Thread:Lucky107/@comment-4059927-20171227100613/@comment-26358727-20171231171524

I think theatre's an interesting lead-in, but I don't think you need to try and justify that story at all. Prior to being the family man that you are now, you had a life of your own. In fact, I don't know why you aren't proud to share that story. Bear with me while I try to compose this message in a way that makes sense; sometimes I have trouble translating feelings into words that make sense to other people.

It seems to me that it would be very easy to forget, especially for the people totally wrapped up in the moment of being at a strip club, that the women on stage are real people, too. She may be dancing for money that night, but the minute she walks out the door she becomes someone's daughter, someone's sister, someone's aunt, a best friend, maybe even a wife or mother. Seeing as you entered into a relationship with her for that woman, the woman she was off the stage, suggests that there shouldn't be anymore shame in telling the story than there would be if she had worked a regular office job.

The fact that the two of you still talk only further proves my point; you have no need to fear judgement from my end. ( :

None of the concert-type shows I went to were ever that rowdy, but I know for a fact that some of them still are! I have a younger cousin who couldn't weigh anymore than 95 pounds soaking wet and she went into the city with a friend for a concert just recently. It was her first time going without her parents, so they were furious when she came home with bruises from the crowd activity she partook in. Videos from the concert later surface, showing mosh pits and crowd surfing, so you know she wasn't totally honest with her folks about it.

Still, with the right kind of crowd, I think you could still swing it - adrenaline does wonders. I say go for it, if you can find people who are willing to get you up there. (