Monday, July 11, 2005
GOD, NO, ANOTHER SEX PARTY? (Part 2)
First, the logistics of the place. A house of several stories, with a hottub upstairs, a social area with food and check-in in the middle, and the play rooms around this.
The food was so-so, no liquor served but you can bring in your own wine. Soft drinks and punch are served to the guests, who numbered around 25-30 couples. With a handful of us single women. Guys are not admitted unless they are part of a couple.
Recently, In L.A., I heard a party had trouble with so-called "couples," where they pose in togetherness as a way of getting in the door. But then the guy wanders off making himself rather obnoxious with the other partygoers. What does his partner end up doing, I wondered. Is she off being obnoxious too? It's sad but true, however, that women can never really BE obnoxious in this situation, try as they will. It's always more the guy. What else is new?
This particular party avoids that problem by the owners interviewing both people over the phone, to verify they are in fact a "real" couple. At least you're under one roof. Seems like you could still fool them if you really wanted to, but the track record for this party has been good over the years. They have parties every weekend, without problems of any major sort. That speaks for itself I guess.
The age range tends towards older people. There was a New Zealand couple on tour who heard about this, they must have been pushing 70 easily. Good for them, says I. There were a number of them. The average age was probably around 30-55. Racially it was somewhat mixed too.
The music was so-so, even though you had the novelty of a real jukebox that played without quarters being needed. You just made your selection. But there was no interesting electronica, or techno, or Arabic trance to listen to. Just pop tunes from a ways back in time. I think music is important to a party, and at other parties they have played fabulous music. So it can be done.
TO BE CONTINUED
The food was so-so, no liquor served but you can bring in your own wine. Soft drinks and punch are served to the guests, who numbered around 25-30 couples. With a handful of us single women. Guys are not admitted unless they are part of a couple.
Recently, In L.A., I heard a party had trouble with so-called "couples," where they pose in togetherness as a way of getting in the door. But then the guy wanders off making himself rather obnoxious with the other partygoers. What does his partner end up doing, I wondered. Is she off being obnoxious too? It's sad but true, however, that women can never really BE obnoxious in this situation, try as they will. It's always more the guy. What else is new?
This particular party avoids that problem by the owners interviewing both people over the phone, to verify they are in fact a "real" couple. At least you're under one roof. Seems like you could still fool them if you really wanted to, but the track record for this party has been good over the years. They have parties every weekend, without problems of any major sort. That speaks for itself I guess.
The age range tends towards older people. There was a New Zealand couple on tour who heard about this, they must have been pushing 70 easily. Good for them, says I. There were a number of them. The average age was probably around 30-55. Racially it was somewhat mixed too.
The music was so-so, even though you had the novelty of a real jukebox that played without quarters being needed. You just made your selection. But there was no interesting electronica, or techno, or Arabic trance to listen to. Just pop tunes from a ways back in time. I think music is important to a party, and at other parties they have played fabulous music. So it can be done.
TO BE CONTINUED
