The Long Weekend
Everybody likes a long weekend because you get a chance for extra relaxation. But sometimes a little extra relaxtion can wear you out.
So J’s bachelor bash was this weekend. Bash probably isn’t the right word. As parties go, it was pretty low key.
It wasn’t a big blow out kind of thing with lots of boozing and women. Well, there was the boozing, but it was just us guys. And I think we all had a good time.
We spent from late Saturday afternoon to Sunday morning at a cabin in a resort area in the Smoky Mountains. Just like the bash was not really so much of a bash, the resort was not so much of a resort. I think of resorts as being places with golf courses, trickling fountains, big fluffy bathrobes, and cucumbers on your eyes. It was really a handful of wood cabins tucked into the mountain side. But they call it a resort.
The cabin was really nice though. Fully furnished with a big main room, a kitchen, three bed rooms and a big deck. It also had a pool table, a hot tub, and there was a pool down the road that all the cabins shared. I didn’t know about the hot tub and the pool, so none of us brought swim trunks. A couple of the guys went down to the pool after dark,when they knew it would be empty, and swam in their shorts.
The food was really good and we gorged ourselves and sat around on the deck watching the sunset like beached whales, drinking and swaping stories…mostly about the ugly side of being married. I had nothing to offer in that way, of course. I imagine some of the stories were stretched a bit for effect and to mess with J’s head. But, I can tell you if some of them were even 10% true, it would run me away from tying the knot.
Eventually the poker guy showed up and the game got going. I didn’t play and J got knocked out early. So did two other guys, so it was down to two players for most of the game. Somewhere around 2 or 3 in the morning we all ended up in hot tub. Yeah, we were all naked, but get your hands out of your britches because there’s not hot straight boy seduction story coming. The pizza boy never arrived.
One thing that was interesting about the hot tub thing though was that while everyone was fine to be in the tub together naked, they were all weird about getting in naked. Except for me and J and one other, they wrapped themselves in a towel, submerged in the water, then took the towel off. And when they got out they put the wet towel back on. Cause you know you can’t see anything in a wet towel, right? But maybe it all seemed weird to me because I’m not somebody who has ever had qualms about being naked. If I could do it without getting arrested, I would never wear clothes.
I’d wear shoes, though.
As they guys were trying to get in and out of the tub without their junk showing, it made me think, “what if this was a gay party?” There wouldn’t even be towels. Everybody would be naked and air drying. Like what if it was guys like Moby or BrettCajun…they’d be like me…not even thinking about it. Hell, Brett would probably never sit down. He’d just stand in the middle of the tub so everyone could see. 
If Chad Fox was there, we probably couldn’t get him in just cause he’d be more wrapped up in putting his own spin on the food or mixing cocktails. Todd would be slaughtering everyone at the pool table. Larry would be tearing up the PlayStation that was on one of the TV’s.
So, I guess gay or straight it would have been pretty much the same kind of party. A bunch of guys who have someone or something that brings them together, and even though it’s a shared experience, everybody finds an element that makes it special for themsleves.
I think that’s what made it a good time. Nobody felt obligated to take part in any particular thing except to celebrate J’s last few days of freedom. And he’s somebody that’s special to each of us.
His last few days…Now I wish the weekend could have been longer. Part of me wishes it would never end.
July 5th, 2006 at 3:19 am
LT,
Right on. You pulled the weekend off! That’s what a bachelor party should be about. Sharing in the experience of a friend and making it his weekend. Not something where they ‘should’ be entertained.
OK, I have to comment. Brett C. wouldn’t be merely in the center of the hot tub standing LT, ’cause heaven forbid he weren’t the center of attention ( just kiddin Brett), he’d have everone gropin’ SLAB! He’d be one ‘lazy susan, turnig around in perpetual motion.
July 5th, 2006 at 6:10 am
Good for you!
That all went terribly well.
The towel thing is mildly demented (what did they do at school?!) and a very odd way for grown men to act. I’ve never heard of such a thing; actually, it’s completely bonkers!
July 5th, 2006 at 6:33 am
Of course!
Fear of comparison.
I don’t know how exactly but I forgot…
Arf!
July 5th, 2006 at 8:25 am
I’m glad it went well, Tony. I’m glad everyone had fun. I think it’s cool that you all were okay with being in a hot tub together. What happens IN hottubs is usually “worse” than what happens getting INTO them.
July 5th, 2006 at 9:48 am
We yankee boys don’t do the towel trick, gay or straight. Maybe the harsh winters make us appreciate the chance to get naked. Glad everyone had a good time and no DUI’s.You rock LT. Will you organize my bachelor party?
July 5th, 2006 at 11:32 am
OK. I agree that the modesty with the towels was a little unusual. Haven’t you ever seen all the straight men parade around a locker room? I can only assume that they had all seen your website, and knowing what was swinging from your groin, they KNEW that they could not compete!
July 5th, 2006 at 11:34 am
Yeah I don’t understand the whole straight boy cover everything up thing either. Although in college I didn’t notice it at all. Now when I have been to the gym, it seems weird to me that guys will walk from the shower to the locker with their towel wrapped around them. Gay guys just walk on by towel over the shoulder.
Shoot, when I’m snowboarding or hiking, I just change clothes next to my car…I don’t really care baout who’s gawking. Half the time people don’t notcie as I’m not doing anything to draw attention to myself.
July 5th, 2006 at 12:48 pm
But where are the PICTURES! j/k
Glad it went off w/o a hitch. I couldn’t of done it though. Someone would have caught me starin’ at their goods….I can’t help it, I come in heat faster than a microwave.
July 5th, 2006 at 12:52 pm
Sounds like you had a lot of fun…and you’re right, I’d probably be doing something all fancy and not have time to be sitting around naked in a tub like a teabag in a kettle.
And the guys were probably feeling inadequate around you…it’s why they wrapped themselves in towels.
July 5th, 2006 at 4:31 pm
Good choice… always pick sensible shoes over other pieces of clothing!
July 5th, 2006 at 6:05 pm
I might be tearing it up on the Playstation, but I gaurantee I’d be within eyeshot of the hot tub
July 5th, 2006 at 6:11 pm
I agree with the other commenters. They took one glance at Tony’s tool and quickly grabbed a towel. Every size issue they may have had since highschool came to play! Personally, I’d have had to keep clear of the tub. I’m like Moby. I wouldn’t have been able to not look or hide the affect when I did. I’d have wandered off to watch Larry play video games
That cabin sounds totally cool!
July 5th, 2006 at 6:58 pm
I wouldn’t have been able to contain myself either. I would just take a gander and would have to relieve myself elsewhere. If dick is hangin’ free, I wanna see!
Then I could just release tention playing pool.
July 5th, 2006 at 7:00 pm
Um and for the record I haven’t seen Brett’s willy. Guess I am left in the dark on that one.
July 6th, 2006 at 6:16 am
That is so cool straight guys agreed to go into a hot tub naked. Who’s idea was this? I keep thinking the men at my workplace (and in my family) would have probably had to have worn a bathing suit or they wouldn’t have done it. (it would have been too gay) I am glad the men were comfortable just fine. That’s nice to see. Did they know you were gay or not?
July 6th, 2006 at 10:02 am
I am glad to hear that it went well. If I was there, I would have hid in the bushes to take a peek at everybody. hehehehe