Haircut Night

There are actually quite a few people that don't need an explanation of Haircut Night. No, it's not the night that I get MY haircut. It's the night that Luke gets his haircut.

Luke and Jim have been together for quite a few years now. They are the typical married gay couple. Two cars, camper, and a lovely house in Renton. (Go ahead and inject all your Renton jokes here). Being home owners in the suburbs, they don't go out that much. Unless you call going out, shopping at the Safeway store or working out at the 24 Hour Fitness, or camping. Not my idea of going out.

But when Luke gets his haircut all the way up in Edmonds, it's Jim's chance to go out. You may ask why does Luke get his haircut in Edmonds? Aren't there places in Renton or even Seattle that cut hair? You will have to read Luke's blog to get that answer. All I know is that sometimes we wish he was getting his haircut further north in Everett!

With very little notice, Jim will send an email to a core group of his friends announcing Haircut Night. He only has to tell us what night. We all know the time, the place and the rules. Most of us cancel whatever plans we may have had, so we don't loose out on a Haircut Night. We meet at CC's around 5pm. Jim drinks one lemon drop, then we share a pitcher of beer. Once the beer is gone we head on down to Madison Pub. The time is usually between 6 and 6:30. Here we usually share another pitcher.

Haircut Night has one of two endings.
1. Luke just wants to go home after his haircut, so he calls Jim when he's about a mile away. Jim swallows whatever beer he has left, hugs everyone goodbye and runs into the street waiting for Luke to pick him up. We all swallow, say goodbye and Haircut night is over.
OR
2. Luke decides that he wants to eat dinner on the hill. I guess since it's his haircut, every once in a while, he should get to enjoy Haircut Night too. Once Luke has made that decision via a phone call, we then start our friendly argument about where are we going to eat. The place has to serve rice in some fashion for it to be acceptable to Luke. We banter back and forth until a decision is finally made. With dinner, Haircut Night has been extended for a couple more hours.

Regardless how it ends, Haircut Night is always over by 10pm. Most nights it's over by 8pm.

Not that this is an exciting story, but the concept is interesting. I bet alot of us have these semi regular meetings and groups that we have found ourselves part of. I have another group that meets the first Thursday of every month in Pioneer Square for Art Walk. That one starts about 5:30 at Mitchelli's for Happy Hour. That's my favorite place because the bartender likes me and it seems that my wine glass never goes empty, at no charge to me. That's my kind of place.

These groups give us a chance to catch up on life, tell about new loves, old loves, or the lack of any love. We all belong together if just for a few hours. These people are very special in my life, even if most of us are middle aged queens. At least they are my middle aged queens.

My only concern about my two groups is what happens if Haircut night happens to fall on the first Thursday of the month? That will be a very hard decision for me to make. I only hope I never have to decide between Haircut Night and free wine in Pioneer Square.

Until Next Time - Wise OUT