Sexting? Really?

Suz, T and I have been friends since the days of rex-style roller skating. We basically grew up together and like most longtime friendships, they are still there even when we move away and fall out of touch.

Facebook allowed us to find each other again and so the three of us set a date for a girl's weekend. Just girl's, groceries and gab. And a new tattoo to commemorate the renewed friendship. And cocktails. Lots of cocktails.

Suz lives out of state so T and I picked her up at the airport on a Friday afternoon and we headed to a swanky bar to catch up with each other (and by catch up, I mean catch up with Suz... she started celebrating the upcoming visit somewhere over Texas with a Jack and Coke, or three.)

T and I had no problem catching up - quickly. It all started when Suz got a sext message from a guy she recently started dating. I have no idea what his real name is, she only ever referred to him as "sweet cheeks". I thought that was very romantic and kinda not expected - I mean she had only recently separated from "ass hat". Ass hat is her ex-husband and this moniker totally fits him so naturally I thought of sweet cheeks as this charming man bearing flowers. I was wrong.

Sweet cheeks did bear gifts, just not the kind you would tell Mom about. His gifts tended to focus on his most charming feature - his (how do I say this in a blog?) longshoreman, wilson, tool, pork sword, sausage, willy... well, you get the picture.

And so did we. Several in fact. Sweet cheeks sent the gift that kept on giving the night before the trip {wink}. In a picture. On her phone. By text message. With some colorful and equally charming odes to it. I would know, I made her share it with me. And then I drank another martini. Wanted to light a cigarette if I'm being completely honest.

What struck me as odd was not the tool itself in the photo, it was the tool that sent it. He is in his forties! What is wrong with people that they would send sext messages in their forties?? On the other hand, is it wrong for me to have been highly amused by it? To maybe have stared a bit too long at the longshoreman? What did it say about Suz that he felt she would want the ode to his wilson?

I've given this a lot of thought. Suz is crazy. And I do mean that in the best way possible. She's a wild, uninhibited, in-your-face crazy bitch. She inspires others to be wild and crazy too so I totally see why sweet cheeks sexted her. Still.

Sweet cheeks lasted a couple of months - however his gift will be treasured forever.