An Outlet: Part 2

23 December, 2017.

Today I saw my dad in a state that I have never seen him in before, ever.

One of my dad's college friend and friend's wife had their 25th anniversary party today. We all got ready in the evening and left for the party. I wore a peachy pink pocho style crop top with blue jeans and a pair of black boots. For accessories, I went for my favourite big-yet-dainty earnings with a beautiful pink, purple and grey thread work.

We were one of the first ones to reach the place and it was so cold! I remembered the banquet hall tho. I had been there when I was quite small for one of today's families' parties.

Now my dad had a group of friends in college and they call themselves 'Cosmopolitians'. I've heard quite a lot about their adventures and know that they shared a very close bond. After they all got married and had kids (us), we used to meet up at least once a year. But we haven't done that in easily 5-6 years cause we kids grew up and got busy in our hectic schedules. So today everyone met after quite a long time. I was very friendly today. I tired to make conversations with a couple of elders as well as their children.

And the party was lit! It started out with a few games for the kids, men and women in the room. I didn't want to take part in any of them tho.

Then the main couple re-enacted a few of their wedding rituals and it was hilarious! Their family is so loud and lively and so entertaining! And then we danced SO MUCH! One of my dad's friend's son is a dance maniac and if I haven't mentioned before, I can only dance when I have some company to dance with. This little guy had so much energy in him that I felt compelled to dance with him. He would have danced regardless of company but he looked visibly happy to have someone else to join him.

At one point there was a couple dance as well and Alex and I were pleasantly surprised when we saw our parents ball dancing. It was kinda weird cause dad never really openly shows his affection to mom. But we were happy that they were.

We danced A LOT! Infact, we were among the last ones on the dance floor as one by one every one left to have dinner, which was at the pool side.

Coming to my dad now. So I know the family so I obviously knew that there was going to be booze there. I didn't take any but Alex and my dad had quite a few. Normally, my dad is in his limits and even though he's gotten hazy quite a few times, he has always been able to control himself and not get sloshed.

You can guess what happened today, right? I don't know if it was because he met his college friends after such a long time and memories flooded through him or if his ego hurt because Alex was stable even after drinking more drinks that him but my dad could not stop drinking. It was the first time I saw him so drunk. He rarely dances in parties, just a little switching of legs and he's out but today he was jumping man! My dad was jumping! He had no idea what he was doing and it was quite amusing. Except for the time he almost sat fully on my lap while taking a group picture. That was not fun.

When it was time to leave at about 1AM, he didn't want to. He kept asking to see his friend (the owner of the party) over and over again. Alex and I could not stop laughing. I was really really amused while Alex atleast had some sense to go and control dad because he wasn't even able to walk straight. We finally called his friend out, dad met him, we congratulated him on his 25 years of marriage and left for home. My dad kept rambling all the way to home. My mom was not amused tho. Seems like it was the first time even she had seen him like this. She was super annoyed at the fact that he was making a fool out of himself in front of others. Though I know that my dad has a persona of being a very serious, reliable man, I think it was alright if wanted to let loose for once.

After coming back home, my dad confessed, albeit while still drunk that he overheard a couple of younger men talking about how they have loads of fun while drinking for nights together and that he felt challenged when he heard that. He wanted to show that men his age can also have as much fun as the younger ones do. I don't know what to think of this but there's nothing that I can do about it.

It's 2AM and dad is still drunk out of his mind. He has fallen down in front of his desk and refuses to get up. Alex is going off for his first ever trip with friends and won't be back until a couple of days. He has advised us not to let dad know what happened today (yesterday) and especially instructed mom not to blast out at dad in the morning as that will make dad very angry. Alex will come back home and let him know everything.

What a day.