It Is Always A Slap Across The Face

...when you meet a man and the third word out of his mouth is something about his partner/spouse/mate.

There I was yesterday leaving my hotel, when some attractive young guy weaseled his way into my cab to the airport during a sudden burst of Bahamian rain.

The doorman made a comment about how said guy and I could "get to know each other" as he slid the cab door shut, and then the guy started rambling on about his "partner."

What the guy did not know, and what would have been slap in his face, is that all the while during the 30 minute ride to the airport, I was wondering if that "partner" was a man or a woman.