On Tuesday, I was at the office, just another cubicle rat congregating with the other cubicle rats in the snack area. A couple of the women were talking about how they had been doing a little wrestling among themselves. My ears immediately picked up on this conversation. I found out that there were several women from the office who would participate and that it got a little rough sometimes.
For some reason, that struck me as funny. Cecelia, a co-worker that I have never gotten along with, took offense to this.
"I can kick your ass," she said.
I looked at her: a white woman of about 30, 5'6" and maybe (maybe) 125 pounds with not much up top and a solid-looking butt. I, however, am mid-forties, 6'1" and about 175 pounds. I'm not in great shape, but I don't have a gut, either.
"Did you hear me? I can kick your ass!" she repeated.
This got the attention of the other women in the room.
"I'm bigger and stronger than you are. It wouldn't be a contest," I told her.
"Oh, yeah? Then prove it. If you have the balls for it," she said. The women all went, "Woooooooooo!"
"What are the stakes? Gotta be good," I said.
"Winner gets total obedience," Cecelia said. "Same as always." This drew some more laughs from the women. "And, you'll be playing by our rules."
"Deal."
"You'll get a call on Friday telling you where to go," she said.
On Friday, after work, I received a call on my cell phone giving me an address. "Bell time is six o'clock!" the voice said.
"What should I wear?" I asked.
"Don't worry about it, just come as you are."
I arrived at a modest home out in the country. Cecelia met me at the door wearing a white bathrobe. "I was afraid you'd chicken out," she said.
"No way."
She gestured me into the house and I walked into the living room. It had been cleared of furniture and there were eight women from work gathered there. Some were drinking beers, some had glasses of wine, it looked like.