i met with your father in this same room when he was twenty- one . she sits on the couch and pats the cushion next to her . `` i do n't want gentle and easy tonight . '' she knows she 's running out of time . `` i ca n't live outside my society 's rules . do n't ask him for anything , most of all for a date . quit the big-brother probing , already , she almost screamed . i realized that he was inspecting me just as closely as i was him . 