There were a number of people who accused me of being a predator. Basically, they don’t know what they are talking about.

Of the women that I have been with, none was more vulnerable than I was. Most were older than me; and all had a wealth of psychological and spiritual knowledge. The only woman I’ve been with who was younger than me by more than a year was Melanie; and
Melanie is a strong person and can stand up for herself.

We see here a vast hypocrisy. Men claimed to have psychological problems are seen as predators; women claimed to have psychological problems are seen as victims. In fact, both are in the same boat. They have been branded, correctly or incorrectly, with
psychological problems. Neither is the predator and neither is the victim.

Are there real predators out there? Of course there are. I however am not one of them. Once again, none of the women I’ve been with were more vulnerable than me. And all had the skills that they needed to protect themselves from predation if such were
to be perpetrated – by me or by anyone else.

There was a woman on the Internet who claimed that I earned my partners’ trust by seeing them as victims. This is completely wrong. I earned my partners’ trust by behaving in a rightful manner. For a long time Melanie did not trust me; she does now.
That is because I’ve made certain to do the right thing by our daughter and by her.

I’ve learned from my mother that, when someone accuses you of doing wrong things, the correct course of action is to do the right thing, and then the accusations become less credible. That is exactly what I have done.

Before you accuse people of doing wrong things, do your research. There are many things that are completely not like what they seem. I’ve known people who were actual predators, and they were nothing like me. As for me, I am more, not less, loving than
the average person. And I do not deserve to be blamed for actions of people who are nothing like me.

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