One of the most embar­rass­ing things to ever hap­pen to me was when I was get­ting inti­mate with a per­son I just start­ed dat­ing. She sud­den­ly said, “I don’t think we should be doing this…”, in a sort of whiny, oper­at­ic tone.

First thought: “Uh oh”

Second thought: “Oh wait, I get it. Quick, say some­thing sexy”

First words out of mouth: “Don’t you want to?”

Third thought: “Oh god I’m an idiot”

Her response: “Just got­ta play along…”

We had­n’t known each oth­er for very long, so it’s not like the whole con­cept of role-play­ing had been pre­vi­ous­ly dis­cussed. It would­n’t have mat­tered any­way, because I’m the worst actor in the world if I’m unpre­pared. If I have a sto­ry or mind­set planned out before­hand I can act per­fect­ly, but if I have to think on the spot my mind just freezes. The hard­est part of a sit­u­a­tion like this is that I’d feel like I was tak­ing advan­tage of a girl (albeit false­ly), which is some­thing I don’t think I could even pre­tend to do.