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I can do you one better. by tex29

I had a major crush on this one girl my sophomore year of college. After our second date, she invited me up to her room.

We go up to her room, she shows me around (which takes all of 30 seconds), then I told her that I needed to get going.

She said, "okay", then gave me a big hug, started running her hands through my hair and kissed me on the cheek. So what do I do? I insist that I really need to get going. I left, and she never agreed to go out with me again.

Now for the truly painful part. I wasn't so much of a puss that I was scared to make out with her, and I wasn't too drunk to know that she wanted to make out with me. I was such a puss that I didn't want to make out with her because I was getting over a nasty chest infection and I didn't want to risk making her sick.

akaRonMexico has my permission to punch me in the face this Friday.