Well if we are going to use quotes:
“… old mind but it’s going somewhere besides the gutter.””
“Besides the gutter”. What does that mean? It means I was pointing out in an apparently lost effort of keeping it light that she was attractive, young , with somewhat less than an intimidating BF. IE they seemed a likely mark for a sexual predator.
Anyway fine you can have your moral victory I should have said “attractive”:. Now hurry along because you will all be late to your Puritan party and don’t forget those funny looking hats.
PS they were found alive so good news on that at least.
“”Well if we are going to use quotes:
“… old mind but it’s going somewhere besides the gutter.””
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That’s the question YOU should be answering. It was your own words. Your own words did nothing except point out a sexual observation of her bodily appearance.
“Words mean something.”
It’s entirely your own issue, what with being caught off guard expressing sexual observations/thoughts, not realizing how they may be read into by others.