Confessions to the Botox Man

I thoroughly enjoy working in the hotel business. Every day is different and you get to meet tons of fun/weird/crazy/random/interesting people. Like I've said before, you never know what your going to see or hear next!

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to have a nice long chat with an 80-something year old guest. We will call him Mr. X but I also like to refer to him as 'The Botox Man'. Mr. X has apparently had some kind of surgery. I seriously thought he was maybe 50?! but I know he had to be much much older than this bc he mentioned his 42yr old kid. I know I'm no mathematician but I'm pretty sure he wasn't 10 when he first knocked someone up! Ok, so maybe he's only like late 60's. Still, dude looked good for his age! And NO, I don't mean good like silver stallion good. He was nice Midwestern dad'ish looking. That kind of good.

Anyways, I'm not quite sure how the conversation got to this point but Mr. X and I began discussing weddings. Ohhhhh now I remember how we got to this topic. Mr. X is from St. Louis and I proceeded to tell him about all of the times I've been to the STL. One of them being for Em's bachelor party. (Sorry, I meant -ette. Bachelorette party. She is not a he!)

So Mr. X starts asking me how much it costs to be in a wedding, etc. He then decides to probe me with lifelong questions of whether or not I am married and when I reply "no", he asks if this bothers me. LOL, I think he quite possibly was a psychologist!! So I delve into a complex conversation of how I'm not married and that it doesn't bother me because I don't feel like there is as much pressure in society to get married at a younger age and that I'm happy to enjoy my life as is for the time being. Which is true. I know I yack a lot and am always like 'Oh, Kevin when are you going to propose to me' but truth of the matter is... I'm happy living in sin! This lifestyle works for me. Right now. Of course, I want to get married in a few years but I don't think there is any rush. What bc we've been together for 3 years, travelled to a completely different continent and back is reason enough to get hitched? Nah, when the time is right, we'll know. So I tell Mr. X this. I dunno why. He was easy to talk to. And clearly I don't really have a problem sharing my life with anyone whose interested in hearing about it!

Mr. X also does some confessing to me as well. (Maybe confess is the wrong word... whatever, you get my drift!!) So he tells me about his 3 children and how they are not married and are happy not being married. They are wayyy older too, like late 30's and early 40's. Mr. X doesn't mind that they are not married and there are no grandchildren in the near future. Mrs. X does. (I did meet Mrs. X a little later as well. She is a lovely woman whom I think has had a bit of botox too.) So Mr. X tells me he doesn't mind that his children have not yet borne kids and asks if I ever want kids.

Do I want kids? Hells yeah, 2 girls and a boy!! Kylie, Tessa and Smith. Just kidding. Those are not my future children's names! But yeah someday I want some cute little mini-me's! Mr. X tells me that its okay if I don't want to reproduce my sweet ass genetics (my words, not his) and that its okay to wait a few more years. Thank you for your permission, Mr. X. That is very kind of you.

Now, I'm telling you this story of my confessions with the botox man for 2 reasons. First of all, I don't mind telling Mr. X about my lifestyle choices and I don't mind telling you because I'm super happy with my life right now. I have fun doing what I do, rolling how I roll. I do want a dog. Yup, I think I'm ready for one of those! :-) The rest, ahhh I'll leave that up to fate and let it happen when it happens. And the second reason, well if your considering botox I have to say after seeing how good Mr. and Mrs. X look, I say GO FOR IT!!