"All right. I'll offer you a choice. I have, emm, shall we say, certainneeds. Needs that my partner won't indulge. If you cater for theseneeds, I'll...make your debt go away, you can keep your job. You can evenhave a raise, to make your money go further. Alternatively, you cansimply leave now. I won't call the police, but you'll be on your own.What do you say?"I clutched at the lifeline I'd been offered and replied, almost withouthesitating, "I'll do it. I'll do whatever you need, just. She looked a little flushed, I asked her what was wrong. 'I was walking up the stairs when Steve stopped me' she said. Steve had moved in downstairs a few weeks before after splitting up from his wife. They had said hello in passing. 'He asked me out Jim'. 'What did you do?' I said. 'I just walked on without responding, I was mortified'. I could see an opening for some fun. 'Remember I told you a while ago you could fuck anyone you wanted?' She nodded. 'Well, do you fancy this guy?'. 'Yeah,. Thursday.”By Wednesday night, Dan couldn’t believe what was happening. His cell phone was ringing every thirty minutes or so, from people wanting to know when the pizzeria was going to open for business. He had forwarded the landline for the store to his cell phone, so that he wouldn’t miss any important calls. As he went through the last minute work of getting the store ready for business, people would stop by and look in the window.The whole staff was there for the final meeting. There was. College was different in one very important way, being a late-blooming geeky girl didn’t stop a steady stream of guys from hitting on me.In hindsight, I wonder if my no-dating policy really was the best idea. It seemed like the more guys that I told no, the more intensely other guys hit on me. It was like I was a challenge that they couldn’t resist. But I was determined to focus on my studies and get my dream job. I didn’t date anyone throughout college and graduate school.I was 24 years old.