Christian Grey of my life and how he was coming to visit and whatnot. So for the time being, I had zero interest getting seriously involved with anyone because that would hinder my plans.

I also then made it very clear that Mr. Dreamy was incorrect as far as what my intentions were with his bestie and explained that based on his current situation and sexual proclivities, I wasn't interested in dating him... which was awkward as fuck for me considering his little breakdown on my bed and my subsequent lie to placate him. Mr. Dreamy didn't know that had happened so I don't think he understood why putting me in the position to have to explain that was so uncool. 

Meanwhile I'm sitting there like "Holy fuck. I'm gonna kill that motherfucker." For real, who the hell does Mr. Dreamy think he is anyway having any kind of relationship discussion about what I want with the dudes I fuck?!? That shit is highly inappropriate. He may have warned him because he thought he was looking out for his friend but I doubt it. I think he did it either because he was jealous and wanted me out of that picture or possibly because he knew it would fuck with me.. If the latter is the case then touché Mr. Dreamy. Touché.

But I did bail myself out by telling him that I thought he'd make a great "special friend with whom I have interesting and intelligent conversations" and that the only relationship I was interested in having with him was a light sadomasochistic one.. That was actually true. This pleased him so he responded saying that he was down and that I was to refer to him as "Sir" in all future communications. I laughed because I thought it was cute that he thought I was going to be his slave.

It was amusing to me because, for someone who'd claimed he is the dominant one who never gives up control, he'd damn sure relinquished way too much of it to me and was never getting it back. I'd even pointed that fact out that night after I'd taken control from him when I did some things to him off a certain page of the Cheesecake Factory menu that most men don't usually let me do but I figured he'd love based on his... how should I say this?... predispositions regarding his sexual orientation. Dreamy's bestie responded to his loss of control by saying he didn't know how that happened and he just went with it and that I'm "Too much of a spitfire to ever be a typical sub." 

This is very true. I'm not a typical sub and would never be anyone's slave. Even the Christian Grey of my life knows better than to ever refer to me as such because he knows that in my case I only play a submissive role for my own fun and pleasure. I guess with the whole 50 Shades of Grey craze being such a big thing right now more people, particularly the ladies, will feel me on this.. But a lot of those toys and devices and shit are super fun good times. Also, there is nothing hotter than being tied up whIle somebody has their way with you.. which is why 50 Shades of Grey appeals to so many women. 

Personally though ladies, it's also super fun to be the one doing the tying and way having yourself. It gives you an opportunity to put in work and demonstrate that you are the pornstar sex goddess of the universe and also give a dude a blow job without him constantly trying to push your head down and shit.. Cause for real fellas, we hate that.. Plus, as I've mentioned in prior posts, if a dude can't pull my hair, smack my ass, and hit it from the back properly then, I'm sorry but this will just never work out. But that's not a submissive thing.. It's just a good sex thing... There is a difference. 

However, if you want to get into legit BDSM terms, I would actually be what's called a "Switch" because I like to switch it up and be both dominant and submissive. Generally I tend to be both with the same people.. But all of it usually depends on the person and my mood.. and if I'm drunk. Kinda figured based on Dreamy's bestie's spitfire comment though, that he knew all that. I did refer to him occasionally as Sir after he asked me to... But only when I was trying to be cute because I thought it was funny or when I wanted something from him.

Anyway, after I posted up my Dreamy Band Show quadruple post extravaganza, Dreamy's bestie got all mad. He called it a bad tabloid article that promoted drama and not information and said that he found the narrative dry, the questions weak, that I talked too much about myself, and that the whole thing displeased him. He didn't like the format or the things I'd said about Mr. Dreamy's band. I'd never really had anyone give me negative feedback like that before. I knew the day would come though so I tried to put my sensitivity about my work aside and treat his criticism as a constructive learning opportunity to improve my blog.

A couple days later, I got a Facebook invite from Mr. Dreamy for his band's cover show at a bar near where I live. I texted him and asked if he was sure if he wanted me to come out because I wasn't trying to get ambushed and shanked by his bandmates. He got all short and said "Feel free not to come." I got pissed and was like, "If you don't want me to come then why did you include me on the damn invite?!?" He also asked when he could come pick up his bestie's shirt because Dreamy's bestie has asked Mr. Dreamy to get it from me. I told him not to come over though because I just couldn't fucking deal with him in person.

I then hit up Dreamy's bestie and asked him why he wanted Mr. Dreamy to come pick up his shirt when we had already agreed that he would come over to get his shirt himself when we both had some time to play after my upcoming weekend with Christian Grey. He said he'd see Mr. Dreamy before he would see me so I called him "Sir" and told him Mr. Dreamy had been rude and pissed me off but that I would possibly come to the show since Christian Grey said he was down to go and bring him his shirt since he would be there. I also said I'd consider giving the band a redo and would possibly write a more favorable post if their show merited it.. all of which he said pleased him. *Makes Leslie Chow jacking off dice rolling hand gestures*

I was on the fence about actually going though because I didn't want to make one of my 2 precious nights with the Christian Grey of my life about drama and bullshit.. especially after I finally ended up hearing back from one of the other guys in the band who actually wasn't mad about the article. He just wanted to ask me about some things that Mr. Dreamy had said so he could work things out with his friend and bandmate.. which I thought was very awesome and mature of him to do. Seems at least one person took my post in the spirit in which it was intended. 

But he told me that when he tried to talk to Mr. Dreamy about the situation, Mr. Dreamy told him the stuff I wrote was "a creative interpretation and complete lie" which dude didn't believe because he didn't understand why someone would say untrue things knowing the whole band would read them... which is correct.. Actually I wouldn't because that would be libel and I could get sued. But when I read the message I was like WHAT THE FUCK?!?! First the inappropriate, ominous warning and now this... I was super pissed. Mr. Dreamy had seriously become Mr. Worst Fucking Nightmare. 

Meanwhile I'm texting with Dreamy's bestie about whatever and said if I came to the show he'd have to protect me from possible shanking. Then after I read the message from dude I asked him if Mr. Dreamy had told him I lied in my article as well because that would definitely explain why Dreamy's bestie had thrown the word "slander" at me. He responded and said he couldn't be more disinterested in this kind of drama and whatever... and that was when I reached my breaking point with him and told him he needed to watch it because I'd already had enough of Mr. Dreamy being all short with me and didn't need it from him too. 

He apologized and said he was neutral like Switzerland.. which is bullshit because I could tell the only reason he'd gotten on my case about that article in the first place was because Mr. Dreamy was probably pissed. I then asked him why he was so sour over the post when I'd actually said favorable things about him it.. which was clearly lost on him. I then proceeded to defend myself and my work because I put a lot of time and energy into writing that piece. I didn't create any of the drama in it. All I did was air it out and give my honest opinion and really wasn't even that harsh. I told him the reality of the situation was that if I'd been from a straight up music pub or a bigger site and didn't know any of the guys personally then I'd have either slammed them harder or dropped the story.

He took awhile to respond so I said in a smart ass way, "Guess I've now displeased you even more Sir." Then he texted me back finally and said I actually hadn't and that he appreciated my defense and points I made and he understood where I was coming from. So at least that finally deaded the damn tyranny over my blog post because the whole situation between him taking out Mr. Dreamy's unhappiness on me and anxiously anticipating why other band dude wanted to discuss the post had me beyond stressed the fuck out all week. After that though, things calmed down and we actually had nice little scandalous conversations that were more fun.

At least preparing for the arrival of the Christian Grey of my life made me happy. He had actually complimented my article and tried to help calm me down during the backlash. If it hadn't been for him I'd have seriously flipped my shit. He's so great... But while I was out grocery shopping last Friday and getting things ready for my super sexy guest, I got a text from Dreamy's bestie asking if we could talk. He had been considering getting back together with his ex and wanted my advice "separate of our Master/Slave arrangement as a woman" on whether or not I thought that was a good idea. I made Leslie Chow jacking off dice rolling hand gestures at that Master/Slave shit and about fell over in shock that he even wanted my opinion.

So first, we got into this whole debacle because he asked me to bear in mind that he is a sociopath devoid of "normal" human emotions. I'm like "Dude, you're not a fucking sociopath. My dad was a psych prof. I've taken psych classes. My first word was 'Freud'. Trust me, you don't fit the textbook definition." He tried to argue me on this. He's not a fucking sociopath though because if he was he wouldn't care if he hurt anybody. True sociopaths would have just kept lying while they were still in the relationship without concern or remorse as to the consequences. 

But I heard that word thrown around more times in that little group of people than I cared to even bother to count and that annoyed me on principle. People need to stop trying to label themselves with incorrect psychological diagnoses just to excuse their own fucked up, rude, selfish behavior. Even a correct diagnosis doesn't excuse it because the point of knowing you have a certain mental health disorder is to learn how to manage it so you don't act like a psycho toolbag. I have ADHD and mild Asperger's Syndrome. It affects my dealings with people in some pretty adverse ways at times, and while it justifies how I act, I don't ever expect anyone to treat my behavior like it's acceptable based on it. I believe that even people with mental and psychological impairments should still be held accountable for things they do to some extent.

What Dreamy's bestie fits the textbook definition for whether he believes it or not is actually a classic codependent. I know because I've been in my own Adult Children/Codependents Anonymous recovery for the past like 4 years now and I still attract other codependent people like honey badgers to a beehive. It's a subconscious thing that the book calls "My Shadow". But based on what dude told me about who his father is and whatnot, he fits the bill. Codependents don't process or express typical emotions and feelings in "normal" way and we're really good at bottling and suppressing our feelings because it's how we cope with shit. I actually had to get professional help just to learn how to express simple feelings like being happy or angry in a genuine and healthy way. True story.

Anyway, I asked some info seeking questions so I could give him good advice, starting with if she knew he was bisexual. He said "She does now." So I asked how she took the news and he said she was surprised, but overall it went well, aside from her insecurities and trust issues that he hangs out and goes on tour with attractive men all the time. The fact that she was surprised by his revelation was astounding to me though. There is a reason I lovingly refer to this dude as "My little fembot". Like I said, I had to ask about his sexual orientation when I met him because I thought he might be gay.. Usually I go for more super dudish dude types but something about his androgynous vibe appealed to me. Still I wouldn't be shocked if he ever did wake up one morning and just legit come out of the closet. I really have no clue how she didn't pick up on any of it.

He also told me she wanted monogamy and wasn't OK with participating in any guy on guy on her situations nor with him continuing his sexual lifestyle separately of her... That did not surprise me. Considering his desire to be bisexually free without hurting her or having to lie about it anymore, I told him I thought it was best to just do both himself and her a favor by cutting her loose. She might be upset but she'd get over it. I explained that this is what I meant when I'd told him before about the whole sexual proclivities thing. Most heterosexual women are not OK with the thought of their boyfriends or husbands having sex with another man under any circumstances at any time. Period. 

Personally, I don't really care what somebody does if we're in a casual situation and I said I'd watch him bang dudes all day. But if we were in a relationship, I'm not so sure I could hang with that either. Some people are of a mind that bisexual people are just being greedy. That may be true. But I think bisexual people.. and I mean truly bisexual people, not the drunk chicks who make out with each other in clubs for attention from dudes and maybe have that one scandalous threeway one night because they wanted to be wild.. I mean bisexual people, especially men, who actively and regularly pursue and have intimate relations with people of the same sex are really just trying to make up their minds because something is holding them back. I've known a lot of people like this who've gone back and forth and then finally woke up one morning like "Yeah, I'm gay." And that's great and totally something I can accept and support in a friend or family member... But not really from my significant other cause as shitty as it might sound I'm not really trying to set myself up to get left for another dude. Another chick is something I've successfully dealt with.. But another dude.. Yeah, I can't win that.

Based on what I know of him though, since he'd said she couldn't satisfy all of his needs in that department I had no doubt he'd get to a point where he'd probably end up cheating on her with a dude or something and hurt her even more. He should just be himself and do what he wants and find somebody else who is more open and shares similar views on sexual freedom and whatnot. There are people out there who are just like him so he should find one who makes him happy that accepts him completely for who he is... like maybe Mr. Dreamy perhaps.

Well I don't know what response he actually expected of me.. like maybe he thought I would call him Sir and beg him not to go back, which was NEVER going to happen.. But he said he was disinclined to take my advice because he considered it biased. I'm like whoa there.. My response was, "Not really.. I actually tried to be as objective and honest as possible based on what I know of you and also because I've been in a similar position. I kinda saw the possibility of this coming anyway. It seems like all the dudes I'm intimately involved with at the moment have all recently gotten out of serious relationships.. But of the 2 guys I guess I'm the closest to right now, you're actually not the one I'd give the biased advice to.. It's (Christian Grey). If he was considering getting back together with his ex I'd honestly say anything to change his mind because I've been in love with him for years." 

Sorry dude. Christian Grey even knows exactly how I feel because I make no secret of it and never have. Doesn't mean it has any real bearing on the situation between us and never really has. Things are what they are exactly the way they are for a multitude of reasons that we both understand and accept. Regardless of that though, I don't want to lose him again now that he's back in my life. He's one of the few people I actually feel close enough to that I can be myself completely around and drop my guard without fear because I trust him with my life. I've needed him some days more than I needed air and I've felt kind of lost the past year or so without him. I figured Dreamy's bestie got that because we talked about it when he brought up his whole situation with his ex and I said I didn't care for that reason. I also told him during that awkward warning conversation that part of why I didn't want to date him was because we were both a little too hung up on other people for it to work. Didn't mean we couldn't still have fun. 

But I guess that displeased him too because then he told me he'd just received disheartening news that he got passed on for a project and saw it as a sign he should cease our "arrangement". Whoa there again.. Between the "Master/Slave arrangement" comment, dismissing my advice because he considered it biased, and then blaming his bad news on me when I had nothing to do with it, I finally had to put this dude in check and tell him that while I was sorry he hadn't gotten the news he wanted, it was not my fault in any way so he needed to look elsewhere on the bad juju front. 

Furthermore, I told him that we have no arrangement. I'm still not even quite sure where he got that from and clearly we are not viewing this situation even close to the same way at all. An arrangement denotes a regularly recurring thing which, to me, one night and a few texts do not make. We may have had an understanding.. But not an arrangement. This dude is a one-nighter I stole from someone else just to piss them off and make them jealous as retribution for their douchey behavior. I even referred to Dreamy's bestie mostly as "Mr. Dreamy's Little Plaything".. and was actually trying to stop doing that because I felt bad. But all I want to know is where the fuck was my warning Mr. Dreamy? Seems maybe it was given to the wrong person.

I was trying to make a conscious effort to separate him out from how we met and why we came to be where we were and stop looking at him as being affiliated with Mr. Dreamy because I was trying to treat him like a real person.. But he fucked that all up once he called basically called me some biased slave. We even mostly texted with about platonic shit anyway rather than sexting and/or anything really BDSM related. He didn't even pick up on that fact that I only called "Sir" every so often as a manipulation tactic because I know he got his jollies off on it.

But all that shit seriously annoyed the absolute fuck out of me and pissed me off. That's some serious codependent bullshit and I won't tolerate it. I've worked way too hard to purge that shit from my life.. all of which I told him. It really doesn't matter how much I like anybody because I have to treat everybody as expendable on some level. It makes it easier to cut ties if the relationship turns toxic. My personal boundaries I set are absolute. If you violate them then I will tell you. It's on you to then make amends and make an effort to respect that boundary going forward. Then should I ever cross your lines, I will reciprocate and we'll be better friends and people and grow and shit. According to my recovery stuff, that's how healthy relationships of any form, be them romantic or platonic, should work. But if you can't do that then you can get the fuck out of my life.

Well, he didn't do that amends shit. I guess he took my boundary setting as me writing him off. I at least did try to attempt to let him know that wasn't the case the other day. I checked in on him because I saw this sad, passive aggressive Facebook status about things ending sloppily and that he was about to lose his shit. It concerned me because I do care and can't have my little fembot slitting his wrists or doing anything similarly drastic. Turns out he did follow my advice and said he'd ended things permanently with his ex because she's managed to harm him to the point he wasn't even willing to be friends anymore. I asked what she did but he didn't tell me.

For real though it's kind of irrelevant. My guess is whatever she did was probably something he pushed her to do anyway because he wanted to change the progression of the situation and put her in his debt. Codependent people who want change in a relationship will do whatever they can to drive the other person away to the point that person does something that the codependent can then place the blame on them for that they claim is bad enough to terminate the relationship. It's a control tactic to get that person to come back and apologize so the codependent can hold whatever over them. But it can backfire if the other person in the situation is not a codependent. No doubt some of you out there are having an Aha moment cause you've been in that situation before.

I'm guessing it worked though because I saw something on my Facebook feed that he was now in a relationship. Guessing that means my little Les Liasons Dangereuses wager with Christian Grey is off. Oh well... C'est la vie. Que sera sera and all that. I do like Dreamy's bestie as a person and a friend. I also appreciate the fact that he unlocked a part of me with regard to indulging my own sexual freedom that I had suppressed and buried for years in a mound of shame and bullshit that I actually need to find a balance on so it will stop manifesting itself as more destructive binging. But since I had put it in the same hole with my other codependent behaviors it let the rest of the shit out with it. 

One of the many things I love about the Christian Grey of my life is he has a very calming effect on me. Whenever I go off the chain and get all hyper, he knows exactly what to say to bring me back down and level me out. Maybe this is because he's like the dude version of me and understands me so well. While he was around I did start to chill out a bit which helped me to start seeing the forest for the trees and I realized that Dreamy's bestie was hitting my triggers. But Christian Grey even laughed at me and the whole situation and told me I thrive on this kind of drama and eat it up.. That I love to kick the beehive and then watch all the bees flip out.. then kick it again and stir shit up and again and again.. until I get bored of it. Then I'm out like "Good luck with all that." As bad as it sounds, he's totally right. I fucking love it. Hell, I'm kicking the shit out the beehive right now.

I will say though that I think Dreamy's bestie helped facilitate strengthening my bond a little more with the Christian Grey of my life because we've actually been even more honest and open with each other lately than we were before. I told him about what happened with Dreamy's bestie because I can't lie to him and he was fine with it. He even wanted details. Actually of all the people in this weird Dreamy triangle, it would seem that I'm the only one who doesn't have to lie to the person they legit care about just to go bang other people.  I find that extremely ironic.

Meanwhile, I'm still stuck with this damn shirt that I've been trying to get Mr. Dreamy's bestie and now even Mr. Dreamy, because I can't deal with his bestie in person at the moment, to come get for like 3 weeks. I even brought the shirt out to the Dreamy Band Bar Cover Show to return last weekend but he didn't end up even coming out to it like he'd been saying he would. I'm tired of having it hanging over my head cause this thing has become the bane of my fucking existence. Christian Grey told me to throw it away. He said whenever chicks leave shit at his house it goes right in the trash. Well I feel like that's a bit of a waste. So I've decided to keep it as a little souvenir of my little souvenir and memento of our one magical evening we shared. Why?

Well it actually fits me quite nicely and looks dope on me...



It looks dope on Kirby the Koala Bear too and he could do with a new shirt cause he's been wearing the same one for 3 decades now. Though on him it looks more like a Harry Potter robe...



It also has multiple everyday household uses like...

A dish rag....



A regular rag...


A potholder cause you can never have enough of those...



A pirate flag for the loft to let all ye know Miss Slik be the scourge of all the Fair Lakes...



It also makes a lovely cape on Felicity...



And an awesome super hero cape on me... 


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I call myself The Douchenator.. Dealing karmic justice to those who deserve it... Able to leap assholes in a single bound... Making the world a less douchey place one blog post at a time. Get at me Stan Lee!



There's me flying with my trusty sidekick Pouncer Pooch enemy of crotches everywhere....



The list goes on and on...

The moral of the story is folks, be yourself and do what makes you happy.. which is something I keep stressing in a lot of my posts. But stop lying to the people you care about just to do what you want. It's selfish and immature and ultimately will probably come back to bite you in the ass. If the people who say they care really do then they aren't going anywhere.. and if they do, it's probably just temporary so they can process and they'll most likely be back.. But if they can't accept you and don't come back then you just have to learn to let them go because they weren't in it for the long haul anyway. Either way, you can't let their reactions paralyze you because life is just too damn short to spend even 5 minutes of it unhappy.

And finally, let this be a lesson to anyone who leaves their shit in my apartment from henceforth and does not come back to get it in a timely manner cause I'm serious. I'm really keeping that shirt. It's still hanging from the loft knee wall with the Jolly Roger taped to it as we speak.

So until next time, stay tuned and stay up.

Friday, March 20, 2015

Miss Slik's Guide to Dating: The 3 Date Rule

So I'm always gone for a minute, but I think ya'll are used to that by now so I'm just going to stop apologizing for it. Still doesn't mean I don't feel bad and love you and blah blah blah... But sometimes I need breaks to find new inspiration for shit so I'm not boring you or flipping out when I'm dealing with drama and making things worse in my everyday actual life by blasting people on the internet. Anyway...

Ok... So when last we left off, in Miss Slik's Dating Advice: The 48 Hour Rule we explored the question of how long you should wait when the person you've been talking to stops talking to you before you move on. Well, today kids I'm going to weigh in on another pressing dating question that plagues women everywhere every day including tonight since it is a date night... How long should you wait before you have sex with somebody you've just started dating?

In this day and age of a million dating sites and apps and whatnot, if you are a single person you could probably successfully line up at least one date for every night of the week. I know because I've done it and between nice dinners and nice leftovers haven't had to go food shopping for weeks at a time. But I needed a way to weed out the ones who were actually worth more than just some nice leftovers. I also can't bang my way through the internet for a multitude of reasons. So I came up with my own rule where I arbitrarily decided that I would give up the goodies after a certain number of dates.

Speaking of which, this particular post was sort of inspired by the date I went on last weekend with the latest dude I've been "talking to" who I did meet through Tinder. Now I told him this post wasn't about him.. and it's not.. which alleviated his momentary anxiety when I told him I was writing a blog article since he knows about my dating douchebags segments. However, I did not say that he was not mentioned nor did I say I wouldn't discuss our date sooo...

And the date went Ok.. I guess. He isn't my usual type, but he's definitely very cute.. like so dreamy I just want to put a poster of him above my bed and draw star hearts on it. He's a guitarist in a local band so we have the music thing in common. We also both like to read and have fairly unique personalities. However, he did go on this rant when I asked him about his last relationship and said things to the effect of thinking he was genetically predisposed to not having deeper feelings for people and also that he's not a big fan of monogamy... all of which I think is bullshit and something he should never tell another woman ever again ESPECIALLY on a first date whether he honestly believes it or not. To me it came off kind of like that episode of Seinfeld where Elaine is talking to Jerry's virgin girlfriend about how guys plan exit strategies during dinner by saying shit like "Yada yada yada.. I have to get up super early tomorrow."

Under normal circumstances, I'd run. But, after he finished his rant, we did have an interesting discussion about metal cards and stock portfolios and yachts and shit that got me kinda hot cause on some level I am a money bitch.. which then lead to subsequent fun after we left the restaurant... where I then discovered we have another thing in common. He has a big dick and as ya'll know I am a huge fan of dudes with big dicks.. Totally had to go in on that.

However, I don't fuck on the first night... anymore (For those of you out there laughing right now because you know me well, you're right and shut the fuck up).. So I managed to maintain some self control and refrain from letting him go all the way. He tried though and he's sneaky so this definitely tested my level of restraint in ways you can't imagine especially since I'm in the midst of a 5 month dry spell.. Bygones... While we were getting slightly intimate though, I was debating on whether or not I should tell him about my Three Date Rule. I didn't. So if he reads this then I guess now he'll know and he better because there will be a quiz at the end.

For real, there are a lot of scandalous, creeper dickheads out there who have massive, deep-rooted psychological issues that run more games than Charles Town Races and Slots. There are also a lot of noncommittal dudes with Peter Pan syndromes who just don't know what they want and feel like they need to sample everything before they finally make up their minds (Pretty sure dude is in the latter category)... But being dudes, they aren't going to turn down sex if you just offer it up like it's nothing. So I don't make the offer... I just dangle it at a future finite point and let them decide if they want to meet the criteria I set forth to get it in.

This one is a toughy because the truth is there isn't really any exact right amount of time to wait since everyone and every relationship is different. Some people, including myself, have had sex on the first night and it resulted in a long term relationship. Others, again including myself, have banged people on the first night and have never heard from them again... or have had to involve the FCPD to get them to leave me alone.

There are also several schools of thought which dictate appropriate amounts of time for various reasons...

Some people of the religious variety choose to wait until marriage... I am not one of those people and if you're reading this you probably aren't either. There is nothing wrong with that if you are though because sex can lose its magic specialness when you have too much of it too soon with shitty people who ruin it for you. But if you're going to wait then you had best make damn sure you pick a great one or you've just shot that waiting all to hell.

Millionaire Matchmaker, Patty Stanger, says you should wait to have sex until you are in a committed, monogamous relationship. There is merit in that. People don't have to commit to you while you're casually dating around and there is no harm in getting to know somebody while they explore their options and you explore yours. Then if you decide that you want to be together you can have that exclusivity discussion and whatnot. But in the meantime, just don't put yourself in a situation where that is going to make a difference to you by fucking them. However, getting to that point takes time.. during which you're not getting any.. which may or may not appeal to you.

The rule is also subjective in that it doesn't put a finite wait time on it. Plus there is no stipulation regarding the level of commitment... other than committing not to fuck other people. I don't need a promise of eternal togetherness before I bang a dude.. In fact, offering me that prematurely will send me running. Personally, I refuse to commit to anyone until I've taken them for a test drive. I'm sorry, but good sex is an extremely important part of a healthy romantic relationship. So if dude can't put it down in the bedroom properly then I could really give a fuck about how great every other aspect is in said relationship.

Then, if we refer to my favorite dating Bible "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man", my dating guru Steve Harvey says you should abide by the "Three Month Rule". I have 3 words for that... NO FUCKING WAY. No fucking way am I staying celibate for 3 whole months. I'm already in a 5 month dry spell and getting damn close to fucking the wall. If I add 3 more months to that people could die. However, this rule does have merit as well because it has a clear timeline and places more value on your cookie jar. If a man is willing to wait and get to know you for 3 whole months without sex then he has earned your benefits you offer... like a job.

I went ahead and cut that down and instead of 3 months, I decided 3 dates is sufficient.

The THREE DATE RULE:
The three date rule stipulates that no sexual intercourse will take place prior to the end of the third date activity. Upon return from said third date activity then sexual intercourse can and probably will take place (provided you didn't manage to turn me off on the 3rd date, which has happened a few times).

That means we go out on 1, 2, 3 actual dates and do shit and then when you bring me home you can have whatever is on the menu... and my menu is like The Cheesecake Factory menu. It's several pages long. There really isn't much that's not on it and it definitely has at least one special thing to please just about everyone.

So why did I arbitrarily decide that 3 dates is the magic amount of time? Well, they say that one is just one, 2 is a coincidence, and 3 is the establishment of a pattern. Plus, personally, I think a 3 Date Rule is pretty standard. Also, if you're actually paying attention to someone then you can learn a lot about them in just 3 encounters.

It's not just about the getting to know someone though. It's also about demonstrations of worth. Referring back to "Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man" there is a part that talks about placing a high value on yourself. If I'm not worth a few plates of food to you then why the fuck would I give you the entire Cheesecake Factory menu?! Let me break it down even further though because I do in fact place a super high value on my vagina and here is why...

I call my pussy "The Truth" because YOU can't handle it! I'm not sure what it is about my vagina that somehow turns seemingly normal, well-adjusted dudes into psychos and drives sane dudes to the point of needing involuntary commitment to psychiatric facilities. But, it is possible that, perhaps unbeknownst to me, my vagina smells like sunshine and flowers, tastes like candy, is covered in glitter (that I do actually know about), contains the Holy Grail, has unicorns fly out of it, hides the entrance to the magical land of Narnia, and is the key to eternal happiness and everlasting world peace.

This is why the overwhelming majority of men I have had sex with always come back for more... even if I don't want them to. I also worked hard to hone the skills on that menu and take great pride in demonstrating said skills on those who have earned it. Not to mention I'm just super awesome as a person in life. Why would I not expect food and activities and your time in return for all that? Can't be giving that shit away for free to unworthy douches who did not put in work to earn it.

Now that's not to say that you need to refrain from all intimacy on Dates One and 2. I'm no virgin and my Three Date Rule by no means is about being prude. There is nothing wrong with what I like to call "Previews". Go ahead and give him a sample of what you're working with that leaves him wanting more. Show him how you mind those stepchildren. See if he returns the favor. Previews aid in your decision of whether or not you'd like to have that 3rd date.. Cause if he ain't packing and/or putting the spit shine on it properly then we ain't going out again.

As far as the timeline for this goes, the 3 dates do have to be on 3 separate days. I say this because I've been asked by dudes if they can get all 3 dates in in one day. No, you can't. They need to be on 3 separate days. But, there is no stipulation as to the spacing of those days. They could be in a row or several days or weeks apart. So, basically if I meet a dude tonight and he takes me out Saturday, Sunday, and Monday then we could in theory be fucking by Monday night because he would've met the criteria. I will warn you that doing it in what I call the "Crash Course Way" can have its drawbacks and benefits. That is a lot of me and a lot of you in just 72 hours and we will get to know each other very well. By the 72nd hour, you'll either love me or I'll have killed you.

With any rule there are also loopholes... I refer to mine as "The Red Lobster Loophole". Everyone knows I'm a total slut for Red Lobster. Take me to Lobsterfest and buy me lobster and you can have whatever you want any way you want any time you want. It's cool. But, I don't let just anyone take me to Red Lobster. Some dudes who know that have asked and I've been like "Nah, I don't think so. I need to get to know you better before we involve cheddar bay biscuits in this scenario."

Red Lobster is usually a suggestion of a dinner date place I make that let's a dude who does know what that means know I'm trying to let him get it. Sometimes I'm not feelin RL though so I have a couple other equivalent places like Sakura. Add to my porcelain cup collection and it is so on. Ruth's Chris is also another place cause good steak always puts me in the mood.

The other loophole would be if we ran off to Vegas the night we meet and get married. In that case, I would definitely say we've satisfied Patti Stanger's criteria of being in a committed, monogamous relationship which means we can consummate the shit out of our marriage and then go do some gambling. But I have only run across like maybe one guy ever that I'd have actually considered doing that with so I wouldn't bank on using that loophole.

Anyway, the Three Date Rule has worked for me so far. You'd be surprised how few of the dudes have actually made it to the 3rd date though. Usually they kill it by the 2nd.. So prepare yourself to be a little frustrated. Also, just because a dude makes it to the end of a 3rd date doesn't necessarily mean you need to give it up if you're not ready. This rule is really more about validating behavior without feeling like a hooker. So if that's you and tonight just happens to be your 3rd date with someone then remember to shave your legs beforehand and get it gurrrl! In the meantime, current dude still has a couple more dates to get out of the way before he enters my magical land of Narnia so we'll see how that plays out.

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Miss Slik's Dating Advice: The 48 Hour Rule

So there is this movie based on a dating self help book that I'm sure EVERYONE in the English speaking world has heard of called "He's Just Not That Into You." For those who haven't seen it in awhile or at all I'll give you a brief synopsis of the parts that are relevant to this post:

Decently pretty, nice, but slightly obnoxious, brunette chick goes out a date with dude from Entourage (the short, ginger guy who played Eric) and he ends the night with a hug and an "I'll call you." She thinks the date went great but he was whatever about it so he has zero intention of ever calling her again... It turns out this is because he's actually in love with another chick played by Scarlett Johansson.. But it is an unrequited love as he is her mayor of Friend Land who she keeps on the hook while she's off fucking Bradley Cooper's character who is married to brunette chick's coworker. Meanwhile, brunette chick is glued to her cell phone and landline for days on end waiting for this dude to call, answering every time it rings with a quickness even while she's in the shower, hanging up on her mom a bunch of times to keep the lines clear, and obsessing about it with her girlfriends. He doesn't call so she tries calling him. He doesn't answer so she leaves a carefully scripted voicemail... which he then ignores. Instead of taking the hint, she attempts a desperate drop-in at this bar he told her he hangs out at so she can "accidentally" run into him. He isn't there so she asks the bartender about him who turns out to be dude's best bro and he obviously knows his boy is never going to call her. He feels bad for this sad, pathetic girl so he breaks the news to her that "he's just not that into you."

Where am I going with this? Well, the reality of the situation is we've all been that sad, pathetic girl who has waited by the phone and obsessed over why the person we were interested in that we thought really liked us too has not called us back or responded to our texts. This goes for dudes as well because you damn well know you too have been that girl.

I know I've damn sure been that girl and I finally got tired of it. So I asked myself, how long is a reasonable amount of time to devote to waiting on someone to respond to you before you decide to let it go and move on? I decided that the answer is 48 hours which lead to me instituting what I call "The 48 Hour Rule."

THE 48 HOUR RULE: If the person that you are "talking to", dating, and/or involved with in some kind of intimate 'status as of yet undefined' relationship who has been in communication with you every day for more than one week suddenly does not contact nor respond to you for a period of more than 48 hours then you should automatically assume that he/she is either dead, in a coma, or blowing you off.

Now for men, this rule is a little tricky because you are traditionally tasked with the role of being the initiators of contact with women... Meaning she's waiting for you to text or call and doing her best to be cool in the process. So if you're waiting 2 days for her to send a "Hey, how's it going?" text then you'll end up breaking the 48 Hour Rule for her since those texts are supposed to be your move. But if she doesn't respond for 48 hours once you've initiated contact then she's the rule breaker.

Why did I arbitrarily decide that 48 hours is the magic amount of time? Well, a lot can happen in a day and sometimes you just don't get a chance to contact someone or respond because all hell broke loose. But the odds of it breaking so loose for 2 days in row that you can't even find time to send a quick text responding to someone are pretty slim. Plus, if you've only been talking to this person for a couple weeks and maybe been on one or 2 dates then you really shouldn't be devoting more than about 2 days worth of your time being loyal to that person and waiting on them if they aren't responding to you.

If and when this 48 Hour Rule is broken, then 48 hours and one minute after whenever the time was you last heard from that person should be your cue you to begin the moving on process and find a new person to "talk to", date, or involve yourself with in a new intimate, undefined relationship.

People always want to dwell on all these what-ifs instead of facing reality... Maybe he didn't get my text. Maybe he was just busy. Maybe he lost his phone. Maybe he just suddenly fell off the face of the fucking planet where time, space, cell phones, cell phone towers, landlines, computers, laptops, Facebook, email, the internet, snail mail, telegrams, morse code, ham radios, vehicles and gas for which to drive to your home and visit you in person, carrier pigeons, and all other various means, methods, forms, and avenues of communication cease to exist.

Use social networking as your judge. If this person can find time to Facebook, tweet, stagram, tumbl, vine, etc., but somehow can't spare 5 seconds to respond to your text then you obviously know they are not dead and they clearly have good enough reception and access to communication devices to hit you up. This is a pretty good indication that they are just ignoring you... with one exception.

I'm actually taking my sweet ass time responding back to a very scrumptious man I'm legit interested in who is actually new dude I've begun moving on with from old, slightly younger dude who has now officially broken the 48 Hour Rule for the last fucking time as he is a repeat offender. I'm not blowing him off in the standard sense because I'm busy updating my blog which I will then share on my social networking profiles and pages... which will be immediately followed with a text to him so he doesn't get pissed off cause dudes are fucking sensitive creatures. But I know I've started a very short clock.

You'll drive yourself crazy speculating over it thinking what if and there must be some other reason why this person has suddenly just stopped talking to you. If that person is legitimately interested in you and knows they are going to be incommunicado for a couple days for whatever reason then they will give you a heads up about it so they know you know they aren't blowing you off.

Also, occasionally shit does happen where that person has some emergency situation that is of higher priority than you. Hence why the rule includes deaths and comas. Assume he or she died or is in a coma they will never wake up from, mourn their passing, and get on with your life. If this person comes back from the dead or wakes up 6 months later then YaY... But you'll probably have moved on by then.

Many times I will hear from a guy after 72 or 96 hours with some bullshit excuse and an apology. My response to that is usually something to the effect of "Oh good, you're alive." Then I either accept his apology and put him in check on my communication expectations and let him know I had started the moving on process... or I just blow him off in return because I've found someone else.

If this happens to you then how you choose to deal with the offender is at your discretion. It really depends on how much you like that person. Just be forewarned that person may be a repeat offender who will ghost out on you again and again until you get tired of it... much like I did with aforementioned old, slightly younger dude. Other times that warning shot is enough for them to get the point and come hell or high water they will always get that text in by the 46th hour.

Once the 48 Hour Rule has been broken, DO NOT attempt to initiate further communication. I repeat, DO NOT FUCKING CONTACT THIS PERSON AGAIN UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR ANY REASON WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NOTIFYING THEM OF PREGNANCY OR CONTRACTION OF AN STD FROM THEM.

When someone you're interested in suddenly stops talking to you, it seems to be everyone's first inclination to send that "Is everything OK?" text. DO NOT DO IT! Odds are that person still won't respond to you so your second inclination will probably be to send the "Why aren't you talking to me?" text. That person still probably won't respond. So then your third inclination will be to send some kind of "What the fuck?" text. Then finally you'll send the "Well it's your loss cause I'm moving on so fuck you." text.

Honestly, not one damn bit of good can come from any of that. When you move on, you don't have to announce it. They probably don't care anyway so it's best not to bother. Just do it quietly. Sending those texts just makes you look psycho and affirms why that person doesn't want to deal with you. It could also be that maybe this person kind of liked you but is exploring his or her options. You're not in a committed relationship so they are free to do as they please without explanation... As are you. But sending those texts is a big turn off so you just took yourself out of the running of the options.

It's best to save those inclinations for when someone who you are in an actual, committed, legit relationship with breaks the rule.. Meaning you have straight up had a discussion and resulting agreement of mutual exclusivity regarding dating and sex. Now if that person breaks the 48 Hour Rule then you have a perfect right to get bitchy and go psycho and demand a reason for broken contact because they have restricted your ability to move on and date and fuck someone else without a formal ending to the relationship. But until you reach that point of commitment then your best response is just to do you... and maybe start doing somebody else who you will probably find you like better.

Honestly, 9 times out of 10 there is no special reason other than he or she is just not that into you. Dude told pathetic brunette girl that if a guy is interested in a girl he's going to make it happen. The same actually goes for both men and women because dudes often wonder whahappin if the object of their interest suddenly stops responding to them.

If I'm really interested in a man then I'm like brunette girl.. dopey and obsessing while I'm waiting for the dreamy dude I like to text me either for the first time that day or to respond to me. When he does, I wait at least a few minutes so as not to seem like I've been waiting all fucking day for my phone to go off... then I respond back as cool and casually as I'm capable of because my game is solid and I don't want to give him any sort of impression that I've been obsessing and waiting for this moment all fucking day. But I'm definitely making it happen and doing my part to reciprocate interest.

In the meantime while you're still in obsessive sad mode and realize you're getting blown off, find other ways to cope that don't involve staring at your phone because it will only make you more depressed. If typing a passive aggressive, vague Facebook status you know he'll probably see makes you feel better then go for it... within reason so you don't look psycho. Personally I like to type long winded passive aggressive blog posts instead because that's my coping mechanism. No one ever wants to be rejected by the person they like. The feeling of rejection is probably one of the shittiest of all feelings. Rather than accepting rejection you always want to give that person the benefit of the doubt... much like brunette chick did in the movie.

It really doesn't matter why or what you did because that person is clearly an asshole who either got turned off by something you did unintentionally or met someone else they like better and just didn't have the balls to tell you that you're not the one for them. As much as all of us have been brunette chick, we've all been that asshole who hoped someone would get the hint. I've had to break down and do my own dirty work because FCPD has made it clear they do not exist to end my relationships with obsessive men.

Regardless, all of it shows a lack of consideration and respect for you and you don't need that in your life. Know your value and find someone worthy who is willing to pay that price. Those who refuse are best left alone.

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Dafuq Ladies? Why Haven't We Talked About This Before?!

So a couple weeks ago I was talking to my friend Jeannie and she says something to the effect of "Well I was trying to get it in but I had my period... Yadayadayada.. I could have if I'd had a Diva Cup." And I'm like "What the fuck is a Diva Cup?"

Ladies, it is a fucking miraculous invention you stick up in your lady business that catches all the blood and nastiness while you go on about your life like it ain't that time of the month. It's good for up to 12 hours and you can do everything with it in including get your freak on without grossing out the dude you're banging. 

No more mood killing ickiness that keeps you from getting down. No more sex in the shower (unless you just want to get it on in the shower)... or my personal solution of "Grab a towel and don't look down and quit being a whiny bitch over a little blood." The best thing is no more excuses about red wings and why he can't go down and eat it like a vulture for a week.

Mind fucking blown... Who the fuck knew? No, for real... Which of you bitches knew about this shit and didn't share that with the rest of us? If you did then your sisterhood card has been revoked as of right now. 

The menstrual cup has been in existence for as long as I've been "a woman" and nobody had ever said shit to me about it before that day. You would think it would've come up in Sex Ed or The Vagina Monologues or my Psychology of Human Sexuality class or during the hundreds of discussions about tampons over the past 16 years... But no.

Well, I was expecting a gentleman friend to come over a couple days after Jeannie and I had this conversation... which was unfortunately the same day I was also expecting my monthly visitor. I had sort of resigned myself that after a couple weeks of waiting I was just going to have to wait longer... and we'd actually have to talk about stuff which we kinda needed to do and actually still need to do without sex complicating the situation. But I'll be damned if he's not really fun to get complicated with.

Sidenote.. The night I met this dude I happened to be on the rag. We were making out and unbeknownst to him I was rockin the double up (tampon with a pantiliner for extra protection.. Raise your hands if you feel me because you've done it too or are rockin it right now). Dude starts feeling up on my booty all right where the liner is and I'm thinking "Ahhhh dammit! He's going to think I have a diaper on or something." So I went ahead and admitted what was going on down there and he was like "Ooooohhhh... Is that what that is? I was afraid we had a granny panties situation or something." So fucking embarrassing. 

I mean, on the bright side, it sort of killed the mood which kept me from being a total hooker with this über scrumptious, slightly younger dude I'd just met a couple hours before that. I kinda wasn't sure how I was going to get naked in front of that anyway. But all I could think this time was "Man, if this thing comes before or, God forbid, during I'm going to be annoyed and this dude is probably never going to call me again."

So I did some Googling to find out more about this miraculous invention and here's what I found...

First, the term Diva Cup is kinda like using the words Kleenex, Scotch Tape, Jacuzzi, and Velcro. They're just brand names. The proper term is "Menstrual Cup" and there are several different brands.

Behold the Diva Cup .. Available in 2 sizes because your inside lady business apparently changes after you have a kid. This one is reusable for years. You just have to clean it every 12 hours. Price: $39.99

http://divacup.com/products/the-divacup/

Next is the Lunette.. Also reusable and also available in 2 sizes. Price: $39.99

http://www.lunette.com/index.php?id=14
http://www.lunette.com/index.php?id=14

And for all you noncommittal, try before you buy types like me... There is the Softcup. It comes in disposable and reusable but only for one cycle then you throw it out. Price: $7-10 

http://softcup.com/about/product-info
http://softcup.com/about/product-info

Personally, I went with the disposable Softcup because it actually says you can have sex with it in on the box and all over the website. Much to my shigrin, dude is flakey so I didn't get to actually test this out the way I'd intended. Fear not though, they do make battery operated devices for just such an occasion and it worked fine. No fuss. No muss. No icky hot red mess. Plus I got a box of 14 from Harris Teeter on sale for like $6 I think... like basically the same price as a box of tampons.

However, I will give you the same warnings I was given. One, I read in the Softcup testimonials and also in another blog article reviewing the Softcup and then from my coworker about her roommate that some women have issues taking it out. I didn't have that issue so I'm thinking this must be user error or these ladies had some weird vaginas. If you've ever used a Nuvaring it's basically similar to putting that thing in and taking it out except the ring on the Softcup is a little more dense. It hurt a tiny bit taking it out but not enough that it really bothered me.

Also, it is kinda messy when you remove it so make sure you have plenty of toilet paper handy to stick in it and wrap it up in if you're using a disposable one. I'd also recommend keeping some wet ones handy to clean off your fingers. 

If you're using a reusable one then I read you'll definitely want a bottle of water to rinse it if you're out and about. But since you can wear it for up to 12 hours and take it out and put it back in whenever I'd suggest timing it so you're home or at least have access to a proper bathroom versus a public restroom. 

You'll also need some cleaner for the cup. Diva Cup makes some but I'd recommend some sex toy cleaner since it's virtually exactly the same... Plus you may already have it to clean your special battery operated friend. 

Jeannie said I would be "different down there"... which was basically her nice way of saying your pussy is not going to get wet on its own. She's right. It's not quite like the Sahara but you'll definitely experience a lack of necessary moisture so you're going to need some help in the form of a personal lubricant. 

Now for some shameless promotion of my friends which you know I don't have a problem doing in exchange for awesome free shit... Since you'll be needing some lube and also maybe some toy cleaner, hit up Jeannie Beach because she is a purveyor of lady business merchandise. You can email her at jeanniebeach@hotmail.com or check out her Pure Romance Consultant Website. While you're at it you can also pick up a new vibrator to conduct your own personal research or just because you need a new one as well as get some makeup and skin care stuff since she also happens to be a Mary Kay consultant as well.

For realz though, I freaking love the Softcup. I may invest in a reusable version soon just because I feel like that might be more cost effective and they do last for years. I just know I will NEVER EVER EVER EVER stick another wad of fucking cotton (to quote Vagina Monologues even though those bitches let me down) up in my cooch EVER AGAIN.