“Let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.”
– Theodore Roosevelt
There’s something peculiar about hot water. We as human beings use it in every facet of our lives. We use it to cook our food, we use it to brew our coffees and teas, and lastly we even use it and sit in it in ingenious devices we have invented called “hot tubs.”
Thus, there is something special about the hot tub. It calms the body, heals the muscles, and even clears the mind. It is my go-to if I have access to one, and if I have a problem that needs to be fixed whether it be inside by body, or inside my mind.
I have had many good times in hot tubs. One night I was at my parent’s house outside the pool when my best buddy calls. He says, “hey buddy you have got to come over and bring beer.” I reply with a “yes,” and shortly after am over at his house with beer in hand (even though I do not drink) and curious about what good times await us (trust me, he was a person who was full of good times no matter what).
We went to a girl’s house who I did not know very well, but she was nice to me and she had a friend who seemed to have the hots for me. I was more intrigued with the other girl, but I found them both attractive, cute, and charming.
We walked in their house while my buddy made jokes and cut up. He was and still is one of the funniest guys I know, and this night was no exception. He was making all of us laugh at his antics as the night grew later, the attraction grew stronger, and the alcohol flowed freer.
As we drank more the girls asked us to go outside because they were going to show us something. Curious as to what lay outside in the house located in a fairly nice and quiet neighborhood my buddy and I said “ok” as we followed them outside. We went outside and saw a fairly nice above-ground pool and beside it next to the house lay nothing other than a very nice hot tub – ready to go.
Apparently the girls were ready to go too, as they jumped in naked, and one thing led to another, and the girl who had the hots for me kissed me unexpectedly and passionately. I thought she was attractive, but did not want a one-night stand, as I knew this was all it could turn into. So, I kissed her back to not hurt her feelings and because I thought her brown eyes as well as Native American features were cute.
The night ended with me laying next to this girl after our hot-tub experience in her room, and also ended with my buddy doing a little more than laying next to the other girl in next room. I will leave the details to your imagination, but we left the house in the morning happy but tired, and said goodbye to one another as we knew one of use would call each other the next day because we knew we were best friends.
Another rich and bittersweet hot tub experience involved me getting to know my girlfriend better while I was in college. As cheap college students looking for something fun to do we shared one thing in common – a love for the ever-alluring hot-tub, so we drove around our city all night looking for just that. We came upon an apartment complex that we knew had one, but there was a problem – the apartment had a locked gate preventing us from driving in.
As another car passed us that had access to the apartment, the gate opened for the car and quickly started to close as the car started to pass through. All of a sudden, my girlfriend said, “hang on!” and drove through the closing gate as it closed on top of her car and snapped in two.
I was surprised a 5 foot 1 tiny blonde college girl who seemed so nice and innocent was capable of this daredevil behavior, but was thoroughly entertained by the experience. We drove in to see our prize awaiting us – a full hot tub in the middle of the pool area and stepped in to escape the cold air around us.
We kissed in the hot tub and I’ll never forget it. It wasn’t like the kiss with the Native American girl before, this was one of those moments that you know you are in love with a girl. I could not help but feel butterflies when she put her arms around me as we filled the warm waters and jets swirl around us, and in that moment I wanted to stay there forever.
We finally had to get out and bare the terrible cold that awaited us after getting out of the hot tub, and I goofily ran to the car as my girlfriend did the same. We sat in the car and drove home, and I felt much more relaxed and happy that we were in a warm car, even though we were listening to her weird pop-music she liked to play that I did not like. But nevertheless, I thought it was cute because it was a part of her personality that made her unique and who she is, and I still miss that experience and feeling her arms wrap around me in the hot tub like I am the only person that matters in the world.
I am thinking about buying a hot tub because I live in a house of my own now, but am single so I do not know who will sit in it with me. I do not know who will sit in it with me and drink in it with me. I do not know who will sit in it with me and kiss me, and wrap her arms around me, because I do not have anyone to sit in it with me and kiss me and wrap her arms around me. Maybe I will have to sit in it alone this time, but that’s ok.
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