A simple conversation isn’t always simple.
“I like life to be a little interesting. Yes, I take the kids to school and go to work, but I don’t want my kids to think life is that programmed,” he said and he followed it by grabbing her hand and giving her a hug in the middle of the street.
The two always hugged their goodbyes sans hand grab because their families were more like family than friends. The woman’s instincts kicked in and she turned her head left, leaving his kiss floating in the space between them, a space that would now grow larger due to his inappropriate advance. “That’s interesting but I would not want anything to come between my friendship with your wife,” the woman said.
“I think we are going to be good friends. My wife knows that I think you are very attractive and that my pursuing you is harmless. I am just a flirt,” he said. “I always tell my children that there are two sides to every story and how you frame it is your truth,” he added.
Not only did he save his ego but he protected his marriage. If this lady told his wife then somehow the woman would be transformed into the divorced dingbat with an active imagination. Nice work, Counselor!
The Question.
Are we so hard-wired to be in relationships that someone who chooses to be alone is a social misfit, needing validation from any man? Furthermore, is a single woman a dangerous woman? Should we be respected less because we expected and expect more? But here’s an uncomfortable fact … the woman in this story was hit on by 3 married men in the last 3 months. Two were her friend’s husbands.
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