If pirates aren’t your jam, there are plenty of other options to choose from (the more insular the better).ĭown to clown? Perhaps circus season will fit you like a big, floppy shoe. You’ll get a lot of mileage - and enthusiastic participation from those in your social circle (family, friends, the occasional co-worker) - by picking a theme for your unconstructed free playtime. Or, as a non-pirate might put it, settle on a theme. my pirate code), so others with perennially peripatetic partners might be able to navigate the doldrums, alleviate a little loneliness and gin up a little levity by mounting pirate-season adventures of their own. Now, with more than 30 such voyages over 18 years under my swashbuckling belt, I wanted to share more of my fundamental rules (a.k.a. Also, there’s no such thing as a staying-in school night. Carbs don’t count, happy hour is extended two (sometimes four) hours in each direction, and weird facial-hair choices are made. At the same time, every single day is kind of like a break-the-rules Friday. The basic premise of pirate season is this: From the time the flag is raised until the moment it’s lowered, no reasonable invitation to socialize off ship (outside the home) may be refused nor may unannounced boarding parties (a.k.a. (DEA Picture Library / De Agostini via Getty Images) My first-ever pirate season officially sailed into existence on Feb.

By raising the flag, I’d taken control of a situation I’d previously had no control over whatsoever. I instantly felt at ease, as if something had shifted.

When I arrived home, I ceremoniously draped it over the Ikea entertainment center in our living room. However, the seed had been planted, and every time my wife took wing for a business trip, I found myself thinking about Kai and his pirate flag.įacing a particularly long stretch in separate time zones, I drove over to AAA Flag & Banner‘s (now-closed) outpost in Hollywood and bought a 3-by-5-foot skull and crossbones (a.k.a. I laughed it off as childish bordering on absurdity. “Whenever my friend Kai’s girlfriend goes out of town,” Vince said, “he hangs a pirate flag on his balcony, and people know they can come over and party.” These are the conversations experts say you should have before signing a lease. You and your partner are thinking of moving in together. Lifestyle Considering moving in with your partner? Have these crucial conversations first

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