I was in college 40 years ago and I know I spoke in front of several classes, sure can't remember which classes or what I talked about. I also dated people that I cannot remember their names now. Sometimes one person considers an occasion a date and the other does not think of it that way either. Maybe I have a bad memory, but after 40 years I do not expect people to remember everything because I don't. I have no idea what he did or might have done, after so many years of him being a prominent person I sure wonder why none of this has popped up before...that is what makes me suspicious. If I had an uncomfortable encounter with someone, if it was not important enough to speak out about it for 40 years I would not have ever brought it up.
I will say I mostly dated guys my age but while in college I did date a man for a while that was mid to late 30s, had his own business and was quite successful. I had known him since I was 15 but we did not date until I was over 18. The funny thing is later all the older ladies in the community asked me straight out why I didn't marry him. They felt I had blown a great opportunity!
You are being silly. If you were running for a big office right now, and a scandal popped up about someone you once dated back then, YOU WOULD REMEMBER that the guy was wayyyyy younger than you, say, and whether you liked him romantically or kissed him. You would have had a couple recent days to focus on that part of your past and it would be surprising how many details you remember. Your defense, that we forget a lot, in general, doesn’t fit.
All I said was that from the interview transcript, it is OBVIOUS Moore is lying about the 17 year old. He doesn’t remember speaking in her class. Fine. If he spoke in lots of civics classses, I have no problem with him not remembering one specific one. And if he really didn’t remember the girl, I’m ok with that too. I don’t know what he did or didn’t do. But it is not possible that he remembers being friends with this specific girl half his age, but doors not remember if he knew her romantically (dating) or kissed her. That is a LIE.