After an hour swim tonight, I went for my regular reward of a quiet 20 minutes to myself in the steam room of the gym. I call it a gym as it sounds less sissy, but technically it is a spa. So it does have sauna, steam room, massage rooms and treatments. Not that I go in for any of that stuff. Seriously. An hour with seaweed plastered round my head isn’t going to make much difference.

Anyways, I was minding my own business in the steam room when these three 13 year old girls come in (I’m guessing 13 as they looked about 18 which probably means they were more like 13). I’m not normally nosey, but if you’re in a steam room, it’s pretty much impossible not to hear everyone else’s conversation. So here’s how it went:

“Cool, this was the perfect way to spend the day Detoxing.” (Detoxing?! They’re 13 what are they detoxing from? Never mind that, what are 13 year olds doing even spending the day in a Spa?)

“Yeah and that kick boxing instructor is well fit.”

“Yeah totally, especially when he was getting all hot and sweaty” (What? Is this like junior Sex In The City)

“So do you still have that problem with Anton?”

“Yeah, he’s still stalking me, he just wont leave me alone.”

“Didn’t he ask you out though?”

“Yeah, I said yeah, I mean his dad does have a yacht and a place in Sardinia.”

I think I’m getting old, or poor, or something. That’s not how I remember being 13.

• At 13 I was playing with my Barbie dolls and LEGO :o)

  Comment by Hanan — February 27, 2007 @ 11:34 pm

• It scares me how today’s kids look so much older than they really are - 13 looking 18. How do they do it? Do they have Jennifer Aniston’s stylist at their beck and call?

  I’ve always been the other way around….18 looking 13, and with Worzel Gummage’s stylist on hand!

  Comment by Hannah — February 28, 2007 @ 3:08 am

• Were they naked? I’ve never known a steam room to not have naked people in it. Ok, so I’ve only been in a steam room once, but there were definitely naked chicks in there.

  Comment by Like, totally — February 28, 2007 @ 3:57 am

• Hanan, don’t you still play with Barbie dolls and Lego?

  Hannah. I don’t know, maybe there’s more magazines or something? I’m sure there must be a tipping point when looking younger than you are starts to become an advantage though.

  Ha! No this isn’t a naked steam room, this is England after all. They used to have different men’s and women’s ones and there were naked people in those. Now they have a bigger combined one, I’m not sure there is any rule to say you have have your swimming shorts/costume on, but everyone does.

  Comment by Darren — February 28, 2007 @ 8:41 am

• An hour swim. Good god, man! Non-stop?!

  Comment by John Tolva — April 2, 2007 @ 3:57 am

• John, yep, got to do something after I’ve been sat in front of a computer for most of the day. I’ve been swimming a lot since I was little, so I find it pretty easy. It is weird though, I can swim for ever, but I can only run for about 10 minutes without being exhausted.

  Comment by Darren — April 2, 2007 @ 7:28 am