The oddest thing happened today that seems to reflect Hannah's happenings. Midday today, I got a phone call from a buddy (well, it seems that status is really in doubt now). He called to find out my sister's cell phone number.

Let me put this into a simple context to. The "buddy" is a super-senior in college. My sister is a junior in high school.

Let that sink in for a second. I thought, for sure, this was a joke, so I tried to leave myself some outs by not blowing up then and there.

"Huh? My sister? You kidding?" I ask incredulously.

"Yeah man. I just want to take her out and talk to her. It might not even be dinner... probably just ice cream."

I start feeling a bit flush in the face, wondering if I'm getting Punk'd.

"She doesn't have a cell phone." Let me give him some chance to save face.

"Oh. Really?"

"Yeah, she uses my moms."

"Well, can I have your mom's number?"

Obviously my attempts at ending this discussion aren't working too well. So I decide to come out.

"No."

"Why, man?"

Secretly inside, I'm screaming "CAUSE SHE'S A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU'RE A FUCKING SUPER-SENIOR IN COLLEGE."

I'm honestly not sure what exactly was said the next few minutes, but it was more of me dodging the issue, trying to give him some chance at saving face while he tries to press me about the issue.

Finally I say, "Dude, cause I don't feel comfortable with it. You're in college, she's in high school." Again he reiterates his honorable intentions (Oh, I'm sure...) and the fact it'd probably only be "ice cream."

Finally he says, "Alright man. I respect your opinion." and the conversation finally ends.

I felt like I was suckerpunched in the stomach. Actually, the issue didn't bother me immediately afterwards because it was so ludicrous ... but the more I thought about it, the more it bothered me. A lot.

I thought there were generally a few rules that all guys played by:

• Thou shall not date ex-girlfriends or serious crushes of your friends, unless you have his/her blessings
• Thou shall not date your friend's sister or your sister's friends

Even ASSUMING his intentions WERE honorable (and let me just say that hanging out with him casts much suspicion on that), isn't there something wrong with older college guys hanging out with high school girls? It's not as if it's a freshman college guy hanging out with a senior in high school. No, this is senior college dating a junior in high school. What's amusing is Jennifer and I were talking about this very issue when we went and saw March of the Penguins (which is delightful!) ...

I remember a situation earlier when a few kids from Chapel Hill High wanted to "meet up" with me. I passed on this, because I just didn't feel it was "proper" for me to meet a group of high school girls... over Tabulas.

I know i'm pretty conservative on a lot of issues, and I try to be open-minded towards these things ... but really. I think this is just pushing the line. I mean, obviously the perspective changes once my sister goes off to college and she's free to do what she wants, but until then, I'm not letting any college guys go out on dates with her. And to think, a buddy thought he'd ask me even boggles my mind. I don't worry too much about my sister going off to college - she can handle herself fine. She can handle herself fine now. It's just the sheer audacity of the request that is just irking me right now...

I'm beginning to see how some guys can act like jackasses. Sorry, ladies. Is it just me, or is there something fundamentally wrong here?