It had a koi pond. (Later, I told this story to a friend, and she said gravely "You never need to see the koi pond.")
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And no, I didn't want to do any of those things. I wanted to go home. I'd wanted to go home since dinner. But he kept wheedling & I felt bad
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(Because we live in a fucked-up society and somehow I was responsible for his feelings, even though he was being an asshole.)
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He FINALLY let me walk back to the car & then started to kiss me. And I went stiff & kept thinking "Let this be over soon please."
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And then he flirtatiously told me to come back before he left town, and gave me a room key. I drove home crying and threw it in the garbage.
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In the end, the process of extracting myself from his presence took over an hour. And I was shaking and weeping. Nothing HAPPENED, but...
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And then he sent me passive-aggressive texts for a few days before he left town.
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THAT is rape culture. When its not about enthusiastic consent but how you can wheedle what you want out of a woman's body inch by inch.
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No matter what she wants or what kinds of signals she's giving you.
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I'd blame PUAs but I honestly think that some dudes figure out on their own that they can apply "I want that, how do I get it" logic to sex.
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@carmenmmachado All the seedy scuzziness of a pushy Amway salesman only applied to your actual body
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