What's Your Number?
A friend of mine asked me what my “number” was the other day.
Let me just start by saying I really don’t like this question. I mean, I don’t mind it so much if a friend asks. But if I’m with a guy and he casually asks how many other people I’ve slept with, it’s just immediately so off-putting for me. Do you know what that means? That means he actually cares. He wants to hear the answer. A high number, a lower number — whatever he’s waiting for, he has an answer already in his mind and he wants to see whether you meet, exceed, or completely fall short of his expectations. If he cares enough to ask, that means he cares enough to be upset, should you give him the wrong response. And that’s just not okay with me.