My problem was that I had met Lynn at church. Sweet, soft spoken Lynn. Indeed, I had joined the church in order to meet more single women. Lynn was very pretty, and quite friendly. We went out a few times and, since I was looking for a new place to live, she had suggested I move into the house she shared with 3 other graduate students.
The women were all very conservative, Lynn was the most conservative. Her father was the minister, and every second word was, "Oh, my mother would not think that proper". Oddly, the housemates were also feminists, very much into women's rights. They were very proper in their dress around the house, never even a sight of a bra or a slip. Male visitors never slept overnight - bedroom doors always stayed open. Occasionally Lynn held my hand or let me give her a quick kiss.
Lynn's mother must have been forty, but looked a very stylish 30. Lynn was very beautiful and had clearly inherited it from her Mother. Lynn's father, or perhaps step-father, could not be over 30, even though he was the Minister.
I was so frustrated, that I was reduced to peeking through a crack when the bathroom door did not quite close. It was mid morning, and Mary had walked in to take her shower. I casually walked down the corridor and glanced through the 1 inch crack in the door.
"Peter! You are very bad!" Barbara barked at me.
I had thought everybody else had gone.
"How could you be so low. We should not have allowed a man to live here."
"What?" I said, trying to look innocent.
"Come here!"
I sheepishly obeyed, and walked into her bedroom.
"You were peeking at Mary. Can you image how it feels to be spied upon when you are naked?"
The next statement was totally bizarre, so totally out of context that at first I thought I mis-heard her.
"Pull down you pants!"
I just looked puzzled.
"Pull down you pants so that you learn about privacy! Otherwise, I will get Mary and tell her what you were doing."
I was so shell shocked, I just slid down my pants, revealing my blue underwear.
"Everything!"
I could not believe that Barbara, my very conservative housemate was making this demand. I was very private about my body, I did not like to get naked even in a locker room or with a girlfriend. But I wanted her to stop yelling, before somebody else heard. I did not want Lynn to hear about this, or even worse, Lynn's mother.
I slide down my bikini underwear, so that it dangled around my feet. I felt utterly humiliated, caught and revealed.