Electoral College -- October 23, 2004
SCAR Letter #13: The Drift Wound — Claim Before She Can Choose
SCAR Letter #12: The Drift Wound — Claim Before She Can Choose Listen. Women don’t walk up to you and say, “I want you.” That will never happen. A woman puts herself in your space and waits to see whether you recognize what she’s showing you. When I was in training, there was a classmate — let’s call her Mia . We had known each other for years. We always ended up studying together. We always drifted to the same side of the room. We always found excuses to talk. She didn’t “just happen to be there.” She was choosing proximity. I didn’t know that at the time. One week she owed me a small bit of money. Nothing big, just enough that she remembered it. I told her to bring it to my place. Not because I needed the money. Because I wanted to see her. She said she would. She walked in my door with no hesitation, no awkwardness, no hovering at the threshold. She stepped straight ...
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