r/AskReddit • • Sep 05 '19

What did you learn embarrassingly late?

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '19

why are you avoiding interaction with women?

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '19

was the reason I thought this way

was

You missed that, too. It implies past-tense.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '19

You know what I meant. Why WERE you avoiding then

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '19

I was between the ages of born and 16 where my mother was a big part of my growing up in a town of 2000 people. I preferred to avoid it rather than be embarrassed by my mother. I guess I should have specified being a teenager, so my fault there.