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Henry
Issue 7 of “Hopeless Henry”
By Alice Bennet
Taken from the University Gazette
So, I finally lost my virginity.
Near the end of sophomore year, Beth Anne, a girl from my speech class, asked me out, saying she was into the strong, silent type. I had no idea that was the impression I gave. After Reuben had stolen Avery and f****d Kerri out from under me, I’d just kind of shut down and stopped showing my emotions.
Letting them hang out there on my sleeve for the world to see hadn’t done me any good. I’d only ended up with my heart ripped to shreds.
So, no more.
As a result, I had closed up shop, stopped interacting as much with people, usually stayed quiet in a crowd unless spoken to directly, and I basically avoided women altogether.
Jacking off was so much simpler than ach
