Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Maria’s X-rated Birthday Party

The Other weekend , Pablo and I were invited to the birthday party of a woman who worked as a janitor at the church. Maria was turning 40 (although you wouldn’t have guessed it by the “youthful” way she dressed) and was having a party at her house to celebrate. Father Greg bought a cake and some alcohol as a gift and when we got there we discovered that it was a sex themed party. Maria had a penis pinata hanging from the middle of the room and as we entered she stuck a penis or breast shaped pin on us. We also played a very x-rated version of pin the tail on the donkey that even my cousin, a Catholic Priest, was forced into playing . What made the party even more unbelievable is that Maria’s four pre-teen and teenage daughters (the oldest of which was pregnant) and their father was there. Most of the guests got drunk and were openly joking and talking about sex even though there were children in the room. The decorations and activities where like those of a bachelorette party in the U.S. but I am told that sex-themed parties are very common here in Venezuela for many different occasions.

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