The problem in this case was you just cant be a middle-aged virgin in America without something be wrong with you. People cant conceive of a virtue in someone else that they cant conceive in themselves. Instead of believing youre stronger, its so much easier to imagine youre weaker. Youre addicted to self-abuse. Youre a liar. People are always ready to believe the opposite of what you tell them.
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