As soon as we were shown to our table my wife excused herself to use the ladies room. I see an acquaintance at the next table. She abandons her table and joins us at ours. While Alexis and I are saying hello a young man comes up to our table. Without so much as a "by your leave" plops himself down in a chair. He looks at me and smiles. When I return the smile he turns to Alexis and smiles at her. Without a word said he merely looks at us.
I thought about sending him on his way but decided he could hang for a minute. If I have a problem I know Jonnie and the rest of the security team are there. I look back to Alexis and continue the pleasantries we were exchanging. After a minute or three our new friend has still not said a word. He sits there with this silly grin looking from myself to Alexis. I hold out my hand as a lady would and introduce myself. "They call me Rita". Still he just sits there with that stupid grin. "And you are?"
He gave his name but didn't try to engage in conversation. I have watched admirers hit on girls a lot over the last year. That didn't appear to be what was going on. I think he had never seen a crossdresser before. He was either curious enough or drunk enough to find the boldness to see what was going on. For several minutes he sat there. Then just as suddenly as he arrived he was gone.
"That was kind of creepy" Alexis says. I wasn't so sure. Maybe it was a little but it was amusing to be sure. I was sharing my thoughts about it as my wife returns. We share the story with her and all have a good giggle. No sooner did we finish telling her about this guy, then who should show up? That's right. Jake returns from the bar fresh drink in hand. He grabs a chair from Alexis' abandoned table and sits down with us. Looking to my wife I say. "This is the guy we were telling you about. This is Jake"
He managed to find his tongue. Still with that same goofy grin he says. "Can I ask you a couple of questions?" I smile and tell him to go ahead. The stupid grin changes to an expression that makes me think he is really trying hard to wrap his head around what he sees. "You two. Your guys right?" "Yes I am". I answer. He looks at Julie "but she's not?" Chuckling a little I agree that yes she is a woman.
He looks thoughtful for a moment. "She's my wife" I tell him. "No way!" He says. The stupid grin is back in full force. I chuckle more as I explain "we just celebrated our 30th anniversary. ". He leans back in his chair and repeats louder "No way!" He starts laughing and gives us a high five. Now he's ready to ask his next question. "So, are you pre-op?" I was really shocked. I have read lots of articles and Facebook posts etc about the preoccupation over a TS' genitalia. It was kind of shocking still to be asked so boldly.
"No" I told him. "I'm just a dude in a dress". The stupid grin is again replaced by a thoughtful expression. "Wait! What? *pause* Why do you do it? He asks. "Well" I reply. "I guess we all have different reasons. For some." He interrupts me. "I mean*pause* what does it feel like? "Well, it's fun. For me it's kind of like..." And he was gone again.
Now Julie and I are roaring with laughter. We are easily amused. Alexis however is quite distressed. She felt that he was being antagonistic. "He doesn't seem to like men dressing" she says. I decided it was best to agree to disagree until the waiter arrived. Alexus started complaining. about this guy who doesn't like men dressed up. I rudely shut her down and told the waiter there was no problem.
We were talking about the incident as two more girls joined our table. Needless to say we shared the encounter with them. One of our company left the table to sign up for karaoke. No sooner had she left then Jake returns. He has a plate of food and sits down at Laura's place to eat. "I'm sorry Jake!" This seat is taken. Your welcome to grab a chair and pull it up with us though if you like" I say. "No that's cool" he says. "I'm fine".
Now I kind of regret having stood up for him. No! Your not fine! I explain firmly. "That seat is taken!" Before I can repeat the offer to pull up another chair, his stupid grin changes to one of extreme sadness. He looks as if he might actually cry as he picks up his tacos and moves to a nearby table. After finishing his tacos he went to sit near another girl. She did not respond at all. I guess he began going from girl to girl trying to strike up a conversation.
From what I could see he was merely trying to make conversation. Going back to my original thought I decided he was probably hoping to get laid. Some of the girls chatted with him. Some just ignored him not once did I notice a girl react as if he had acted out of line. Alexis strongly disagreed. She went to security and got the guy 86'd.
I felt bad for the guy but at the same time I had to admit I was glad he wouldn't be around at closing time.
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Rita