Im not sure I understand. You went on a date with a guy. A friend date, because I guess people do that. And you guys connected. And then you hugged (because straight men hug friends all the time) and then he asked your permission to kiss you, and he’s an awful son of a bitch, and he acknowledged he hurt you (which is absolutely an apology), but yeah, you want to hang out with him again, so he’s… not a bastard after all?

It boggles my mind that he misread that whole situation. Things were so clear, too. Men are animals.