A recent Reddit thread will leave you counting your blessings that sex doesn't actually go down like a bunch of misinformed, puberty-stricken kids think.
Good God that would be horrifying.
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<p>Let's face it. Many of us did not sit down for a long conversation about sex with our parents or our teachers. So, being kids, we used rumor and imagination to fill in the gaps.</p><p>Sex education often looked a little like the following:</p><p>First, someone's older sibling lied and said something crazy about how sex works. That kid believed the comment as gospel, and went to school the next day.</p><p>A committee was then formed at a lunch table, where any finer details and plot-holes were worked out through sheer will and blind enthusiasm.</p><p>Then, through oral tradition, a new understanding of sex took the school by storm.</p><p>jjgp1112 asked, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ksefbr/what_were_weird_myths_you_thought_about_sex_as_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">"What were weird myths you thought about sex as a kid?"</a></p>
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Sheathed Until Sunrise
<p>"I had no clue what ejaculation was in 5th grade, so I though the thing went in and stayed there for like, the whole night. 7 hours or something, then the baby appeared" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ksefbr/what_were_weird_myths_you_thought_about_sex_as_a/gifjzsw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">HaroldMcbob</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I used to think the same thing! I was always confused on how you would have sex while sleeping. I assumed you just had to get lucky and roll over top your partner in your sleep" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ksefbr/what_were_weird_myths_you_thought_about_sex_as_a/gig2i1s?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">SpongeV2</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Years of Training
<p>"I was not aware of the vagina having an access to an inside before I hit puberty, so I thought sex was, well, anal. And that birth was basically shi**ing a baby out." </p><p>"So anytime I was having a hard time with number 2 in the bathroom, I would try to motivate myself that I'm basically practicing the pain for child birth, and that it could be so much worse."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ksefbr/what_were_weird_myths_you_thought_about_sex_as_a/gig6jvt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">maheen9393</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A Scary 3 Years
<p>"In elementary a kid asked me if I knew what a condom was."</p><p>"I went ahead and described a nicotine patch." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ksefbr/what_were_weird_myths_you_thought_about_sex_as_a/gig2y9w?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Pluckt007</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Kid asked me the same. 'No,' I said."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"'Well... It's when you cut the skin off your penis,' he said as we kids stared at a used condom in the bushes at our elementary school."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I spent 3 years believing that I had seen discarded penis skin." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ksefbr/what_were_weird_myths_you_thought_about_sex_as_a/gihvi2d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Snatch_Liquor</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Power in the Bedroom
<p>"Whoever tried harder would determine the gender of the baby.." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ksefbr/what_were_weird_myths_you_thought_about_sex_as_a/gig6ir3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">rosenes2</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Sheesh, then I certainly hope they were in agreement on who would "win" lol. I can't stop imagining a couple battle f***ing to the death." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ksefbr/what_were_weird_myths_you_thought_about_sex_as_a/gigbrus?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">PumpkinPox</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Charles Darwin would be proud." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ksefbr/what_were_weird_myths_you_thought_about_sex_as_a/gih4nj0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Kennyboy_7</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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So Quaint
<p>"My sister thinks sex is two people laying naked on top of each other and talking about marriage" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ksefbr/what_were_weird_myths_you_thought_about_sex_as_a/gifyhz0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">satansgoldfish2222</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Depending on her age that's either really cute or really disturbing" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ksefbr/what_were_weird_myths_you_thought_about_sex_as_a/gig5t63?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">zoe_2703</a></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"<em>the two sat there and layed naked on top of each other"</em><span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Him: now that we are finally here on top of each other, what kind of house do you think would be nice? Her: oh I don't know, a townhouse seems nice" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ksefbr/what_were_weird_myths_you_thought_about_sex_as_a/gigoc65?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">tastelessryan</a></p>Gushing
<p>"That you just put your di** inside a woman and then the sperm starts flowing continuously, like pee."</p><p>"Oh and that you actually have to push the sperm out yourself, like pee. You learn to do that when you get old enough."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ksefbr/what_were_weird_myths_you_thought_about_sex_as_a/gifjf32?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">minigopher</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Biblical Mechanisms
<p>"I thought you literally could not have sex before marriage. It couldn't happen. The vagina would reject the penis like water and oil." -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ksefbr/what_were_weird_myths_you_thought_about_sex_as_a/gifies0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ImInJeopardy</a><span></span></p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"I din't think this but I thought you could only get a girl pregnant if you were married."</p><p style="margin-left: 20px;">"Little did I know, I was born a good 8 months before my parents got married!" -- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ksefbr/what_were_weird_myths_you_thought_about_sex_as_a/gifixlm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">jjgp1112</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Utterly Grotesque
<p>"I thought sperm were the size of tadpoles."</p><p>"I thought they shot out and filled up the condom like a water balloon and you would be able to see and hear them slithering and wriggling around."</p><p>"Needless to say I was scared of sexual maturity for a while."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ksefbr/what_were_weird_myths_you_thought_about_sex_as_a/gifmrq1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">FractitiousBetaMale</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
The Warmest Condom Ever
<p>"I heard about sheepskin or lambskin condoms when I was a kid and for some reason imagined a guy wrapping one of my rabbit pelts around his member and trying to get that into a woman."</p><p>"Never occurred to me they'd just use the skin and not the whole hide."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ksefbr/what_were_weird_myths_you_thought_about_sex_as_a/gifr14z?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">BobaFettuccine</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A Major Miscalculation
<p>"I always thought homosexual meant that you like to have sex at home. I was trying to sound cool at summer camp when I was around 12 so I told everyone I was homosexual."</p><p>"All of the girls started hanging out with me and I thought all the guys were avoiding me because they were jealous."</p><p>"Realized my mistake later in the summer and never went back to that camp or talked to anyone there again."</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Many blessings
<p>One of my best friends growing up was Mormon. Luckily she had enough sexual education to understand how babies were made. She did, however, tell me about a distant cousin of hers who was so sheltered that she had absolutely no concept that sex existed at all. She and her husband both had no idea how to make babies. They thought married couples just had to pray to God to get pregnant, and they had no idea they were supposed to physically do anything. </p><div id="taboola-mid-article-1x1" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>They never had sex. After a year of "trying" (the prayer thing) they asked their bishop for spiritual guidance and what they were doing wrong, why God would not bless them with a child... And the bishop then had a very awkward sex talk with these adult people. Imagine, after a year of marriage, finding out from your bishop that you were supposed to be putting your WHAT in her WHAT!?!</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/floatingwithobrien/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">floatingwithobrien</a><span style="background-color: initial;"></span></p>
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Food baby
<p>I thought eating a lot of food until you got fat got you pregnant, this was reinforced when people said they have a 'food baby'.</p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SolomonKhalifa/" target="_blank">SolomonKhalifa</a><span style="background-color: initial;"></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Kiss
<p><br>Thought that babies were made by the kiss at the wedding. As in, you may kiss the bride, boom, pregnant. Also thought that you weren't allowed to kiss until marriage and this was why.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/_spaceman_spliff/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">_spaceman_spliff</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Butt what?
<p>My friend told me when we were 7 that having sex was touching buts with a girl. Accidentally touched buts with a girl in the pool later and thought I had had sex. Took me a few years to figure it out.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/J_avenue_/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">J_avenue_</a><span style="background-color: initial;"></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Blushing
<p><br>I saw the episode of Seinfeld where George wanted to have makeup sex. I thought they meant makeup as in the beauty products you put on your face. When he was struggling to open the condom, I thought it was the pack of foundation he couldn't open. So nine year old me thought that people smeared makeup all over each other during sex.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/fastfood12/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">fastfood12</a><span style="background-color: initial;"></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Time table
<p>My parents had six kids, all of us almost exactly two years apart. The logical 10yo me deduced that my parents had sex once - on their wedding night - and then the babies just started coming every two years.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ClimbAndRunAndStuff/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ClimbAndRunAndStuff</a><span style="background-color: initial;"></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_15" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Found Her
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDUyOTQ2NS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0NTg0MjQ3NH0.BPPABFbR0OPAJRfFCLRIDWeS4EX3N3DDmTHxW0PuMFw/img.gif?width=980" id="75fe8" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="a1ae9c2dc06a68f3b25f4fdb3e1722f8" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="245" data-height="164" />richard gere gotta love this film GIFGiphy<p>When I was in Amsterdam I did a red light tour, and the tour guide told us how when he was young and inexperienced he 'shopped around' the windows for a while, found the beautiful woman he'd ever seen, and kept coming back until he worked up his nerve. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Eventually he went in, stayed in there talking to her until about 4 in the morning, then she took him back to her place, that was nine years before he told us the story and they'd been together since then. She still worked as a sex worker and he was so open about everything, it was really interesting to get such an outlook from a tour guide.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jbh21v/sex_workers_of_reddit_have_you_ever_fallen_in/g8vxxc5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">hylianhermit</a></p>
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Happily Ever....
<p>Not the SW, but the partner of one.</p><p>I was going through a stressful time in my life and things weren't working out the way I had hoped. I was single and was always making time for other people and never felt like I was getting what I wanted in life. I knew nothing about sex workers at the time, and had never seen one before. I did some research for about a month or so and came across this girl's ad. She seemed legit and from what I could see in her pictures, attractive. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I booked her and was beyond nervous-scared leading up to the appointment. When the day came I went over and the cutest girl ever opened the door and welcomed me in. We talked about ourselves pretty much the entire night. I had only intended for this to be a one-time deal since it's so expensive! But, I decided to see her a few more times. I noticed she started letting me overstay my appointment time more each visit and I started getting suspicious. I didn't know if this was normal, or if she was into me. </p>
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<p>I liked her a lot, but I figured this was her job and she probably just wanted to keep me, a steady income, around. She started doing other favors like making me dinner and my mind started going crazy and had to know what was going on. So I confessed that I liked her and hoped that was okay, and asked her to clarify what she had been doing, and what it meant.</p><p>Turns out she totally had feelings for me! We decided to date and now we're getting married! </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jbh21v/sex_workers_of_reddit_have_you_ever_fallen_in/g8w5ycn?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">otter_07</a></p>
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Trapped
<p>Really happy for the fairy tales people are telling here, but these stories don't end well often.</p><p>I had a second degree cousin who was a sex worker in Brazil. Started doing it since her father left her sick mother without a penny and she was a very beautiful girl. Worked as a sex worker for a few years and ended up meeting a Spanish tourist when she was 22 or 21. The guy was prince charming himself. Came back to Brazil a few months after meeting her to marry her and take her to Spain. Was really kind with the entire family, flooded everyone with gifts and sounded like a genuine nice guy.</p><p>A few months passed after their marriage and things seem fine, she gets to visit the family, sends updates constantly. Out of nowhere, silence. She completely disappears for years. It was the 90s, before cellphones or social networks. Her mother tried to reach the police, but it was useless. After around 8 or 9 years of silence, she calls back.</p><p>According to her, the guy was extremely jealous and abusive. The first signs were weird, but nothing terrifying, in her opinion. But things got worse, with physical and psychological violence, forbidding her of leaving the house until it turned into a situation where she was completely locked off the external world.</p>
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<p>She ended up running away from home after many tries and took refugee on a church. While living at that church, she remembered one of her cousin's phone number - one of the few she memorized - and managed to call the family back. Most of us thought she was dead by then. That was in 2004, she had been missing since 95~96.</p><p>Now she is married and living in Spain with a regular man she met at the church. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jbh21v/sex_workers_of_reddit_have_you_ever_fallen_in/g8w0f75?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">aureliano_babilonia_</a></p>
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4 Years In
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Caretaker
<p>God, this was years ago when I was 21 but it brings back a lot of emotions even now. One of my regulars was a disabled gentleman in his 50s. He had broken his spine in an industrial accident and was paralyzed from the chest down. He'd gotten a large settlement and invested in property including his beautiful accessible cabin on the lake. He'd pay for me to spend weekends with him there as well as trips to the coast and the casino where he would give me money to play slots or see a show while he played cards. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>He was kind and funny and had a comforting nature. I had bad experiences with men, but his disability made him vulnerable and open in a way that moved me and put me at ease. I even learned some of his care routines so I could be with him for longer periods.</p><p>He died when he developed a clot in his leg that broke free and got into his lungs. I didn't find out until 2 weeks afterward. His passing really shook me. I thought I had distance. I didn't realize how much I cared for him until he was gone. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jbh21v/sex_workers_of_reddit_have_you_ever_fallen_in/g8viiu5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">AdeptRemove3</a></p>
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Dawn
<p>Related only, but one of my friends with unlimited business expenses was hosting in NYC clients from London. That night ended up at a strip club across the street from my home, and $1000 dollars in lap dance tickets ($20 each) in the middle of the table.</p><p>I tried one, not my thing, so I pocketed 3 of the tickets as souvenirs.</p><div id="taboola-mid-article-1x1" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>A year later, my nephew was visiting me as he turned 21, so I gave him the 3 tickets and sent him to the strip club. He did not return, but called at 8AM. "I'm making breakfast over at Dawn's place"</p><p>They went out for a few months. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jbh21v/sex_workers_of_reddit_have_you_ever_fallen_in/g8vx9qd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">StickyCarpet</a></p>
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The Bikie
<p>A friend's sister and her friend were/are sex workers. They both fell in love with the same customer. The bloke was a biker and I'm pretty sure they loved the free drugs he gave them, not him. They had a huge blow out over this guy and basically didn't take long before they stopped communicating.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>They both confessed their love for him and he cut ties with both because he wanted to spend more time with his wife.</p><p><strong><em>Edit for non-Aussie's:</em></strong> Outlaws in Australia once upon a time rode on motorcycles and were/are heavily involved in crime syndicates. We call them bikies (buy-keys) (Australian accent) or singular (buy-key) (Australian accent). </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jbh21v/sex_workers_of_reddit_have_you_ever_fallen_in/g8vhida?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">drbai</a></p>
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A Good Man
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDUyOTQ3NC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY3MjAyNzA3Mn0.t9PckH0TTW2L5UYBGBuZ5dFldboHDSKBPqPkFP5351g/img.gif?width=980" id="2141d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="7ee6ca6a66729395dfe8b1282333acf3" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="350" data-height="226" />ryan gosling friend GIFGiphy<p>I worked as a stripper and fell in love with the manager. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I saw girls always fawning over him- leaving some tips on stage so he would bring them back to the dressing room and they could flirt with him. I assumed it was a phase and tried to ignore my feelings. At the time I was suffering from chronic pain and an eating disorder. He just cared so much and went out of his way to help. We've now been married for 15 years and have three children.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jbh21v/sex_workers_of_reddit_have_you_ever_fallen_in/g8vvgu0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sanityandespresso</a></p>
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"Lonny"
<p>Using my throwaway. I was a sugar baby the moment I turned 18. Started having sex with a 60 year old doctor. I was poor so the constant showering of gifts, money, dinners, vacations, and clothes, I guess made me fall in love with him. All I would think about was "Lonny" (fake name) and what amazing thing Lonny had planned for us that day.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_15" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>One day I get a call from Lonny and he tells me, we can't see each other anymore because he had caught feelings for me. I took this as my opportunity to tell him how I felt and I really thought we would get married. He then told me, "I can't be in love with a girl like you, so I have to let you go and move on to another girl I don't have feelings for." I was broken and depressed for a long time. I ended up using some of the money he gave me for therapy and eventually I got over it.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jbh21v/sex_workers_of_reddit_have_you_ever_fallen_in/g8vfhkv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">thowaway3618</a></p>
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I Was Wrong
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDUyOTQ3OS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMTgwNjYzOH0.QaeHIUlqDRC6Nh_nifYwA4-9GbEAOlW2p6_8kYRR5Pg/img.gif?width=980" id="f9e54" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="e6dd2540ecd8cb96b9c0e839d6da9c71" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="270" />Julia Roberts Shopping GIF by SundanceTVGiphy<p>I'll start with my story to get the ball rolling. Former sex worker. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_17" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>When I was 18 I began seeing a married man in his early 40s who treated me with respect, genuinely listened and helped me with my school, and we hung out a lot too without having sex. After about 3 months of seeing him almost everyday I started to become attached. Then one day I told him that I thought I was in love with him and he told me, "I still love my wife. I only keep you around for...." I was DEVASTATED and never saw him again.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jbh21v/sex_workers_of_reddit_have_you_ever_fallen_in/g8veby9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">m033118b</a></p>
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John
<p>I've never used the term john, just client. While I haven't fallen head over heels for a client, I definitely have a few clients that I love. It might weird them out so I wouldn't tell them, but it's the truth. You meet some very interesting, caring people in my line of work. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jbh21v/sex_workers_of_reddit_have_you_ever_fallen_in/g8vqhkb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> janejupiter</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/janejupiter/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_19" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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I Miss Him
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDU1NzE1NS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0OTEyMjE4NX0.ypjTjJAkvCU5GXfFsMMdjKtaMu0q98t4XnZLh-1uS7Y/img.gif?width=980" id="973ef" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="dc5c52b036ee5b6a80c29c504a1853bf" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="440" data-height="342" />Cats Chibi GIFGiphy<p>Never fallen in love with a client, but I do love some of them. My first ever in person client, and favorite regular is an absolute sweetheart and has a lot of the same kinks as I do, seeing him has the same excitement to it as hooking up with a hot friend. We had to cancel our last session because of lockdown and I miss him a lot. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jbh21v/sex_workers_of_reddit_have_you_ever_fallen_in/g8vu4s9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BecciBeyond</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_20" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Getting to know you.....
<p>I worked as a dancer in LA and I met my husband at the club I worked at. We got married last year and have a 2 year old :) We are madly in love and no one knows how we actually met haha. Our life is beautiful together :)</p><p>Most people don't realize most of sex work is actually just getting to know someone very intimately. Lots of clients just want to talk, to have a bond, to forget something. Sometimes that bond is simply business but its no surprise that people do fall in love 💓. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jbh21v/sex_workers_of_reddit_have_you_ever_fallen_in/g8vtoda?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> reallyskinnyleg</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_21" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Friendship
<p>I was a regular customer of a camgirl back some time ago. After few stints I gradually started telling her not to take off her clothes and just talk to me, I loved her personality. She gave me her skype, and I thought, ok, and after one or two skype meetings I asked her for her paypal to transfer the money. She was pretty angry because she thought this was a friendship or a dating call and she said she liked my weirdness and general demeanor. We continued skyping for some 2 months more, and now we are actually friends! </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jbh21v/sex_workers_of_reddit_have_you_ever_fallen_in/g8vtgca?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">MessedUpVoyeur</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_22" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Obsession
<p>Married the guy that was obsessed with me, came to the strip club I worked at every shift I worked for like 8 months until I finally went out with him. Married 15 years, now getting divorced. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jbh21v/sex_workers_of_reddit_have_you_ever_fallen_in/g8w757p?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trailerparkqueen</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_23" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Dance of the Lap
<p>Yes but I never really considered him a "John" He was a "regular" but he would just come in the club and we would have great conversations and would pay for a dance just to be polite since I was working but really didn't even want a lap dance. He isn't a lap dance guy, just has grown up with art scene people so enjoyed certain types of strippers and found them interesting, and a great way to take a break from his now corporate life. We quickly became more friends outside of work and if he came in while I was working it would be expected he pay me for my time but he had the money to spend so he didn't care.</p><p>Then eventually we started going on dates and we became official and he would just drop me off at the club on the way to work and pick me up after. A year later we moved across the country together and we're coming up on 2 yrs. we haven't fought once and very happy. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jbh21v/sex_workers_of_reddit_have_you_ever_fallen_in/g8wck9o?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">srirachaliving</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_24" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Client
<p>As someone that dated a sex worker, I just want to let any clients and potential clients know: sure. This happens. But it is very <em>very</em> rare, and if you are ever starting to get the feeling that she is into you, there is about a one in ten million chance that she actually is. It just means that she's doing her job well, and that you as a client are not. It's their job to make it feel real. It's your job to remember it isn't. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jbh21v/sex_workers_of_reddit_have_you_ever_fallen_in/g8w94r0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BotchedAttempt</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_25" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Benefits
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDU1NzE3My9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1MDYyOTE1NH0.wEWJBhTs0rmzWcxJr36HIYvXNb83HGSAh8QS9uhKem8/img.gif?width=980" id="42e19" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="689c04f6c5f18d3e8de0adaa0488a65e" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="250" data-height="188" />Jimmy Fallon Hay GIFGiphy<p>One of my closest friends started out buying content and Skype shows. We now talk on a daily basis and have visited each other several times. As a matter of fact he'll be coming to see me in a couple weeks! We have sex and say we love each other and ultimately we are kinky pals. I would call it a casual long distance relationship as we are not pursuing anything different but are appreciative of our place in each other's lives. We say we are bffs with benefits. 😌</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_26" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Like the Movies
<p>I had to travel out of the country to attend my sister's wedding. The best man was my ex-fiancé (he dumped me) so I couldn't stand the thought of going alone. So I hired an escort to go with me and pretend to be my boyfriend. But he ended up being the most wonderful man and we fell in love. Worth every penny. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jbh21v/sex_workers_of_reddit_have_you_ever_fallen_in/g8vihyp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">smirking_hazel</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_27" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Happily Ever
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDU1NzE2My9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMzgxNDU2N30.a0oY8_jlXTO3rJNMIkxlKAWOyjNKp9TBzSGxMynZnkY/img.gif?width=980" id="97f7c" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="27f4b2db8a47ae20e5e75a4a3e77aaca" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="342" data-height="480" />Love Story Wedding GIF by angiecandellGiphy<p>I'll keep it short and sweet.</p><p>I was at work when we met. I quit working and found another job shortly after. We've been together ever since. He turned out to be the love of my life. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jbh21v/sex_workers_of_reddit_have_you_ever_fallen_in/g8vsms5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">tooshkaboosh</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_28" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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People Break Down Which Things Were Designed For One Sex But Are Predominantly Used By The Other
August 13 | 2020
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Gender marketing has gradually become yesterday's news and was often criticized for its sexism due to an increased awareness of consumers refusing to be categorized.
While pink and blue products are the colors often associated with girls and boys respectively, a variety of manufacturers have begun to shun this outdated perception by embracing neutrality.
<p>We still have a ways to go.</p><p>But did you realize that certain products that are specifically designed for use by one gender didn't always start that way?</p><p rel="dofollow">For example, high heels were originally designed for men. </p><p rel="dofollow">We have become socialized to only expect seeing female models – and the finest drag queens – high-stepping in their stilettos. However, its origins can be traced back to <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/heels-history-men" rel="dofollow" target="_blank">15th century</a> Persia when soldiers wore them to secure their footing in stirrups.</p><p><strong>That and other interesting bit of trivia came to surface when Redditor <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/hodgepodge282/" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow" target="_blank">hodgepodge282 asked:</a></strong><br></p><blockquote rel="dofollow"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i7ulmb/whats_something_that_was_designed_for_the_use_of/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" rel="dofollow" target="_blank">"What's something that was designed for the use of one sex but is now predominantly used by the other?"</a></blockquote>
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Old Spice
<p>"Old Spice was launched by Shulton Inc. in 1937. William Lightfoot Schultz was inspired by his mother's potpourri and as a result, the first Old Spice product in 1937 was a woman's scent called Early American Old Spice. The product was received well, and therefore followed with Old Spice for men in 1938."</p><p rel="dofollow">– <a target="_blank" rel="dofollow" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i7ulmb/whats_something_that_was_designed_for_the_use_of/g15pcca?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x">just-an-uber-driver</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>"I LOVE OLD SPICE (and I am female). My husband and i share deodorants. I'm hoping one day Old Spice will make a line for women (Sea Hag, Forest Witch, something tough and not floofy like Lavender Flower Blossom or something)"</p><p>"I didn't know Old Spice used to be for women. RECLAIM OLD SPICE." </p><p rel="dofollow">– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i7ulmb/whats_something_that_was_designed_for_the_use_of/g16ejde?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" rel="dofollow" target="_blank"></a><a target="_blank" rel="dofollow">FlyingCatLady</a><br></p>
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Tissue
<p>"I remember reading somewhere that Kleenex was made for ladies to remove their makeup, but their husbands were blowing their noses in them. And now we all blow our noses in them."</p><p rel="dofollow">– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i7ulmb/whats_something_that_was_designed_for_the_use_of/g15sc1w?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" rel="dofollow" target="_blank"></a><a target="_blank" rel="dofollow">chicken_and_toast</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Marlboro
<p>"Filtered cigarettes in general, but Marlboro made the biggest leap in terms of gendered marketing. Once that whole conspiracy theory came out that like cigarettes are idk bad for you or something and more people switched to filtered cigarettes (it's filtered, that means it's good for you!) was around the time the the salt of the earth classic American Marlboro Man came into existence, trying to distance the brand from its previously woman focused advertisements."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/grundlebiter/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">grundlebiter</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Stirrups
<p>"Those leg stirrups they use at the gynocologist were invented for removing <del>kidney</del> bladder stones in men. They used to cut from below the testicles and cut right through the prostate. It had a very low survival rate and was not approved by the medical profession."</p><p>"The original hippocratic oath had a section on 'not cutting for stone' meaning they swore not to surgically remove the stones because of it. They later removed that section of the oath, otherwise a bunch of urologists would be out of a job."</p><p rel="dofollow">– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i7ulmb/whats_something_that_was_designed_for_the_use_of/g1576zc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" rel="dofollow" target="_blank"></a><a target="_blank" rel="dofollow">Winterplatypus</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Heels
<p>"Heels if i remember correctly."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i7ulmb/whats_something_that_was_designed_for_the_use_of/g143w9s?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" rel="dofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/boompewkablam/" target="_blank" rel="dofollow"></a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i7ulmb/whats_something_that_was_designed_for_the_use_of/g143w9s?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" rel="dofollow" target="_blank">boompewkablam</a></p><p>"That's correct; high heels were originally made for butchers to wear (who were mostly men) so that they could keep their feet clean of any blood from slaughtering animals."</p><p rel="dofollow">– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i7ulmb/whats_something_that_was_designed_for_the_use_of/g14h58d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" rel="dofollow" target="_blank"></a><a target="_blank" rel="dofollow">Vinny_Lam</a></p><p>"The Ford Mustang. It was supposed to be a car with a big trunk to you could fit all the groceries in it. There was even an ad or article stating that you can own a mustang that matches the color of your lipstick. Makes sense why a lot of old mustangs are red."</p><p rel="dofollow">– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i7ulmb/whats_something_that_was_designed_for_the_use_of/g15fz0d?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" rel="dofollow" target="_blank"></a><a target="_blank" rel="dofollow">Hey_I_Work_Here</a><br></p>
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<p>"Victoria's Secret was originally supposed to be a place for men to buy lingerie for their wives and not feel embarrassed, but now it's almost exclusively shopped at by women."</p><p rel="dofollow">– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i7ulmb/whats_something_that_was_designed_for_the_use_of/g14neuz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" rel="dofollow" target="_blank"></a><a target="_blank" rel="dofollow">Shuckles116</a><br></p>
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<p>"Croptops. A football thing, initially."</p><p rel="dofollow">– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i7ulmb/whats_something_that_was_designed_for_the_use_of/g15fk73?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" rel="dofollow" target="_blank"></a><a target="_blank" rel="dofollow">callyjohnwell<br></a></p><p rel="dofollow">"Like young Johnny Depp in Nightmare on Elms?"</p><p rel="dofollow">– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i7ulmb/whats_something_that_was_designed_for_the_use_of/g15tpkf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" rel="dofollow" target="_blank"></a><a target="_blank" rel="dofollow">mulledfox</a><br></p>
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<p>"Skirts/dresses used to be for both men and women since they're much easier to make than pants. It didn't really switch from being for one gender to the other, one gender just stopped using them."</p><p rel="dofollow">– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i7ulmb/whats_something_that_was_designed_for_the_use_of/g15hodw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" rel="dofollow" target="_blank"></a><a target="_blank" rel="dofollow">ben_g0</a><br></p>
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Sometimes... he's just not that into you. It's a difficult truth to undertake, but we've all been there. Rejection in the amorous department is a killer and it never gets easier, but we'll all survive. What has been become more difficult is the acceptance of the delivery of the rejection. Why do grown men feel the need to be children.... sorry, I mean ghosts? We may finally get some answers. Just say what you feel. Be a human being.
Redditor u/bzctz827 wanted all the men out there to give us some inside scoop, reasons and hard truths about the state of relations today.... by asking.... Men who ghosted women for seemingly "no reason", what was actually your reason?
Let's all get some vodka and reconvene.
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All that she wants....
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzU1MDEyNi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyMzI1MTgwN30.jWRTll3G0onmCOxEX9lNHv6AVoyA0QUTImReQXDESQw/img.gif?width=980" id="af42b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c11357c38e2cc3efc1dd21914c5fb64a" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="360" />Awkward Nick Jonas GIF by Jonas BrothersGiphy<p>She only talked to me when she wanted something, and it was always when she needed emotional support, but then was curiously absent when I'd ask the same. Was just exhausting and I didn't want to go through the effort of explaining it to her.... it wouldn't have changed anything. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i75sht/men_who_ghosted_women_for_seemingly_no_reason/g0zw1fe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Forgotten___User</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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We'll See
<p>She never mentioned that she had a kid prior to the date then spent the whole date texting the baby daddy.</p><p>Openly disparaged my profession despite knowing it from day one.</p><p>And the kicker, casually mentioned that she was "afraid because as more brown people moved into the area there was more kidnappings happening in the local Walmart" (no kidnapping had been reported in the last 12 months).</p><p>So yea I never talked to her again, though I didn't exactly imply I was going to after that date anyway more of a "we'll see." </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i75sht/men_who_ghosted_women_for_seemingly_no_reason/g10n6cq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank"> zeplock22</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/zeplock22/" target="_blank"></a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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BLOCK!
<p>She simply wouldn't accept that I broke up with her. The onslaught of texts and voice mails begging for me to take her back followed up by her calling me every name in the book just adds up you know? So for my own sanity I had to block her number and through any other forms of communication. I got many, many more notices of a block number trying to text or call me for two weeks after that. Then it all stopped. I regret nothing, ghosting was the only way I could get away from that. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i75sht/men_who_ghosted_women_for_seemingly_no_reason/g10mynl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">goddamnitgoose</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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One Way Out
<p>I realized I was doing all the talking/asking all the questions to get to know her. Having a one-way conversation is exhausting and that's why I hate online dating so much. Why bother matching if you're not going to contribute anything? </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i75sht/men_who_ghosted_women_for_seemingly_no_reason/g107stp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">monty_kurns</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"oh, i don't like to"
<p>She was $200k+ in debt</p><p>She had a chronic medical condition that was manageable but would require me to change my lifestyle if things got serious.</p><p>She had a phobia of talking on the phone, not just "oh, i don't like to" but actually talking on the phone could induce PTSD. Texting was fine.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>These are things you deal with if they come up when you're already committed, but i didn't want to sign up for all that after just 1 date. I couldn't think of a polite reason to tell her because we did have matching personalities, besides that other stuff. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i75sht/men_who_ghosted_women_for_seemingly_no_reason/g100u9t?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">NO_FIX_AUTOCORRECT</a></p>
First Date Issues
<p>The first date was weird. It was fine at first. I met her on a dating site. She was a little different looking then her pic but I was ok with it. After a movie we went to a bar in NYC. I went to the bathroom and when I came back to our table there was a different woman there. It was her best friend who had shadowed us and asked a ton of questions.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p> After I passed the 'test' they took me to an underground hookah bar in the village. I don't like cigarettes let alone what everyone was smoking. I hung out for a bit and left politely. I should have texted back the times she texted me but I was young and inconsiderate. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i75sht/men_who_ghosted_women_for_seemingly_no_reason/g1059kb?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Scoob1978</a></p>
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So Messy....
<p>Oh man early 20's I was just bad at this.</p><p>One girl first date she seemed way to overly assumptive. I'm not saying she named the kids yet, but I got the impressions she was running names. That one turned into a bit of a stalker situation.</p><p>Was sober the next morning and decided I couldn't do that to a friend. That turned into a messy situation as well.</p><p>She was a stripper, I wasn't adult enough yet to say I really like you but I don't know how to manage that aspect of your life. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i75sht/men_who_ghosted_women_for_seemingly_no_reason/g107fqf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">tdasnowman</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
Break the Fever
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"cyber sex"
<p>An ex coworker texted me and I thought it was cool because she always seemed really nice and I thought she was really attractive. This was before you could text images so "cyber sex" as they called it in the golden age of digital perversion was telling each other what you'd like to do to them and they describe how they're reacting, what they're wearing, etc. A text version of a hot Facetime date. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>Anyway as things get more heated with this girl she starts working in yard maintenance equipment to the point that she only lets me describe her as if she's grass and I'm a lawn mower and I'm using all these tools to pleasure her. It just gets too weird for me so I cut her off completely and won't respond to anything she texts me. She keeps texting me for about a month the I suppose she realized I wasn't interested anymore.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i75sht/men_who_ghosted_women_for_seemingly_no_reason/g10k62x?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">InvalidToasterPastry</a></p>
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be cool....
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Can't Feel It
<p>I have bonding issues caused by how I was raised by my parents. </p><p>(<em><strong>Edit: </strong></em>I read this again. Its a strong affection rather than a cause)</p><p>Wen things start to get going and I start to feel genuine affection, I get a strong gut feeling that I have to leave immediately, I will get burnt. And it will hurt so much that I will die.</p><p>I am doing therapy and I hope I will conquer the fear. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i75sht/men_who_ghosted_women_for_seemingly_no_reason/g10tlpa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">MrMeszaros</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Job Hunting
<p>Every time she texted me, it was pretty much just to complain about her job. That didn't justify me ghosting her though. I still feel bad. We were probably around 4 months. I asked her out probably a week after texting and then a few weeks later. Both times she said she would rather keep texting for a while. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i75sht/men_who_ghosted_women_for_seemingly_no_reason/g0zwu4c?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">casual-ostrich</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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disconnect
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzU2MjI1Ni9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzMjMyNTMxMX0.8A9d1JosHTvkAkp2A4eKcPdSfdsGJ-XfNCXJ_QA8TGI/img.gif?width=980" id="4e86b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="e67ebec4039f9c1a4a679a636ecba294" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="498" data-height="280" />old man no GIFGiphy<p>She barely said a word on the first date, and I tried to pull conversation out of her. Also felt no connection whatsoever. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i75sht/men_who_ghosted_women_for_seemingly_no_reason/g10hm8q?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">rtfan12</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Gotta go... go... GO!
<p>We both had recently gone through breakups and were just meeting for sex. Then she told me her boyfriend left her because she slipped him GHB thinking that he would find it sexy, she didn't see what was wrong with that and then pulled out a damn mason jar full of it to show me. I literally left when she was in the bathroom and never texted/called back. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i75sht/men_who_ghosted_women_for_seemingly_no_reason/g10rhvt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">Turnbob73</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Feelings Lost
<p>Was into this girl she was a few years older. She wanted something casual so I went with it. After a while I noticed I had developed some feelings, told her about it. She said we should no longer continue but can be friends.</p><p>I was down with it. But then I found out she had lied to me about having a boyfriend. She had a boyfriend the entire time, and I had made it very clear to her numerous times I wanted nothing to do with her if she was in a relationship.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_15" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>I felt so wrong. I have been cheated on in the past, and I never wanted to be part of an affair. She tried to blame me, saying it was my fault, I should have known, and that even if I had known I still would have had sex with her because all guys are the same and only want sex.</p><p>I stopped talking to her. She's reached out a few times calling me a little fool for not wanting to be friends with her anymore. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i75sht/men_who_ghosted_women_for_seemingly_no_reason/g118qfy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">tina_the_fat_llama</a></p>
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Just Shut Up
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzU2MjMzMy9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzNDQ4Njc4OH0.-bONowd9xnzH28yWElVTuJYlH-AKoAdLemdMsu5TmQA/img.gif?width=980" id="0fd03" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="9ed0a71b1c010f9009515a2e0df0a0d3" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="412" data-height="306" />bla talking GIF by neomagazinroyaleGiphy<p>She would not stop talking. Everyday, from 8 am to 11 pm, I just had a wall of texts. I didn't even answer most of the time but she didn't seem to need a partner in the conversation. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i75sht/men_who_ghosted_women_for_seemingly_no_reason/g10xvhz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">Woodmechanic30</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_17" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"6 Months Later..."
<p>Went on a 2 dates, she made a big deal that night about waiting to sleep together. The next morning I get a phone call that my father passed away... little foggy for a few months after that with depression and so on. 6 months later I realized that I never called her back, but didn't matter during that time I lost my phone and all contacts. Now it's been a few years, and the funny thing is I was just thinking about that before I read this question. </p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i75sht/men_who_ghosted_women_for_seemingly_no_reason/g11gc8u?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Grandkai09</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_18" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Making it Weird....
<p>My ex-girlfriend wouldn't stop texting or calling me when I told her we were done. I had tried to be nice and be friendly after we broke up but she just couldn't accept the message that we were done, so eventually I just told her that there was absolutely nothing left for us to discuss and that since she couldn't seem to leave me alone I had to block her and not respond to her in any way.</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_19" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>She told our mutual friends that I "ghosted her" for absolutely no reason and with no warning and a bunch of them ended up hating me, including my best friend's girlfriend who was the one who had originally introduced us. It was super awkward for a while.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i75sht/men_who_ghosted_women_for_seemingly_no_reason/g10lf8t?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">doesntevercomment123</a></p>
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Glenn Close is that you?
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yMzU2MjM0NS9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1NTUwNTM0MH0.zZJP7JIlYP4o5e0mwawEcE-Tgk-cxXJsJNeYaORynlA/img.gif?width=980" id="c215c" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="c34bc71103345faeab7923087f6c6eb2" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="250" data-height="300" />glenn close GIFGiphy<p>She dyed her hair my fav color after one date and told my friends how much she was into me. Also started bawling to me that I was considerate enough to call and say I'd be late as her ex never did. There was too much obsession and damage done. She later showed up at my house looking for me and insisted I was home when I wasn't as she stole a pair of my shoes. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i75sht/men_who_ghosted_women_for_seemingly_no_reason/g10n5gc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer dofollow">HoboBandit82</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_21" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"who you are?"
<p>Basically wouldn't ghost unless she showed a complete lack of respect for my time.</p><p>I've left from a date and ghosted because she was 45 min late, and texted asking me to wait because she was still on another date.</p><p>I also don't mess around with women who don't look like their profile picture. </p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_22" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>This isn't a vanity thing, its about lying about something as basic as "who you are" and typically is a sign she's got self esteem issues she's trying to fix by getting a man. I never ghosted these women flat out but i made an excuse not to see them again. If they tried to guilt me into dating them, then I'd ghost.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i75sht/men_who_ghosted_women_for_seemingly_no_reason/g10ykkx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Ol_Man_Rambles</a></p>
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Washing windows for work is the closest a person can get to professionally becoming "a fly on the wall." Those guys must see everything.
<p>A recent Reddit thread went straight to the source. The window cleaners of the internet were asked to share the most bizarre things they've ever witnessed on the job.</p><p>Biggest common theme of the thread? Sex and nudity. A LOT of different versions of both. </p><p>Of course, most of the people seen regretted being caught with whatever they were doing. (Most, but not all.) However, these window washer stories conveyed another encouraging truth: they're at work and they have very little interest in blabbing about what they just saw. </p><p>camelreiter asked, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i4edw2/window_cleaners_of_reddit_what_are_your_stories/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">"Window cleaners of Reddit, what are your stories you witnessed on the job?"</a></p>
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The Naked Truce
<p>"So I was on a ten story, early in the morning, first drop of the day. Top floor, naked man, nothing but a teal eye mask on, not my thing. Next floor, naked woman in her kitchen, 80, looked like a puppet out of a Genesis video. Also not my thing."</p><p>"About an hour or two later, elsewhere on the building, an older woman offers me some cookies out a window. I see that the initial woman is kinda hiding in the shadows." </p><p>"She felt bad about flashing me and went to her friend's apartment to give me cookies. That was a weird day."</p><p>"Never saw anything I particularly wanted to though."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i4edw2/window_cleaners_of_reddit_what_are_your_stories/g0htjv6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">monkeyamongmen</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Sabotage
<p>"I worked retail and once a month a window cleaner lady would come in and clean the store windows. She told me that one time she was cleaning the windows from the inside of the Apple store and a man walks by and licks the outside part of the window she was cleaning."</p><p>"She was upset since she had already cleaned it and would have to clean it again, but responded by telling the man, "Good thing I haven't cleaned that side.' " </p><p>"The man got upset and went to look for a manager."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i4edw2/window_cleaners_of_reddit_what_are_your_stories/g0iqpff?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">maytswizzle</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Pornographic Elephant in the Room
<p>"I'm at this bank. I'm always doing the outside first then inside. Everyone usually pay us no attention but when they notice we are washing the outside window they shut down Facebook or amazon and open a blank spreadsheet."</p><p>"Not even a project just a blank spreadsheet."</p><p>"Anyway, usually when I cast a shadow or bang my wool brush against a window they look around and do the 'I was working I swear' dance, but I do this to the bank managers window and hes completely unphased. I think oh maybe hes actually doing work and thus unafraid. </p><p>"But then my squeegee comes around and I see what hes locked into."</p><p>"Clown porno."</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>"I now think 'oh please don't notice me now' then it happens. My squeegee jumps across the window and the manager looses it."</p><p>"He jumps up and hit both knees on the desk. He can't decide between nursing his legs or turning off the porn so left handed he's trying to turn it off. Minimizes and there's more videos."</p><p>"He looks back at me and tries to cover his face. He mashes the keyboard and now i can hear it through the window. He dives and pulls the chord and he just lays there."</p><p>"I move away continuing my work as I realize... I gotta go in there. I do the entire rest of the bank before this office. I prepare for the worst, an entitled angry response or a super awkward run out of the room." </p><p>"But he looks up, smiles, asks what he can do for me to day, (just here to get the windows), thanks me, looks at his watch and says hes got a meeting and leaves."</p><p>"It was crazy casual, and i get the dude had his kink and clearly comfortable with it, but the casualness was completely unnerving after watching a dude dive headfirst into his desk."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i4edw2/window_cleaners_of_reddit_what_are_your_stories/g0i17mc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">sdmoonkeeper32</a></p>
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Not Seen, But Felt
<p>"Not a window cleaner, but my mom used to work on the top floor of a 32 floor building and there were some window cleaners a couple of floors down. My mom heard alarms going off in the building suddenly and she didn't know what was happening but it seemed bad."</p><p>"A few hours later she found out that the wind was so bad that day that the window cleaners where getting thrown around and smashing into a bunch of windows."</p><p>"Apparently the videos on the news showed them being pulled 20 ft away from the building in the heavy winds and they were just hanging on for dear life."</p><p>"They thankfully were rescued and no one got hurt, but they promptly quit."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i4edw2/window_cleaners_of_reddit_what_are_your_stories/g0ioq5g?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">Shinynales</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A Sudden Stage
<p>"Not much of a story, but you see a lot of peen. Mostly on 'accident' but also plenty of exhibitionists out there. I do lots of work in a largely gay town (seriously, more gay couples than straight)."</p><p>"They love seeing us young working guys come do their windows, and I don't blame them. Some will often will schedule us nearly weekly."</p><p>"I really don't mind it as a straight man, I find it quite flattering really. Some creepos like to show off their stuff though, and along with that i've seen plenty of full frontal nude dude art hanging on walls and what not."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i4edw2/window_cleaners_of_reddit_what_are_your_stories/g0huepg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">qtheginger</a></p>Cartoonish Office Drama
<p>"I used to work during my high-school years for my uncle's company off hours as window cleaner. One late afternoon when most employees of that office building already left, I saw a rather escalating fist fight between two employees and a rather helpless women trying to intervene a broomstick."</p><p>"One of those unreal moments of disbelieve and relieve to be the window cleaner on the other side."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i4edw2/window_cleaners_of_reddit_what_are_your_stories/g0iwz6k?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">primea123</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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And a Thrill it was
<p>"I worked mostly residential. Homes up to 3 stories or so, and small commercial places. I was doing the insides in a home working my way around and when I got to the master bathroom, the bathroom door was closed."</p><p>"Now, the homeowners were well aware that we were there and I lightly knocked on the door before going in. Hearing no response, I opened the door."</p><p>"And there he was in all his glory. 70ish year old man, naked as the day he was born except for having his head covered by his towel. He didn't hear my knock but he heard the door open and said something like 'is that you, honey?' thinking his wife had walked in." </p><p>"I was shocked and mumbled something like 'oh sorry' and quickly backed out. Ordinarily I worked from the door and went clockwise around the house but I went straight back to the front door to work counter-clockwise back to the master (giving him some time to get decent)."</p><p>"I told the wife that I had accidentally walked in on her husband as he was getting out of the shower and she was *tickled.* She told me he's deaf as a stump and probably had no idea, but she hoped I'd enjoyed my 'thrill' for the day."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i4edw2/window_cleaners_of_reddit_what_are_your_stories/g0ivrh1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">legendariel</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A Safe Haven Any Other Day
<p>"I work on a small team of only women. We usually only have like 3 people in the office on the weekends and we are on the third floor."</p><p>"My colleague decided to pump breast milk in her cubicle and just told us not to come over until she gave the okay. Not unusual."</p><p>"Right as she started pumping completely uncovered, a random window cleaner descended from above and she let out a shriek. I don't think he even noticed right away, but then we watched him quickly try to scurry away from the window. He never came back to clean those windows, lol."</p><p>-- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/i4edw2/window_cleaners_of_reddit_what_are_your_stories/g0imej0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x" target="_blank">vivid23</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
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