One thing about this guy......he is one of the nicest guys who comes into the library. I've known him for a while and he brings his son in and I've admired how he relates to his son. This was like a punch in the gut!
No, he was so startled by her remark that he left her alone.
He said that just off the cuff? He must be having a mid-life crises. "I used to be" LOL!
Here a while back this other guy came to the desk complaining about an explicit book we had on the for sale shelf and he was showing me the chapters. I poker faced that one while I was thinking "You dirt-bag. I happen to know you are a convicted sex offender! You will get no reaction out of me at all!!"
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No, he was so startled by her remark that he left her alone.
He said that just off the cuff? He must be having a mid-life crises. "I used to be" LOL!
You know how some people go to nudist camps? He said it like it was nothing at all, like I imagine nudists sitting around naked talking about the weather.
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Today, I was offended. I was at work talking to a fairly respected man about social programs etc and he was telling me about a social program he used to work in many years ago, he said he did modeling on the side, so it was kind of extreme going from one job to the next. I said, "Modeling?" and he said, yes, I was a nude model about 100 pounds ago and then he went on with the conversation. To him, he seemed to be mentioning a statement of fact, but I was floored that he would casually tell me this. I poker-faced my way through the conversation and then went and hid in the back until he left. I told my supervisor what he had said because she could see I was flustered and she seemed like she may have been more amused/disturbed by my reaction than by the fact that this guy just told me openly that he was a nude model. Sometimes, I don't know how to live in this world......
Maybe he was a nude model at an painting session.
It's not unusual at all that they have nude models at art classes.
No big deal. Rubens and Rembrandt painted nudes.
You know how some people go to nudist camps? He said it like it was nothing at all, like I imagine nudists sitting around naked talking about the weather.
I've been to a nudist camp, so that is true. It's no big deal to anyone. Well, it was to me, but I could see it wasn't for the other people there.
Anyway, why did he bring this up? What made him tell you this? I'm picturing him walking up to you and just spilling the beans. So, how did it take place? lol
Maybe he was a nude model at an painting session.
It's not unusual at all that they have nude models at art classes.
No big deal. Rubens and Rembrandt painted nudes.
That's the impression I got. But do you really think it's no big deal?
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I've been to a nudist camp, so that is true. It's no big deal to anyone. Well, it was to me, but I could see it wasn't for the other people there.
Anyway, why did he bring this up? What made him tell you this? I'm picturing him walking up to you and just spilling the beans. So, how did it take place? lol
The context was not bad at all. Like I said, we were talking about social programs and he just mentioned it. Part of me says, like some are saying here, I should blow it off like it's no big deal, but really, why does our culture think painting nudes is no big deal? If the culture says it's no big deal, is it really not a big deal? Am I being oversensitive or do some people have a problem, like people who go to nudist camps and then say everybody ELSE has the problem???
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Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the people doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
When I was young and clever, I wanted to change the world. Now that I am older and wiser, I strive to change myself. ~
The context was not bad at all. Like I said, we were talking about social programs and he just mentioned it. Part of me says, like some are saying here, I should blow it off like it's no big deal, but really, why does our culture think painting nudes is no big deal? If the culture says it's no big deal, is it really not a big deal? Am I being oversensitive or do some people have a problem, like people who go to nudist camps and then say everybody ELSE has the problem???
It means nothing other than you don't feel comfortable in that conversation. Plain and simple. No big deal.
It means nothing other than you don't feel comfortable in that conversation. Plain and simple. No big deal.
I don't think HE meant anything by it. He was not being sexual with me. But really, WHY is it okay in this culture to say things like that and to pose nude???? Is it ME who has the problem because I'm uncomfortable or HE and OTHERS who have the problem because it's just "no big deal?"
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LOL!
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