I've got a secret that I'm trying desperately to make public but it's tricky.
A good friend of mine, an engineer in my studio, has a 16-year-old daughter who is seriously coming on to me. Her comments have gone beyond flirty and her actions are anything but cute. Not only is she jail-bait, but I'm hopelessly and irrevocably monogamous. I don't even want to go over to his house (half-block away) anymore because she snuggles up to me on the sofa or stays outside with the guys (pulls a chaise next to mine) when we're drinking and telling jokes.
My wife thinks it's cute and it's just a crush. I never had someone crush on me before, but this sure looks like it's more than that. How can I tell? I want to tell my friend, but I'm afraid he might think I'm a pervert seeing too much into it. What I'm really afraid of is getting the daughter so upset that she gets me in trouble by making stuff up.
I'm tired of making up excuses for not visiting (there are only so many "antiquing" weekends you can have) and I don't know how to invite Ned and his wife over without the daughter coming too.
I've known this girl for years. Ned and I worked in studios for a long time together, and he moved to Florida about a year after me. She would come into the studio when she was younger to listen to us record and I've kind of been like distant family. This is a recent development, and I'm praying like crazy that it's just a phase.
Secret's out.