The Summer of Sexual Awakening and Bad Decision Making

Insecurity and innocence aren’t excuses for being an asshole

Christine Schoenwald
The Memoirist
Published in
5 min readJun 7, 2022

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Photo by Massimo Virgilio on Unsplash

I almost had sex with Psycho Dave, and by almost, I mean I came way to close, and by psycho, I mean bonkers.

I try not to use words like crazy or insane now, but back when this story takes place, psycho was almost a term of endearment. I don’t…

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Christine Schoenwald
The Memoirist

Writer for The Los Angeles Times, Salon, Next Avenue, Business Insider, and Your Tango Christineschoenwaldwriter.com