My first time at Dinner Club, I went with the Dancing Queen. She only had good things to say after her first visit. We walked in and went to the makeshift bar and the first person I see is a drunk, old (like 60 years old) guy. And this is my first impression… luckily he wasn't there for dinner, but to help out the owner! Apparently the look on my face was quite funny.
We went on a night where the age group was (in theory) 36-42. It was more like us (32 and 35) and everyone else between 40 and 50. I was probably the only there who hadn’t been divorced and we were probably the only 2 who didn’t have kids (a lot of the 'kids' being over 18!). I think people may have been judging me because I wasn't divorced… I could see it in their eyes.
So we sat down and started chatting with the guys at our table. The way it worked was that the women stayed at the table and the men moved. One of the guys who joined us was loud and obnoxious. One of the ladies actually said to him "It's no wonder you're not married!" The way he introduced himself was "Hi, I'm (whatever his name was) and this is my advocate (gesturing to his friend). He just got me off a rape and murder charge." Really?? Where is that funny? But more pertinently, has that line ever worked? We all looked at him with a WTF look and then carried on talking to other people. He also then told us the riveting story of why he gave up drinking (it goes all the way back to Bophuthatswana days!!), what his daughter is doing overseas, how he has so much money etc etc etc… YAWN!!
The rest of the guys were ok, though I didn’t talk much since I didn’t have much in common with them at all and just sat and watched and listened. I really hope I don't end up like some of them... it's a scary thought!
But at least the food was fantastic!
** I have since been back to a 'younger' dinner and had lots of fun and made some good friends and will be going again.
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