Friends With Benefits

7/10/11

Growing up in the Midwest requires having at least one friend with benefits—that is a friend with a swimming pool.  In-ground, above ground, it didn’t matter as long as the water in the pool wasn’t green.  During brutal 90-degree days, those were the first people you would call or casually stop by their house while coincidentally wearing your swim trunks.  Making friends with people who own pools prepares you for later on in life when you make friends with people who own a boat.