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In the summer of 2003 I worked at a kid’s camp. We had a gymnastics program. There was one gym coach that everybody loved because he was SUCH a teddy bear but I thought he was vaguely sketchy and acted in ways that were a bit inappropriate with campers. Nothing outright WRONG, but I just thought it could give people the wrong impression.
One night we’d been drinking and he said he had this HUGE secret that was SO awful and he’d get in SO much trouble but he HAD to get it off his chest, and I totally knew that he was going to say he’d fantasized about campers. I just knew it. But I didn’t want him to tell me because that would be awkward, so I was like “dude, we’re both drunk, later when we’re sober if you still think you need to tell me, then do it.” But he kept bugging me and said I had to guess. So I told him and he was like “HOW DID YOU KNOW?” and I said I’d just noticed some behaviour.
Blah blah blah…. conversation continued… forget what else exactly, because we were drunk… but in the end I got in MASSIVE trouble for it. Basically all I’d said was, “You’re acting in ways that are slightly inappropriate, I don’t think you ARE doing anything bad but people could see it that way so watch out.” But what the rest of the staff thought was that I’d accused him of molesting campers, and how could you say that, he’s a great coach and everyone loves him, and even false accusations can ruin a career, and I was disciplined pretty severely and from then on everyone thought I was the drunken bitch.
BUT THEN THIS MORNING I READ THIS ARTICLE.
I read the headline and initial blurb, thought to myself, “ha, wouldn’t it be weird if it was that guy?” AND IT IS. My jaw hit the fucking floor.
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