The autumn party has come and gone.
Though admittedly most of the ton decided to frolic in the city for the weekend, quite a few had chosen to remain in the country. Certainly enough ladies and gentlemen for a convivial evening of fun and games.
Highlight of the day was of course the rollicking farce that was Ladies & Gentlemen - a seemingly genteel Victorian game of manners which turned out to be quite the opposite as the Ladies turned into nagging shrews while the Gentlemen transformed into boorish tyrants. Game players are assigned to partners as couples - with the husbands heading off to work in the City while the wives spend their pin-money on frocks and feathers.
Obviously all ready to head to the glamourous ball of the social season. The most well bedecked lady is pronounced the belle of the ball and the rest of her rivals would scurry home to their manors to plot delicious revenge.
Since we already had couples in the room, we decided to switch it up a bit and split everyone up into random pairings which led to quite a lot of hilarious commotion. Charming Calvin found himself matched with Fabulous Felix in an odd pairing of flighty wife / long-suffering husband.
Without a doubt though, there were the usual hysterical termagant wife / suffering henpecked husband pairing as well.
Wife : Are you even working? How can you afford to buy me the dress I want?
Husband : I'm trying my best! It's hard.
Wife : Don't whine. Just get to work and make me some money!
Not all the couples were so stereotypical though. Ever the Renaissance man, Sober Sam who espoused a terrifically independent woman found himself wishing he'd gone for someone far more submissive instead.
Sam : Get yourself a dress, woman.
Wife : It's not worth it. I'll get myself a dress later.
Sam : Just buy that dress already! I can afford it.
Wife : Don't waste your money. There are better deals later.
Sam : I'll get you the dress! You just wear it, dammit!
I was the wife of course. Rather than being typecast as the typical tai-tai, Kitty Kat took the role of my husband. Turns out we made quite the perfect pairing since Kat made quite the killing at the stock markets while I soused out the best bargains at the boutiques - while besmirching the reputations of the other ladies with pointed insults.
Which gains gossip points by the way.
Though I did sometimes slander them just for the fun of it.
Though admittedly most of the ton decided to frolic in the city for the weekend, quite a few had chosen to remain in the country. Certainly enough ladies and gentlemen for a convivial evening of fun and games.
Highlight of the day was of course the rollicking farce that was Ladies & Gentlemen - a seemingly genteel Victorian game of manners which turned out to be quite the opposite as the Ladies turned into nagging shrews while the Gentlemen transformed into boorish tyrants. Game players are assigned to partners as couples - with the husbands heading off to work in the City while the wives spend their pin-money on frocks and feathers.
Obviously all ready to head to the glamourous ball of the social season. The most well bedecked lady is pronounced the belle of the ball and the rest of her rivals would scurry home to their manors to plot delicious revenge.
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| Perhaps some pin-money for a bit of fluff, m'dear? |
Since we already had couples in the room, we decided to switch it up a bit and split everyone up into random pairings which led to quite a lot of hilarious commotion. Charming Calvin found himself matched with Fabulous Felix in an odd pairing of flighty wife / long-suffering husband.
Without a doubt though, there were the usual hysterical termagant wife / suffering henpecked husband pairing as well.
Wife : Are you even working? How can you afford to buy me the dress I want?
Husband : I'm trying my best! It's hard.
Wife : Don't whine. Just get to work and make me some money!
Not all the couples were so stereotypical though. Ever the Renaissance man, Sober Sam who espoused a terrifically independent woman found himself wishing he'd gone for someone far more submissive instead.
Sam : Get yourself a dress, woman.
Wife : It's not worth it. I'll get myself a dress later.
Sam : Just buy that dress already! I can afford it.
Wife : Don't waste your money. There are better deals later.
Sam : I'll get you the dress! You just wear it, dammit!
I was the wife of course. Rather than being typecast as the typical tai-tai, Kitty Kat took the role of my husband. Turns out we made quite the perfect pairing since Kat made quite the killing at the stock markets while I soused out the best bargains at the boutiques - while besmirching the reputations of the other ladies with pointed insults.
Which gains gossip points by the way.
Though I did sometimes slander them just for the fun of it.
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