I recently noticed something about myself – I now find myself highly attracted to people I was “afraid” of when I was a kid. For example, I wouldn’t talk to men with long hair or accents when I was a kid and I thought I hated beards but now those things get me really wet. I guess this is where my dad’s friend comes in. My dad went to high school with him, so he’s known him a long time and he was around from time to time when I was pretty young. He would always try to say hello to me or give me a hug and I would always hide behind something when I saw him coming, for no reason other than he was a big dude and I thought I felt “afraid” of him.