Maybe not all men are dogs

Location: The neighborhood of San Telmo, the 500 block of Perú Street

Setting: Museum, a 4 story night club with neon lights and disco balls

Time: Wednesday's "after office" party around 1am, "early" because the club modestly closes at 3am

Music: Jump by Madonna off the "Confessions on a Dance Floor" album

Plot Line: Girls night out dancing!!!

The Story: I am dancing away to Madonna screaming at the very top of my lungs with my girls when a drunken idiot falls in to me and shoves me against the circle of my friends. I spin around and give him my very best death stare as if to say, "How dare you shove me when I'm dancing to the goddess!" Before I even get the chance, a well groomed older guy, late 20s early 30s steps in, takes the drunken idiot's arm, and says in beautiful Argentine Spanish, "Excuse me, you just bumped in to this girl. Please be careful, I think you owe her an apology." Of course this didn't go over well with the drunken idiot and he tried to start a fight. My protector hands my roommate Stef his drink and the two boys start arguing. After a few minutes and lots of hand gestures, the drunken idiot sincerely apologizes and the two men do the traditional Argentina face cheek bump hello/goodbye kiss. We hand the older man back his drink and I thank him in Spanish for dealing with the drunken idiot. He continues in Spanish and says to me, "I would really like to dance with you but you do have the liberty to say no." To which I responded, "You should know that I have a boyfriend in the United States." He responds, "No problem, I understand. Enjoy the rest of your time in Buenos Aires." We do the traditional Argentine face cheek bump and say goodbye.

Wow.

I didn't dance with a single boy all night and spent a wonderful evening dancing with the girls, we had so much fun. I've never had a man act such a gentleman in the club before! Tío Mikey, maybe not all men are dogs. Or, these two guys were working an angle and planned the shoving and ensuing argument as a ploy to get girls to dance with them, dear me I'm a suspicious being.

Hope everyone is doing well!

Love,

Raquel