Sign of the times

I was recently at a birthday party, where I learned an important life lesson: make sure you have a clause in your pre-nup that you will not, even under pain of death, be required to hang out with your girlfriend and her crazy friends whom you don't know, don't share an umbilical relationship going back 20 years and especially as your girlfriend's friend is unveiling a birthday present - a vibrator - on her birthday. In fact, I strongly recommend completely staying clear of anyone still in touch with their high-school friends, and indulge in "zany antics".

This was prompted by the (I assume) boyfriend of a girl, a dear friend of the birthday girl, who in turn is the dear wife of a friend. The poor bloke (the boyfriend, not the husband) was looking listless and wandering as if he was practicing to star in "Moses and the 40 days". I felt rather sorry for the him. 

Next, this was no normal vibrator, but it could somehow commune with an iPod or an iPhone. I do not know what that means, especially if you are playing "Push It" on the iPhone. But, as this gift-getter's husband lamented, it's got music and it's got mojo - where does that leave men?

I was going to let him commiserate with me, but realized the dangers of hanging out with high-school friends from 20 years ago and quickly left the building.