Well I have this game that you play with a bunch of girlfriends, you all through a quarter on the table and you wait for a guy to pass by and you try to guess his age, then one of you does the hey you, and points the finger with the come here motion to follow, he comes over and you ask his age, and he asks why, (see now you have a conversation started, and he might not have stopped otherwise) you explain the game, and he tells his age (Did I forget the part about looking at his butt) the closet to his age wins the quarters. It's kind of fun and usually worth a dance or two throughout the evening.

Well we hit pay dirt Friday night playing this game and Connie picked up the nicest looking guy in the joint that night. So know the joke is look what a quarter can get you!!!!

So gals, try it sometime, it was just plan goofy fun. Guys if you get called over to table of ladies playing the game play along, you never know what it may lead to.

If nothing else it is a great conversation starter, we gals were tired of guys just passing by and smiling, it takes some of the pressure off of making the first move.

Have fun!!!!! We did!!! Let us know how it goes!!!!

Dawn

Guys are easy, if you've got the goods.

Men are not easy. Men are wonderful, but really a pain. If you go up to one at a bar, he usually responds positively. However, chances are he also thinks he's about to get lucky.

Although, I do remember one time meeting a guy because he kept getting up to go to the bathroom and I kept taking his stool. It was just crowded enough that I couldn't see that he'd be coming back. He was a lot of fun. I wonder if you could do it on purpose.

I never cared for the bar pick up scene. Not when I was younger and single the first time, and certainly not now. There is just too much potential for awkwardness IMO.

Many years ago when I was 22 or 23, I went to visit some friends in Dallas and we went out to a C&W night club. NOT my regular kind of thing for sure and it was probably obvious.

From out of nowhere this woman asked me to dance. It was the old, "Will you do me a favor? My friends bet me that I wouldn't have the nerve to ask you to dance, blah, blah, blah...". She wasn't bad looking and I said sure. So we were talking on the floor and I could tell she wasn't from Texas. She said she was from Boston and in-town for her 10 year class reunion.. I said, "Really? You went to highschool here?"

*awkward pause*

Her: "College reunion..."

Me: "oh..."

Her (realizing the age difference was a little broader than we thought): "So, um... Thanks for the dance... See ya around..."

Me: "um..."

Smooth, huh?

That's pretty funny, Seabird. I've never done that. I did go over to a table of young men who were listen to music at our college pub. They obviously weren't from our school, which was all girls, and I suspected they were out of college. It didn't seem right that no one was talking to them. So, I sat down and started a conversation. I met a bunch of really neat people, and dated one of them. But, I know they thought I was absolutely insane. LOL.

Like I said it was an easy conversation starter, not really awkward if they weren't interested they didn't stop or come over when asked, it left us in a group to talk to the guy and it let him choose which one to ask to dance.

We were looking for guys in our own age bracket 42-48, the rodeo was in town so one of our criteria was no skoal ring on the back pocket. We had one guy come up to us and ask us how old we thought he was we guessed 22, 24 and 21, he was 26 the same age as my son. He kind of freaked when we told him that.

By making it a game, we don't look like we are desperate women out scanning the bars, just looks like we are a bunch of happy ladies letting off a little steam.

Try it sometime!!!

Dawn

The rodeo was in town. Cowboys. I have a thing for cowboys, but I don't like dip. My brother does that and it's gross. I think his wife made him stop.

Uh oh.

I better not post my CAS pics.

Yeah, better not. I'm sending out the wedding invites. Running off with a cowboy would not be a good idea.

Besides, can you ride a bronco or a bull? Course, those guys riding rodeo look like they're about 20 years too young. Ah, well.

How exactly do you get a man to quit dipping??

Pretty simple his choice.

He can stop dipping, and if he doesn't no more kisses or anything that goes along with that!

We are thinking of having business cards printed with

Buckles and Butts Tour
Coming soon to a bar near you!!!

Connie Dawn Sandy

with our phone numbers underneath!!!

Dawn

OMG! Dawn, that is too funny. My family usually goes to NM in August. I'm not going this year, but I miss cowboy boots and hats and string ties.

Not to mention the cool women's clothing.