Bruno

It's a story that must be told. The humiliation may be salved if the confession is made in full.

A man, let's call him IckyMike, finished his swim at the SUNY Bport school and went into the locker room for the usual shower and getting dressed. Another man who happens to be a friend of IckyMike, let's call him Icky2, goes into the same locker facility about 15 minutes later. Seems simple enough. However, Icky2 noticed a mid-twenties guy, who had been in the locker room half-naked before IckyMike and Icky2 went swimming, was wandering around the shower facility.

We will call this man, Bruno. Bruno, who had his choice of 3 shower areas, each with 10 showers, choose to come into the same area as Icky2. Bruno also chose to shower right next to Icky2. This disturbed Icky2 a bit, who refused to speak or make eye contact, though it was obvious Bruno, who was turned directly facing him, was making lots of eye contact. Icky2 felt his personal space was being violated, and uncomfortable all the time he was showering. Finishing much quicker than normal, Icky2 sped to his locker, got dressed and left.

During the next morning's run, when recounting this strange occurrence, IckyMike said something that made the experience worse.... Bruno had done the same thing to him!

Let me make this clear. Bruno, who evidently had been sitting in the locker room for awhile, came into the same shower area as IckyMike, "showered" right next to him, came out, sat back down, then 15 minutes later came in the same shower area, right next to Icky2 and "showered".

I know IckyMike and I, uh Icky2, are pretty buff for balding, 50+ year old guys, but we feel cheapened somehow. This must be how women feel when men stare at them?