While in a car with 2 co-workers of mine, one of them brought up the topic of “cheating on the wife.” The next statement perturbed me greatly even though I did not show it, I was internally conflicted. “It is fine if you ogle at girls when you’re married, or heck, even go for the occasional one night stand. But as a guy, if you do not lust for the “bust”, you’ve crossed over to the disgusting gay side and there’s nothing worse than that.”
Blood drained from my face as I took in every spoken word, and as I unclench my now white fists, my other co-worker blurted out, “Wait, you can’t say that, Danny is in the car!”
I think it was his intonation or just the pure candidness of his personality, but I burst into peels of laughter with feelings of rage now rapidly jettisoned and in its place, pure tickles. I love that co-worker of mine!
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