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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums150 years ago, back in the early 1970s.....
I drank too much, smoked too much dope, and did various drugs to excess. Occasionally, I would be just enough drunk/high/off-the planet to make a move on some young charming lady who I was convinced was totally in love with me. We just hadn't realized it to this moment. When those moments occurred and the inevitable rejection happened, I was like "OK, OK,OK...sorry!". I never tried to persuade after the message was delivered loud and clear.
So what's Kavanaugh's excuse? I had a similar upbringing/education/privilege....but my limbic system (or basic functional decency) seemed to function OK.
I am probably not a good candidate for SCOTUS either.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)are you referring to your previous life.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,504 posts)but age hopping really isn't the point of my OP.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)You know when the line has been drawn and you don't go over it. Kavanaugh does not recognize boundaries.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,504 posts)tell us this.
Hekate
(90,708 posts)I'm sure he was as you described. And horny.
But I never forgot one of the stories he told me about "a very young girl from across the Bay, who was pretty much out of body." He did not direct her to any parties -- he sat her down on the curb and just talked until she came back from whatever trip she was on, and then told her she really needed to go home now.
How hard is that? How hard is it to treat girls/women as though they are human beings?
OAITW r.2.0
(24,504 posts)Meeting someone of the opposite sex that wanted to communicate.....I was all in. But her communication, for the most part, was not focused on me, always something else. But that was OK (for awhile) as any positive communication was a great thing to be had. Any clumsy attempts on me part was a "NO GO". Boundaries....I respected them.
LakeArenal
(28,819 posts)I used to hitchhike with my girlfriend in hot pants ( such an unfortunate style name ) and a purse of pot and not once, not ever, did we ever have a problem with drivers.
How can that be? We were definitely more civil.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,504 posts)I hitched from Worcester, Ma to Maine all the time. Some peeps were different....Holy Roller's and Porn Producers looking for new talent (LOL). But I survived. Probably helped in meeting new people and making new friends.*
*One guy picked me up and he was MS in the USA. You could just tell. But....he had the Live Dead (Skull and Roses) playing the entire 2 Hr. trip to Worcester. That made me recalibrate my predispositions about people....
Scruffy1
(3,256 posts)If a woman is interested she will let you know. Had many relationships sexual and otherwise.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,504 posts)May have been a big difference in our world views back in the early 70s.////correct?