DAVID'S PLACE:

  First time I remember getting bullied was standing in line at the entrance of Jones School when I was 7 years old. It was the first day of school. A kid named Larry who was my size and age asked me if I'd ever been kicked in the balls. I said "what are balls?" He pounded his foot into my scrotum and I keeled over in pain. He, and a few other people stood over me asking if I was ok. I recovered and whined "yes, I'm ok". Larry said nothing. Groaning, I asked him why he kicked me and he said that he felt like it and why don't you do something anything about it? I was scared to death he would kick me again.   I was standing up again. "Well" he challenged.  .What are you going to do? I said " Nothing. Just leave me alone ". I was in the same class as Larry and I stayed as far away from him as I could https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2819147375098537888/7688584191152785782?hl=en the whole semester. I was nervous all the time. When...

Interior-David's Apt. David sits at his computer scanning the online dating site like a trained hunter. He sees this tall, seductive but funky looking woman of about 50 and looking very indifferent. Kinda smug. Posing like a hotter version of   Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde” but so very obviously intelligent and also tough looking.. Tall, .great looking body.   David talks to himself out loud “Is she hot or not”? His 62 year old trained eyes coupled with years of dating experience do not tell him a story. She could be a good one but probably isn’t” She’s most likely not worth the time it would take trying to meet her, he decides. Then, he goes back to look at her again a few hours later and also reads her profile more carefully..  “Divorced, self employed, no kids living at home” her profile states. She seems so unaffected, uncaring about whether she gets any attention or not, as if she were forced onto the site.  David mumbles ok to himself. He ...