On Friday night, during an intense pondering session, my mind inadvertantly stumbled upon a rule that holds true for 90% of guys.

I went to an afterparty on Friday. Before that, I'd been at a friend's 21st. The afterparty was held in Recess, which is a club in Pretoria. It was somewhat of a different experience, going clubbing in a dress shirt with some rather odd shoes I'd borrowed from my dad. Ah well, at least I wasn't alone. A couple of my buddies were still in their formal outfits as well, so at least we had the solidarity thing going.

What I realised at Recess, though, is that there wasn't a shortage of attractive females. But I caught myself just giving them the once over, thinking "Skank." to myself. Ironically, there were a good number of them that were physically attractive, but for some reason, I found myself put off them. Don't ask me why.

In particular though, there was one that broke out of my skankiness mould. She was wearing what could easily be called Fuck-Me® clothing. She looked like she was out to get laid. And everyone knows that old cliché, "Don't judge someone by their appearance."

Well, it's quite easy to judge people on appearances, and 95% of the time, you'd be right, but this chick made me realize that I'm too quick to judge people based on their appearances. She looked like a skank, but it seemed to me that she wasn't out to get laid. Be that the case, or not, it just made me realise that I too, have been mistakenly judged on my appearance, and that I should attempt to refrain from judging people too quickly on looks alone.

I also realised something else during the drive back to my mate's house. He thought it quite profound. Personally, I just think it's pretty much universally applicable.

In short, when you're at a club, chances are good you'll have some alcohol. And I feel I could sum up the effect of alcohol on 95% of the world's male population in two sentences: When you're sober, all the females in the club you're in at that specific moment are skanks.... When you're drunk, they're just misunderstood.

Don't fall into that trap. If she'll cheat on her boyfriend with you, she might be misunderstood, but if you tell me she isn't skanky, I'll have to smack you one.

:)

Peace.