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Where Do You Hide Your (Blank) When the Babysitter Comes Over?

lock boxValentine's Day is coming up and that might mean that you and your partner get to sneak away for a little winey-diney while a babysitter watches the kids. And you know what that means. 

When I was a teenage babysitter, I snooped the shit outta some houses. I tossed places like a DEA agent looking for llello. Now that I am old enough to have a teenage babysitter of my own (but not so old that I've forgotten what teenage babysitters do as soon as the adults leave), you best believe that my (blank) is locked up tight.

No, it's not under the mattress or in a coat pocket or in the freezer. My (blank) is definitely not in any drawer or in the medicine cabinet. In fact, my (blank) may not even be in the house. Maybe I keep my (blank) off-site, and retrieve it when needed.

If my babysitter were to snoop, she'd find my X@n@x, my birth control, and a bottle of marked vodka, but my (blank) is safe.  Where do you stash your (blank) on date-night?

 


Comments

 

Emily said:

Holey crap I had not even thought about it. I am going to have to make some plans. I know when I was a teen baby sitter all I did was eat all the ice cream and talk to boys on the phone (two things that did not happen at home).

January 30, 2007 4:07 PM
 

virtualerin said:

hmm... we are soon moving to a yet to be determined location where I will soon be looking for a babysitter. I'll have to plan carefully where I unpack my (blank!)

Yeah, I snooped too when I babysat. It was definately one of the job perks! I learned at an early age to snoop when my walk-in closet was shared with my folks. When I was about 10 or 11 I found a box of my dad's that included one of those pens where when turned upside down the girl is naked. Seems so mild now, but it completely blew my 10 year old mind away. All of the sudden, my dad wasn't just my dad, he was also a guy who had a life completely different from mine. I think that was the first time I ever really realized that.

January 30, 2007 5:33 PM
 

Leo Pharmacy said:

A condom and birth control combined are extremely effective. Unwanted pregnancies typically only happen when both parties simply blow off using some form of birth control. WBR LeoP

February 25, 2007 8:04 AM

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