Quick- get the Grenadines DYFS on the line !!!
So we're sitting on our boat, enjoying another perfect sunset here in Bequia. A rental catamaran is next to us with Canadians on it. Typical family vacation scene.........15 year old daughter is on the deck near the bow reading by herself. Son is in the cockpit playing a hand-held video game. Dad is bathing naked off the back.........WHAT ? Another 3-4 people are below. And he didn't just jump in and jump out.......he was taking his sweet time..........practically air drying. He was like 50 years old. I hope you're squirming in your chair now, remembering those weird looks you got as a kid from Uncle Ned. That's how uncomfortable it was.
This is different than the 5:00 PM "washing hour" (formerly known to us as cocktail hour). All the yachties with cheap boats take turns bathing off the back of their boat in salt water because they don't have showers. The highlight yesterday was the nearby Belgian guy who took a pee off the back of the boat, shook his thang and then proceeded to take off his shorts and jump right in. Kind of ruins your appetite for a while unless you're near a mega-yacht (they generally have very healthy looking guests).
Obviously, we don't know the family relationships, but under what scenario would showing yourself to a 15 year old girl be appropriate ? I know what you're thinking. She only LOOKED 15. She was really his wife..............she definitely wasn't "hottie-15"..........she was "hello Kitty, plays with dolls 15". Definitely a child.
Anyway, if our boat had been equipped with torpedoes, we would have sent one his way. Our entire bottle of Sav-blanc was dominated by this issue. Is she scarred for life ? Do all her friends have Dads like this too ?
The only scenario that allowed us to sleep was that she was born blind (her brother too). There.......that's better.
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Obviously, we don't know the family relationships, but under what scenario would showing yourself to a 15 year old girl be appropriate ? I know what you're thinking. She only LOOKED 15. She was really his wife..............she definitely wasn't "hottie-15"..........she was "hello Kitty, plays with dolls 15". Definitely a child.
Anyway, if our boat had been equipped with torpedoes, we would have sent one his way. Our entire bottle of Sav-blanc was dominated by this issue. Is she scarred for life ? Do all her friends have Dads like this too ?
The only scenario that allowed us to sleep was that she was born blind (her brother too). There.......that's better.