“I don't want to get married again, I just want to sleep with you.”

Typical guy-talk, eh? Nope. This was uttered by a former patient when she called me at home. Obviously, being bashful was not one of her problems. As the conversation progressed, I began to think that she may have taken the “Reach out and touch someone” AT&T slogan just a bit too far. Somehow, I had a difficult time picturing ol' Pez transmogrified into a stud. Perhaps a tad less implausible than Mr. Rogers moonlighting as a male escort, but shocking nonetheless. This being impossibly at odds with my self-image, I declined her generous offer—uh, offers. She apparently did not believe me the first time I said no, so she called a few weeks later to see if I'd had a change of heart. I hadn't. She was clearly irritated by this, and she angrily told me that she couldn't understand why I did not want to have recreational sex. I ended this discussion by telling her to call the State Board of Medicine and ask them if it was OK if I slept with her. I knew they'd say no, so I felt as if I were off the hook. A cheap trick to get her off my back, but it worked. She called another week later to inform me that she had discussed this matter with her friends, and they concluded that I never would have made such a request if I truly wished to sleep with her. They're right.

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