I am going to admit something that I should not, but if I don't, it will haunt me forever.

I was reading along tonight and came to  Chicago Guy’s  post about “his first” and I skimmed the top.

We all do it, right?  A brief scan, and a quick reading decision is made.  On this one I decided I had the gist (title, first few lines, and photo), and moved on to the comments.  We all know reading the comments is half the fun here.  It’s a great place to get to know people because there are entire stories found that never get blogged,  personalities are revealed,  and sometimes we even argue there!

 I should have caught on at the last line I skimmed and the words "hot babe" but I didn't. I assumed what the author wanted us to assume with THAT title and THOSE first few lines and THE EXPLICIT photograph. (Yes, I know how to spell assume). 

 To be clear, I skipped on down to the comments thinking that  Chicago Guy was writing about his first sexual experience and that he is a homosexual man.  Now, I thought I knew more about Chicago Guy, but so much has changed here so fast lately, and his posting history and bio didn’t represent what I thought I knew, so I dispelled my doubts and read on through comments.

The comments increasingly blew my mind! YES, I SKIMMED them too, and didn’t have my thinking cap on straight either.  I was thinking:

•           "Wow, I didn't know so many kids had sex with their English teachers"

•           "I'm glad I'm not the only one who started young"

•           "Wow an English teaching Nun?" (the writer was ambiguous in screen name)

•           “I think my comment will be about the amazing fact that so many writers have their first sex with teachers”

When I got to Lea’s comment, (who is now a personally-met friend), confessing that SHE first had sex with her 8th grade English teacher, I stopped short.   I finally realized that I had mis-read that which I had not read!

So I went back and read the whole thing.

I am telling you this because I am laughing my silly ass off at myself each time I see Chicago Guy's post in the feed or in friend's favorite list.  I hope you laugh at me too.  Or maybe ya had to be there ROFLOL

Be careful how you skim!

Post-script:  Roger’s comment about Sally's year-long support and our subsequent PM about the post finally made me realize that it IS Chicago Guy. His history is abbreviated now, for good reasons that I don’t totally recall, but I am glad he is back and better than ever.