[redhead]

I wish I had smiled my most friendly smile and engaged them in conversation. As I said, my immediate reaction was embarrassment, as if I had been caught reading the most explicit porn in public. I guess I'm letting myself get beaten down by the anti's. *sigh* In fact, when I got home, and told my husband about it, I said that I felt like i'd been seen reading a porn mag in public. Next time, I'll do it differently. Having grown up in Idaho, now living in the SF bay area in California, things are so different here. I'm not accustomed to having to defend my values at this level.