Benjamin: “Hmm… So, what’s May?”
Denis: “What would she like to be?”
Me: “A woman, please.”
Denis: “A what? I’m joking, I’m joking. But come on; that one wants me
to notice her, why else would she not be dressed? You could say I’m doing her a
favour; she’s putting it out there (to be picked up, obviously) and I’m
responding to her call.”
Me: “I think she might be looking for a little more respect.”
Denis: “I’m showing all the respect I think she wants; or rather, the
kind of respect I think she wants. Look! It’s not my fault; it’s human nature.
If men didn’t get turned on by women, we’d have some serious issues. And the
more I see of a woman, the more I’ll get turned on – it’s law. AND, it’s also
not my fault; God created me to love ALL women; I love them all and I see that
as a good thing; you can never have too much love.”
Benjamin: “Yes May, he’s always like this.”
Me: “He wasn’t like this when I met him.”
Benjamin: “Your aunt was there?”
Denis: “You kidding me? I can’t act like this around Aunt. She might
look like a gentle, blonde, blue-eyed, miniature person that you just want to
cuddle and carry around everywhere with you in your pocket, but my word, that
woman can bite.”
Benjamin: “Your aunt is a bit zesty.”
Me: “Oh I know; I’m not surprised by that. I can’t believe how much he
fears her.”
Benjamin laughed: “Only good people are not afraid of your aunt.”
Denis: “And obviously, I’m not one of those and neither was General
Rivo. Oh General Rivo? You haven’t heard about him? Yes; many like to remember
him as he was before Aunt shouted her head off at him. I mean it. She used
phrases like: ‘Are you insane?!’, ‘What were you thinking, were you thinking at
all?!’, ‘In what dimension did you think that was going to work?!’, ‘What
perspective made you think that was a good idea?!’, ‘You better go out there
and you better...’ It was crazy I tell ya.”
Benjamin: “And yet he still hasn’t learned that women are more than
meat.”
Denis: “Well, in my defence, Aunt would never dress like that. Look!
Women wanted freedom, and they got it – I say, great! Really happy they did.
But stop fringing trying to take away my freedom from doing what comes
naturally to me; as I said earlier, to get little love bites. Look! It’s not
every woman; May I swear it’s not. Look at that woman there.”
Me: “Which one?”
Denis: “See those two girls sitting at the table in the far left
corner?”
Me: “The ones wearing scarves?”
Denis: “Yes, those ones. I would NEVER think like that about one of
them. It’s obvious they want different kind of respect. That one wants to be
looked at, and those two would probably be happier with a glance. I would never
go up to one of those girls unless I knew them; and even if I did, I would go
just to pay my respects. I don’t see why I’m the bad guy. This is how I’m
reading different messages that different women put out there. May, am I
reading it wrong?”
Me: “I...”
Denis: “Look! He’ll call me a chauvinist, but I really don’t think I am.
The way I see it, all women should be allowed to wear what they want, but like
everything else, it has consequences. What do you think?”
Me: “I think you might be right.”
Benjamin: “May!”
Me: “What I mean is; I don’t like the way you talk about that woman but
she might love it; that might be just the sort of thing she’s looking for. I
don’t know. I’ve never worn a skirt that short.”
Denis: “And why not?”
Me: “I wouldn’t feel comfortable in it.”
Denis: “And why is that? Never mind, whatever your reason, it can not
have anything to do with me, because I would never stop you. If you want to
wear a skirt like that or even no skirt at all, fine by me.”
Benjamin: “What if she was your sister?”
Denis: “Well, obviously if she was my sister I wouldn’t talk about her
this way. Where do you think I come from; a Greek tragedy?”
Benjamin: “Let me put
it this way…
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