Saturday Afternoon Shame
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2026 9:13 pm
I was 17 and a senior in high school when this happened:
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After lunch on a rainy Saturday afternoon, I rode my bicycle over to my best friend David's house. He told me he was joining 3 other guys at a nearby school field for a game of touch football and asked if I wanted to join them. I thought it would be fun so I agreed.
It had been raining off and on and the grass field was wet and muddy. In the course of the game I fell a few times, getting my jeans & sweatshirt quite damp with patches of mud on them. We broke up the game around 3:00 pm when it began raining steadily. I rode my bike back to my house and entered through the adjoining 2-car garage which also contained a laundry area. My mother heard me enter and opened the door which led into the kitchen. She took one look at me and exclaimed, "Nick Twisp, you are not entering this house in those muddy clothes and shoes. Take everything off and leave your clothes next to the washing machine."
I took off my jeans, shoes, and sweatshirt to do as Mom asked. This left me in just my socks and underpants. For some reason that morning, I had chosen to put on some old white briefs with some minor holes in them; by this stage I normally wore boxer-briefs. Somehow on a Saturday I enjoyed wearing some old white briefs.
As I entered the kitchen, I could hear my father and Mr. Weinglass laughing in the livingroom. Mom told me that their usual Saturday golf game had been cut short by the rain but not before enjoying the traditional "liquid lunch" on the "Nineteenth Hole Bar/Restaurant." With a disgusted look on her face, Mom then stated, "And now your Dad has mixed up a pitcher of Manhattans, and Mrs. Weinglass who picked them up at the golf course is in there too. Moreover, your classmate Susan (their daughter) has been given a glass of wine, which I don't approve of."
With despair, I moaned, "Can't you find me a towel? I'll have to walk through the livingroom in my underpants in front of them otherwise." With obvious annoyance, Mom replied, "Listen Nick, just get on with your shower, I don't have time right now for your nonsense."
My entrance into the room was greeted by uproarious laughter. However, I did notice that the pitcher of Manhattans still had some left. I had never had any alcohol up to this point, save a beer or two snuck out of my buddy David's refrigerator. There was also an unused cocktail glass sitting next to the pitcher. I wondered what my Dad would do if I just helped myself. Timidly I edged over nearer to the bar set-up. Dad noticed and just laughed, "Go ahead, Nick, you're old enough to have a drink with us." So, I poured the remaining mix into the glass which just about filled it up. Wearing only my underpants, I sat on a chair opposite Susan and enjoyed my first-ever cocktail.
Mom had now entered the room and was very displeased by Dad allowing me to drink. But like everything else in the Twisp household, what Dad said was law even if Mom objected. As I sipped the drink, I steadily became less embarrassed over my undressed state. After another sip or two, I began to wonder why I had to even wear the underpants, since I'd have to take them off anyway before showering. At some point I turned to Susan and said, "You know, I'm going to take my underpants off before I go upstairs and shower." She giggled and said, "Go ahead, Nick, I've already seen you naked in the past." Dad heard this and encouraged by saying in a kind of slurred voice, "Yeah, Nick, bare-ass after you finish that drink!"
I put the empty glass down and somewhat unsteadily rose to my feet. With the glow of the alcohol in force, it seemed perfectly reasonable to strip off my underpants before ascending the half-flight of stairs to the bathroom I shared with my sister. Turns out she and the younger Weinglass daughter, Bethany, were in her bedroom playing some board game.
I stood there and kind of edged over nearer the stairs, contemplating my next move...
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>To be continued>
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After lunch on a rainy Saturday afternoon, I rode my bicycle over to my best friend David's house. He told me he was joining 3 other guys at a nearby school field for a game of touch football and asked if I wanted to join them. I thought it would be fun so I agreed.
It had been raining off and on and the grass field was wet and muddy. In the course of the game I fell a few times, getting my jeans & sweatshirt quite damp with patches of mud on them. We broke up the game around 3:00 pm when it began raining steadily. I rode my bike back to my house and entered through the adjoining 2-car garage which also contained a laundry area. My mother heard me enter and opened the door which led into the kitchen. She took one look at me and exclaimed, "Nick Twisp, you are not entering this house in those muddy clothes and shoes. Take everything off and leave your clothes next to the washing machine."
I took off my jeans, shoes, and sweatshirt to do as Mom asked. This left me in just my socks and underpants. For some reason that morning, I had chosen to put on some old white briefs with some minor holes in them; by this stage I normally wore boxer-briefs. Somehow on a Saturday I enjoyed wearing some old white briefs.
As I entered the kitchen, I could hear my father and Mr. Weinglass laughing in the livingroom. Mom told me that their usual Saturday golf game had been cut short by the rain but not before enjoying the traditional "liquid lunch" on the "Nineteenth Hole Bar/Restaurant." With a disgusted look on her face, Mom then stated, "And now your Dad has mixed up a pitcher of Manhattans, and Mrs. Weinglass who picked them up at the golf course is in there too. Moreover, your classmate Susan (their daughter) has been given a glass of wine, which I don't approve of."
With despair, I moaned, "Can't you find me a towel? I'll have to walk through the livingroom in my underpants in front of them otherwise." With obvious annoyance, Mom replied, "Listen Nick, just get on with your shower, I don't have time right now for your nonsense."
My entrance into the room was greeted by uproarious laughter. However, I did notice that the pitcher of Manhattans still had some left. I had never had any alcohol up to this point, save a beer or two snuck out of my buddy David's refrigerator. There was also an unused cocktail glass sitting next to the pitcher. I wondered what my Dad would do if I just helped myself. Timidly I edged over nearer to the bar set-up. Dad noticed and just laughed, "Go ahead, Nick, you're old enough to have a drink with us." So, I poured the remaining mix into the glass which just about filled it up. Wearing only my underpants, I sat on a chair opposite Susan and enjoyed my first-ever cocktail.
Mom had now entered the room and was very displeased by Dad allowing me to drink. But like everything else in the Twisp household, what Dad said was law even if Mom objected. As I sipped the drink, I steadily became less embarrassed over my undressed state. After another sip or two, I began to wonder why I had to even wear the underpants, since I'd have to take them off anyway before showering. At some point I turned to Susan and said, "You know, I'm going to take my underpants off before I go upstairs and shower." She giggled and said, "Go ahead, Nick, I've already seen you naked in the past." Dad heard this and encouraged by saying in a kind of slurred voice, "Yeah, Nick, bare-ass after you finish that drink!"
I put the empty glass down and somewhat unsteadily rose to my feet. With the glow of the alcohol in force, it seemed perfectly reasonable to strip off my underpants before ascending the half-flight of stairs to the bathroom I shared with my sister. Turns out she and the younger Weinglass daughter, Bethany, were in her bedroom playing some board game.
I stood there and kind of edged over nearer the stairs, contemplating my next move...
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>To be continued>