He wants to be one of the lads
and although football bores him to tears
he watches all the live games on TV
so he can join in the talk with his friends.
He hates the taste of lager
but he downs pint after fizzy pint,
enviously eyeing the old man in the flat cap
as he sips his pint of real ale.
He listens to loud lairy rock music
with all its swagger and machismo
but classical music speaks to him
in ways he can't explain.
He refers to his local Indian restaurant
as the curry-house and always orders
the hottest dish on the menu
even though he'll suffer the next day.
He wants to be one of the lads,
he ticks the boxes and wears all the brands
but inside there's a hollow emptiness
he finds it best not to dwell on.
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Tom C Dylan (
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Then we grow up!
Fact. 🙂
I read this with my lady eyes of course, as I'm not a lad, growing up and spending almost my entire 20's in Twickenham on pub crawls with the girls, you just brought a whole new sensitivity to a lads night out. Superb Tom. 🤗
Thanks Teddy. Really appreciate your comments. I think we should do what we enjoy doing, regardless of what people think and any peer-pressure. I'm not one for football, and yet my wife is a massive Manchester United fan. It's roles reversed in our house. On Sunday I was cooking while she was watching the game. 🙂
That's what you call a wonderful marriage.
Cracked that one, mate.... machismo such a farce.
Oh so well said....
Thanks a lot, Dave. Really appreciate your comments. 🙂
This more than adequately, it also eloquently sums up almost every young lad in the gang .. tis brilliant master Tom .. Neville
I see it a lot, these lads trying desperately to fit in with the crowd, and afraid to put a foot wrong, trying to tick all the right boxes. I'm glad I'm a bit too long in the tooth to care about all that. Thanks a lot for your comments, Neville. Cheers, Tom.
Fit in where you feel the most comfortable, where you feel you belong. 😉👍
Exactly, AP! Spot on. 🙂
Fantastic work Tom. I see this all the time.
Thanks Thomas, really appreciated.
We must all be ourselves Tom, I have a philosophy in my life
"If you don't like what you see it is not my problem, it is yours!"
Andy
Spot on, Andy. Couldn't agree more. Cheers, Tom.
Superb
Thanks, Reynaldo. Really appreciated.
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