You're The Only Guy Going. Hope That's OK.

One of the really tricky parts of starting a new relationship is knowing whether you are far enough into the relationship where it is acceptable to make future plans beyond the next date. Tricky part two of that is how far in the future you can make those plans without the other person freaking out. About two weeks after I started seeing cowboy, concert tickets went on sale for Toby Keith. I wanted to see Toby so I bought my eight tickets with four of them for me and two sets for two of my friends. I decided one of my tickets would be for cowboy and if it hadn't worked out for us I would just invite someone else. At the point I bought the tickets, the concert was six or seven weeks away - three times as long as we had been seeing each other. Then I had to contend with an inner struggle of whether I tell him I bought concert tickets for us and for when. I finally decided that I would play it casual, "I bought concert tickets to Toby Keith and I have one for you if you want to go." Whew, he didn't freak out. All is well.

The plan all along only included a possible two guys out of the group of eight. One friend had a change of plans which meant I needed to resell her two tickets. No problem except for M's sister K. (who is 17) offered one of them to her friend (who is also 17). Then K.'s mom took the other one. The potential issue for cowboy is that not only will he for sure be the only guy going, and meeting M., but now we are taking two 17 year olds and he will meet M's sister and her sister's mom. I imagine it is intimidating enough to meet someone's kids but add to that my ex-husband's other kid and my ex-husband's first ex-wife? That's probably a little much.

I gave him the option and cowboy opted out on Toby. He was really sweet about it. He wanted to make sure I wasn't going to be mad and then says he doesn't really like Toby that much and he was just going to be with me. This is another concept very foreign to me. The actual concert was last night and the big dog daddy Toby Keith is an absolute stud. GRRR!

The fabulous efforts of all the wannabe cowgirls in the area continue to amaze me. Turns out two 17 year-olds enjoy spotting fashion disasters a mile away as much as I do so last night I had help in watching for unique efforts. As soon as we walked in, we were confronted with the walking sausage and she was in front of us every way we turned in her olive green short overalls. Nobody over 250 should be allowed to wear overalls, let alone short overalls. The next atrocity occured in the general admission area (here is where I wish I had a camera phone) just a little ways down the hill from where we were. The dark brown wannabe cowgirl hat was bad enough, but it just doesn't flow well on top of a skin tight brown halter top. The skin tight was what really did in the shirt since it allowed her huge gut to hang down over the top of her skin tight knee length jean shorts. The giant silver jewelry around her neck did nothing to distract the eye from the tacky hat, the overhanging gut, or the fact her ass was so flat it was almost caved in. In fact, her ass was the smallest part of her body I think. And nothing adds height like a continuous line for the eye to follow. She obviously missed this page in last months Glamour because she had on brown knee high boots with her jean shorts. Unfortunately, the eyes couldn't be averted since she was also on her way to becoming THAT GIRL and doing the arms above the head dance.

After the concert, M went home with her sister so I met up with cowboy at Bushwhacker's. Last night was the moo brigade. Black is a slimming color; however, if you are fat before you get dressed then you will still be fat even if you're wearing black. The fat under your clothes is still there no matter what color you're wearing so a black shirt does not make it OK to expose your gut. There was a bachelorette party in attendance last night too. The bride to be had a lighted sash presumably to indicate she was the one getting married but it more closely resembled one of those flashing "wide load" signs you see on the big trucks. I think she was the token skinny girl too because her one friend looked she had two butts, one in the back and one in the front.

A few postings ago I mentioned the "hanger on girl" who literally draped herself over every unattached guy at the bar...she was back last night in some very unattractive baggy jean shorts. As I was standing with cowboy, his arm is around me, my arm is wrapped around his waist, she walks up behind us. I don't know if she didn't see me or what but she grabs his arms and says "Hi" so I turn around, look her in the eye and say "Hi" right back with a just a little bit of attitude. Her expression was of complete shock. After a bit of a stare down and I'm just about ready to get in her face, she says to cowboy "sorry, I thought you were someone else who's wearing the same shirt" and practically ran to the other side of the bar. I really don't like to fight but I have had to make this lady back off my man twice now - well, once was before he was technically my man but still - I think I may need to adjust my message a little bit if it happens again cuz she just doesn't seem to get it.