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My New Mantra  

JaniceJanes 49T  
707 posts
3/18/2019 10:20 am
My New Mantra

We had friends from out of town stay with us this last weekend. Steve and Kathleen are our oldest and dearest friends. All four of us used to work together in Washington, DC and became very close friends.

When we started hanging out together, I was still a male so they have known me since before my transition. Early in my Transition, Steve and Kathleen got married and soon moved to Colorado. Over the years we would get together two or three times a year so they have seen my changes and there are no secrets between us. We are still close friends and truly enjoy our times together.

Recently Steve and Kathleen have been working to start a Wine importing business. They have been to NYC several times to try and find a new supplier or possibly new wines they might be able to market.

Thus, the main reason for this visit to NYC and of course to see us and spend as much of the weekend with us as possible.

This trip they had more discussions with a Frenchman, Jean, they have dealt with before. As a matter of fact, he had dinner with the four of us at our apartment on his first trip to New York.

Sunday, he met with Kathleen and Steve again at our place. He had a case of various small vineyard wines for them to sample. Earlier, Kathleen and I had been to Whole Foods to get several items that are normally provided at a Wine Tasting to keep the palate fresh, cheeses/crackers and such.

I also bought several food items that I wanted try and Pair with the wines. I’m much more in to finding an inexpensive wine that compliments foods than just the wines “Stand Alone” qualities most wine connoisseurs love to talk about.

Late Sunday night, when Steve and Richard were taking Jean back to his hotel, Kathleen and I were drinking several glasses of the wine from all the partially sampled bottles and talking about our plans to collaborate on a book about wine and American cuisine I made a seemingly innocent remark that Kathleen starting laughing at. I mean really laughing hard.

I had said “Sometimes you have to think outside the box”, meaning to try something new in the wine/food business.

Between laughs Kathleen was able to blurt out,

“You mean outside the Pussy” in obvious reference to my current sexual state.

We laughed until we hurt. We couldn’t stop thinking about what we had said. Two drunk old friends laughing about something so personal only we knew the real meaning, the private double entendre that we both knew about.

So now, like so many other things I’ve learned from Kathleen, I have a new mantra when asked about my sexuality,

“Think outside the BOX”

Jan


SirPeterStone 67M
159 posts
4/16/2019 7:55 am

Like the post. It is so good that you have such great friends.

I love this photo of you. Your are so very beautiful both inside and out.

I will think of you as living "Outside the BOX”. So long as your wine comes in bottles.

Peter


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