The other night at book club.

Her: "Raúl is the man I made up when I became a stay at home mom. Like my husband would come home and say, 'What did you do today?' and I'd say 'Raúl'. Then one Christmas my husband started giving me a gift from Raúl."

Me: "Oooh, I like this idea. We should all start buying ourselves what we want for whatever holiday and tag it from Raúl."

Other Her: "Like Ghosting, we'll all start dropping packages off at each other's house labeled 'Love Always, Raúl'."

Another Her: "Yes, then you'll have to put a picture of some hot Latin American in your window to let everyone know you've been Raúl-ed."

Me: "I love it here."

Comments

[Rachelskirts]

Where do I sign up for this book club? I could use a gift from a hot guy named Raúl right about now.

[joanne]

My husband use to irritate me by asking where I was going. Well, there are two doors in the bedroom. I'm not heading to the one leading out to the hallways, so it must be the bathroom. It came down to me getting frustrated and telling him I was going to have an affair with a man named Miguel. We had a good laugh, and now we send each other gifts from 'Miguel' This has been going on for five years now.

[SuburbanCorrespondent]

I guess we never do outgrow that imaginary friend stage....

[Deb]

You all better just step back, because Raul is MY man!

[bigpikchur.blogspot.com]

What about gifting ourselves an ACTUAL hot latin guy? (I'm single, so that's totally ok, right?)
Jules
House of Jules

[bad mom]

This is the BEST IDEA EVER! I already have a Mexican boyfriend (even my kids call him that; it's shameful) - Gael Garcia Bernal - whose pictures I put in my PTA notebook...I actually gasp when I see him onscreen.

I'm telling my husband about this RIGHT NOW. You're geniuses.

[witchypoo]

Awesome! A present from Raul sure beats one from the cat.

[brandi]

I have a Julio. Just like Joanne above, my husband would constantly ask me where I was going when I was just getting up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, so I came up with Julio. It's a big joke between us now when he calls me during the day and can't get ahold of me. If my in-laws weren't coming for Christmas, I would so buy myself a present from Julio and put it under the tree!

[Strizz]

That does sound like a fun book club. What is the drink of choice is what I want to know.

[baseballmama]

My mom has a man named Sancho. He sends her flowers at work. And I have a sneaking suspicion that he also drives a UPS truck ;)

[bgirl]

Oh why, oh why? Why did I click the hot Latin American link?

I just blew tea out my nose, thanks a lot.

[finnmichigan]

Brilliant! But would Antonio Banderas pass as Latin? If not, then I'd take Ricky Martin even over Ponch.
Glad you are finding all kinds of happy in your new home.

[Annabelle4]

Ha! Pepe is my Latin American Lover "alabi" when my husband needs to know what I'm up to 24/7.

Ponch is hot.

[m.]

Holy cow, that is some sweet mini-muffintop action on Ponch....it offsets the raw machismo of his man-gold, don't you think? I miss the 70's... ;)

[Judypooh]

That's such a great idea! I totally need a Raul.

I nearly peed on myself when I saw Ponch.

[Jessica]

I guess I never realized how completely gay Erik Estrada used to look back in the day! Yikes!

I like the concept, though! Yowsa!!!

[onbeelay]

Is it weird that we all have Latin mystery men? Mine's name is Paco. For the same reason as everyone else.

I get gifts of lingerie and chocolates from Paco every once in a while and if someone forgets to take out the trash, he tells me it was Paco's turn.

:)

[KYouell]

My husband doesn't understand why he can't have 2 wives, especially since I seem to have been pregnant/breastfeeding since about 4 months after we got married. I think he needs to get a gift from Maria or Juanita or something. Very good ideas here!