Strange Women In Cambridge

For John, BLUF:  No every encounter with an attractive member of the oposite gender is going to turn out well, if pursued.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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The Most Gullible Man in Cambridge

Here is the sub-headline:

A Harvard Law professor who teaches a class on judgment wouldn’t seem like an obvious mark, would he?

From The Cut, by Ms Kera Bolonik, JULY 23, 2019.

Here is the lede:

It was just supposed to have been a quick Saturday-morning errand to buy picture hooks.  On March 7, 2015, Harvard Law professor Bruce Hay, then 52, was in Tags Hardware in Cambridge, Massachusetts, near his home, when a young woman with long reddish-brown hair approached him to ask where she could find batteries.  It was still very much winter, and, once the woman got his attention, he saw that underneath her dark woolen coat and perfectly tied scarf she was wearing a dress and a chic pair of boots — hardly typical weekend-errand attire in the New England college town.  When he directed her to another part of the store, she changed the subject.  “By the way, you’re very attractive,” he remembers her saying.

And thus began a long and bumpy ride.  A ride that damaged his relationship with his ex-wife and involved him in court action.  But, mostly it involved him with someone who just doesn't seem all that mentally stable.  It is fairly long, for an article.  Read it to see how sane your own life seems.

And here is a follow-up story, mentioning more people who have had encounters like that of Professor Hay.

Regards  —  Cliff