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Sunday, September 15, 2013

Do you have a 'private' name?

In our early life, especially in mixed company, we learn that certain things are best left unsaid in public. Not to be silenced, we often create phrases that are a substitute for what we actually mean to say but can't publicly state. 

For example, we rarely say we we are going to use the the toilet room. Instead, we substitute a word or phrase that makes the action seem more polite. We are going to the ladies room, or the powder room.

I think the same discretion holds true for talking about our intimate body parts. We are comfortable announcing that, after eating, our stomach feels stuffed but are not so quick to openly declare that we have a hungry 'private' part.

I  once had a girlfriend who asked that I provide a special name for our intimate body parts. After some thought, I named hers 'Virginia' and mine 'Rufus'. Being outrageous voyeurs, in mixed company such as playing cards, she often would ask me how is Rufus? I'd reply, he very lonely and how is Virginia doing? Also lonely, she would state.

The other card players would invariably ask, who is Virginia and Rufus? I'd reply that they are mutual friends that we have been trying to get together more often. They would look puzzled and we would smile at each other.

Do you have a 'special' name that you share publicly? Do you really want a piece of this? I'm listening.

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