An unexpected business trip brought me back to the area where I grew up, the Philadelphia Main Line. I called a couple friends but none were around and so I thought it might be fun to visit one of the nicer haunts where my friends and I used to drink when home from college. It had been 20 years since we were trying to score in this place and except for a name change; it was pretty much the same. As a happily married father of three, I was no longer in the game but after looking at some of the gorgeous women, I figured I better not have more than a few drinks or I might try to make up for lost time.
I was nursing the second drink when a tap on the shoulder brought my attention to an old high school classmate – Steve Wilson. Although we were not good friends back then, we had a number of friends in common and it was great to see a familiar face. We spent a fair bit of time catching each other up on who was doing what and where from our old class. He spent the last 10 years building a company and seemed to have done fairly well. He married only this year and just built a new house down the road. He invited me down for a nightcap and since he was obviously proud of this place and wanted me to see it, I happily accepted and followed him home in my rental car.
The house was quite spectacular and he insisted on giving me a tour. Just after the family room (with a full sized pool table) was an indoor whirlpool complete with an entertainment center at one end. On the adjacent wall was a portrait of his wife – one of those glamour shots. Although he just turned 40, she looked at least 10 years younger and incredibly hot. I was just about to make a comment about his wife when he threw me a pair of swimming trunks and told me to jump in while he got a couple drinks. I changed and slipped into the pool just as he arrived back with the drinks. I asked about his wife and he mentioned that she was out for the next couple hours at an evening class but he hoped I would stay long enough to meet her. We talked some more about old times and the topic eventually switched to our never-ending quest to get laid. We were laughing at some of our attempts. I remember being caught off guard when he said it would have been easier back then if we simply took care of each other. Somehow the topic got back to his wife, and I mentioned the hot picture on the wall. He said it was his birthday present this year including a video of the photo-shoot. He jumped out of the pool and put it in the video player.