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“What do you mean you didn’t ask her out?”
The questioner was a man of fifty-five who went by the name of Ryan Dotson. The question was directed at his shy son, Brandon, a freshman in college who was having the kind of trouble that was typical for men. Girl trouble. More specifically, Brandon liked one enough to tell his dad about her and then came the onslaught of questions.
“I hardly know her, Dad,” Brandon argued. They were in his room having this discussion, so thankfully his mom couldn’t butt in with her own advice. If his dad proved to be less than helpful, she was Plan B. “We just have a few classes together and talked only a few times. I hardly know her name.”
“That’s a good place to start, though not necessarily the first place,” his dad replied. That answer earned a
