Boys' Nights Out
On rare occasions, usually once the third blue moon has been sighted after every third leap year, the lads and I are permitted to go on our own to a local public house of our choice to enjoy a small number of weak shandies and to exchange sarcastic one-liners concerning the performance of certain sporting teams or other such trivial matters. The evening is planned in advance, the plans, timings and destinations are submitted for approval to our respective Significant Others and permission is granted.

The only problem being is that despite that it is a Boys' Night Out and an approved event, without fail, some or all of our respective other halves will arrive during the course of the evening. Sometimes this is without notice. Other times one of us will receive a text message from her, expressing boredom and asking if she or they might be permitted to join us for the last drink of the evening*. More often, a Ladies' Night Out will be swiftly arranged to "unwittingly" coincide with our night, and of course paths will cross. Many a rare Boys' Night Out has been, quite frankly, hijacked in one of these ways.

On the other hand, should a Ladies' Night Out be arranged, usually when there is a Friday at the end of a four week period, and the Boys ask to come along, we are informed that by virtue of the name of the event, ie Ladies' Night, and the fact that we possess certain parts that make us not Ladies, we cannot join in. We are also not permitted to know where they are going, what time they might possibly be returning** or who else is taking part in this event.

Why is this? Hypocrisy of the highest order.

* immediately- they're already dressed up and in the taxi on the way.
** We don't want to keep tabs, we worry and care in a good way. If we didn't, you'd complain.
(randomstupidname would really like this signature field to be bigge, Sat 21 Feb 2009, 9:05, Reply)