No Shame

Times are tough. We've all felt the pinch. Higher gas prices, higher food prices, higher taxes, lay offs, blah, blah, blah. It's all depressing and seemingly never ending. However, there always seems to be one industry that withstands EVERY economic downturn, pitfall, debacle, you name it. Porn! The adult industry is ALWAYS booming. And let's face it, there's a little bit of porn envy in all of us. You absolutely cannot say you don't watch it. BECAUSE IT'S EVERYWHERE! And they make A LOT of money!!!!

Yes you heard me, it's everywhere. Soap opera's are soft porn. TV drama after 9pm is soft porn with a real plot. MTV reality shows? Porn, Porn, Porn...with no plot what so ever! You cannot turn on the TV and not watch it. In fact, I bet if you really let your imagination wander, there may actually be an underlying porn reference in most Disney movies. All I'm saying, right or wrong, is that it's out there.

Now, how many times have you heard of a stripper becoming Mayor? or a porn star becoming a lawyer? or some crazy thing like that. Seems like more often than we care to admit. So here's where I'm going with this. Brace yourselves. My twin daughters love to pole dance. They're six. For some reason the support poles in my basement have turned into some of the best pole dancing shows I've seen. I can say that because I actually watched a pole dancing competition on a TV in an upscale restaurant once. My girls made some of these women look like armatures.

My girls have it going on! I foresee bright futures for them...12 years from now! I tell them, "girls, there is no shame in how you make your money. Do what makes you happy!" It's not the pole dancing that concerns me. It's the fact that they hand make invitations for people to come watch them! When they start charging admission I'll know for sure they are both prodigy children sent from the heavens above. Savvy business woman who know how to make a buck so VERY early in life. And there was NO pun intended there people. They're six for crying out loud. Besides, I don't have any money to give them anyway!

I look at it two ways, if it pans out for them, we'll all be rich. Me because they will forever thank me for telling them to follow their dream and them because they're really talented. Or, I will have an absolute gut wrenching, tears streaming down my face laugh when I remind them at their weddings, and again in front of their own children, what great pole dancers they were when they were young! Priceless either way.