Recently I had to deal with peoples expectations. People I thought were friends and cool with me told a lady I was semi-interested in that I was "a great guy but a freak/lech/etc. and that they shouldn't date me". I may be many of those things but shouldn't the lady have had the opportunity to decide for herself. I don't just walk up to ladies and ask them to drop trow and service me and that's how it was made to sound when I was informed of my "friends" advice.

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Deep into that darkness peering,
long I stood there, wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams
no mortal ever dreamed before.