No it wasn’t.

*Raises hand. Raises filthy, filthy hand.

Every mention of Louis CK around here somebody says they’d bang him in a heartbeat. If anybody can think of a female equivalent I’ll buy them lunch.

So basically, men won’t allow themselves to be body-shamed.

I think we're all doing a really good job of asking the tough questions in this post.

That’s a joke, right? Gaming is more popular now than it’s ever been. It’s gotten so popular, nerds are becoming mainstream and ‘cool’. Call of Duty and Madden are staples among even the ‘dude bro’ frat guys in college, and things like World of Warcraft are known to even the most ignorant of the general public. Hell,…

(Disclosure: Game Loading features developer Zoe Quinn, who I once dated.)

Now you're just desperately reaching. It was already established she had options if she really felt threatened. The fact that she didn't take any of those options after it was shown they were just going to talk with each other and the fact that she called him afterwards proves she wasn't afraid or in danger. She sat…

I had so much to say but don't want to type it all so I'll just say this:

Actually I see at least two where it just says they were dating, not LTR or married or living together. What about the girl who threw a bowl of soup at the wall in that frat house and put chemical shit in his lotion? I'm a girl and I get the whole sisterhood thing, but come on this is ridiculous bias here.

So you're fine with chemical burns and blackmail as long as it's the guy getting his. But making a woman sit in Longhorn, oh noes! That's assault!

I feel like I should back you up and say that I see no implications of physically or verbally aggressive behavior in your story at all.

Folks in this thread are okay with taking everything from the house/the house, attempting to cause actual physical harm, using government resources to dig into private lives, etc- but KEEPING A SERIAL CHEATER AND GASLIGHTER AT A TABLE AND LEAVING HER WITH A REASONABLE TAB HAS GONE TOO, FAR, PEOPLE. Are you fucking…

What's gross is a woman hooking up with multiple guys in AOL chat rooms (Laura had several screen names) and then sleeping with them in exchange for being fed and entertained for the evening.

I knew you'd suffer a dearth of stars compared to other stories, and compared to the comment that says you were way over the line.

Not gross, no danger, don't be silly.

They were in a crowded restaurant, she wasn't in danger. They didn't tie her to the chair or threaten her, she could have easily walked out. It's gross you sympathize with someone who conned 4 or more people into a relationship.

I think you're being incredibly unfair to greenpig. 1) They were in a public place, I doubt they were going to kill her in a restaurant. 2) She was going to bail and suffer nothing for her malicious actions towards these multiple men. She deserves to be made a little uncomfortable for stringing along these four men…

When I moved to Georgia in 1995, I met a woman named Laura (not her real name) via an AOL chat room. After a few weeks, she asked if we could meet IRL. I agreed and we decided to have dinner at a local Chinese restaurant. We hit it off, and began dating, exclusively, or so I thought.

"Righteous indignation" isn't quite right.