Get Your Own Cigar
12 Jun, 2009- It never fails. I go to a restaurant with friends and family, many of them women. Sometimes there may be a whole table of us. The scenario is as follows:
- We order appetizers, the entrée’s, wine, or bring our own bottle. When we are done, the server always asks if we would like to see the dessert menu or brings over the dessert tray. Everyone looks at it and you hear all the oohs and ahhs and then…nobody orders except me. To me dinner is not complete without a little dolce (sweet) of some type. If it’s an Italian Restaurant, which in my case it usually is, then tiramisu is my choice along with a cappuccino. Every one of them says they are too full or makes some kind of calorie or fat content statement. I never think of that because I believe you can eat what you want as long as it is in moderation. You don’t have to eat the whole darn cheesecake; a little sliver will do and then take the rest home. Cigars are the same. If you don’t have an hour, then you fire up one of the little five minute treats. Never re-light a cigar. That’s a no-no. It’s not like a dessert that you can enjoy later.
- Well, this is what happens. My tiramisu or cheesecake comes to the table and everyone is staring at it. Then I get attacked by at least five forks coming in my direction as just about everyone says “I just want a taste”. Yeah, sure. After five to eight “tastes”, I have maybe half a dessert left and I end up lecturing everyone by saying “Get your own next time!” Undoubtedly, it happens again. When will I ever learn?
- I remember being with my ex and she always said upfront, “I’ll just take a little taste of yours”. Again, I ended up with half a dessert. Whether it’s five forks or one fork making its way to my plate five times, I just don’t like it and I don’t understand the mindset. At risk of being called sexist, I have to say that no man has ever said he wants just a taste of my dessert. Guys just don’t share like that…and we don’t even try. It just doesn’t happen.
- My enjoyment with a cigar starts with the minute I buy it or take it from my humidor. I smell it. I put it in my briefcase or shirt pocket. If I’m driving, I take it out of my pocket and slide a couple inches of it out of the cellophane wrapper and enjoy a nice whiff. If I’m out in public or with some guy friends, I’ll say “check this out” and they will smell it and say something like “wow, where’d you get that” or ask what brand it is. If I’m out fishing with a couple buddies, they will never say, “Hey, can I just take a puff of yours?” I enjoy my cigar long before I may fire it up. To me, that’s what it’s all about; the anticipation of the event.
- Sooo…I’m sitting on the back deck with a female friend. We are grilling something, maybe enjoying my new favorite Sardinian red wine. I fire up my cigar and she says “That smells great”. I shake my head in agreement. I don’t want to talk. I just want to enjoy my stogie. I notice her staring at me and I say, would you like one of your own? She gives me the “dessert reply”, “No, I’ll just take a little puff of yours”. Here we go again. That little puff leads to two, maybe three. She complains that it’s all wet on the end so I wipe it. I again say that I have one for her. She again tells me no. I just can’t escape. No wonder men love smoking cigars with other men or by themselves. It’s like having a mini-vacation that you can enjoy all by yourself. I guess I have to just learn to say “Get your own cigar!”
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