Allison Washington
Feb 23, 2017 · 1 min read

AJ, you’re funny. :-) Did we read the same story?

As you can see from what he said the next morning, and the nature of the gift he bestowed upon me, at some level he clearly did know what was going on; perhaps better than I did, at the tender age of 17 (he was twice my age).

Additionally, though not specifically mentioned in this story, if you’ve read my others you will know that I looked and behaved ‘like a girl’. So he knew.

You do have a point with regard to my use of the phrase ‘poor guy’ — that is odd, now that I think on it. Thank you for bringing that to my attention.

I find your second paragraph quite troubling. You seem to view women as predators, perhaps even as evil. At some point, you might want to look at why this is.

— Allison

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