JenEllen, I'm staying away from personal reminiscences about sexual encounters; I wouldn't want to make anyone feel inadequate. As for your other question -- how much one should grin and bear it for the sake of hanging onto the audience -- I think you called it exactly right when you offered to remove a couple of teeth from your "admirer".

I am a part-timer performer (four gigs a month on average), and I run into the same issue in a variety of different forms -- basically, I often find that I'm the only sober person in a room full of drunks, and their behavior frequently leaves a lot to be desired. They may grab a handful of something soft without your permission (I'm a man; women do this too), or feel entitled to "borrow" a microphone, or twist a couple of knobs on the board when the sound man isn't looking, or decide that since you're occupied with playing and singing, it's okay to harrass your significant other. My philosophy is that I'm there to play music and be reasonably congenial, but that's as far as it goes -- nobody has rights to anything beyond that, and if they step out of line I'm going to call them on it. I may lose a few audience members, but that's a worthwhile tradeoff in my opinion. If reasonable rules cause me to lose more than a few, I probably don't want to play that room any more.

I know this is the luxury of a part-timer (I won't starve without the gigs), and full-timers may have slightly different rules of engagement. But I'm with you on this.

Whistle Stop (regrets, I've had a few...)