All Aboard!

Have you ever been in a situation where you ask yourself... Is this real life? 

I was enjoying my usual Sunday Funday, roaming the streets of DC, when I somehow ended up in Georgetown. For those of you who know of my regularly frequented neighborhoods in the DMV, Georgetown is not one of them. Don’t get me wrong, its a lovely area, however lack of public transportation causes extremely difficult parking situations, and there is always an Google amount of tourist. 

For me to go to Georgetown, there always needs to a be a good reason. On this Sunday, the selling point was an invitation to a Yacht Party. The yacht felt like a club on water. The owner had hired a bouncer along with a cocktail waitress. When we got to the boat, we were asked to take off our shoes. Unfortunately, my stockings had a hole at the toe due to all the dancing at the soca party we had previously attended. I managed to dodge an embarrassing situation thanks to my lightning speed thinking by tying a knot at the bottom of the stocking and placing the knot beneath my toes, hiding and preventing the hole to expand - All Aboard! Let the party begin!  

I can officially say that I have witnessed real life Reality Television. The best way to describe the vibe on the boat was a mix of the Playboy Mansion and Real Housewives of Miami. The average age of the females on the boat was 22 years old, and the average age of the men was 56 years old. The party was a birthday celebration for a professional athlete from the area. For you to have a better visual of my experience, I thought I would create a list, along with a brief description, of the supporting cast. 

Renaldo - Birthday Boy
Tim - 55 owner of the yacht and really good friends with the birthday boy
Jessica, Katrina, Amanda, Betty, Monica, Lisa, Ashley, Denise, Keisha, Hillary - 19 to 21 years of age, diverse ethnicity, all attractive and very friendly females 
John - 58 and rich
Marie - 59 year old woman, outlier 
Wayne and Nickie - Couple out of Love and Hip Hop Atlanta, Nickie had long hair extensions that lead to her extremely large, surgically inflated bottom. Wayne looked like a mix of Sean Paul and Jim Jones
Ronald, Peter, Albert, John - Wealthy Caucasian men ranging from 50 to 75, looking for a good time

As soon as the boat left the pier, my friends and I felt completely out of place. We had entered reality TV without the cameras. For the first 10 minutes my friends and I only interacted with ourselves and the bartender. We didn't quite know how to approach this unfamiliar population. I decided to venture around the boat, a) because I had never been on a yacht before, and b) the social worker in me really wanted to find out the party goers stories. 

As the night progressed, we started to inter-mingle with the other guest. Weirdly, only the men wanted to talk to us, the lady guest didn't bother acknowledging our presence. All in all we were having a good time - good music, good food and good drinks, no complaints. Eventually, my friend and I decided to sit back and tune into the reality show we had been casted to. We were quick to realize that everyone knew their role. The scenario felt like a draft. The women would make their rounds flirting with every wealthy man (married and single). By the end of the night, everyone had made their picks, and most of the ladies had been drafted. The remainder of the ladies had signed as free-agents, for future endeavors. 

Marie, had been the only one to not sign, however she was the most successful female on the boat, and had a beautiful personality.

Conclusion -  It's disturbing to see that some men see women as an item from the grocery store - expiration date. These women will eventually age out of the system.


Needless to say, my friends and I opted out of the draft.