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“I was going to come scold you but then I saw your profile. mmmm mmmm.”

She was a militant vegan and avowed feminist who took offense at some remark I made.

It meant nothing to me — I just like being a smartass.

Apparently, I ruffled her deeply-held beliefs, and she felt the need to set me right,

Naughty boy that I am.

She probably had no idea how creepy she seemed, though —

Just as lecherous and predatory as the men she railed against in her comments.

I blocked her without saying a word,

But briefly considered the truth that

We really are each other’s mirrors.