Page 7 of Forever with the Mountain Man

Are you always this straightforward?

ME

Only when it comes to things I want

Ready for some honesty?

Shoot

I want you

But you barely know me

I know enough. If these photos of you are real?

Of course, they’re real. Finding stock photos of plus-size girls isn’t the easiest endeavor, after all. Call it a general lack of representation

Does looking through stock photos and thinking about representation come with your job?

Gosh, this is a rambling conversation! Yes, it does. As a content creator, I’m constantly looking for images to go with the posts I promote

You know, I should go to confession tomorrow and tell the priest what you made me say

Actually, what Mountain Mates’ fucked up dictation option made me say, but we don’t need to get technical.

FELICITY

ME

I need a different emoji from you. That one makes me feel self-conscious

Is it a problem that I’m not Catholic?

For me, no

I’m a hellion

I go to church to please my mom

Oh, great, a mama’s boy. No thank you

No, I’m only answering your question

You’d have to secretly be a traditional Basque woman to please my mom and aunts

Does living in Pau for a year and speaking French count? Otherwise, you’re out of luck

I saw that in your profile. How did you end up there?

I’m originally from Nevada, tons of Basque there, though I’m not among them. And UNR does exchange programs with Pau, where I studied French lit and history. I have a double major in French and anthro

UNR?

University of Nevada Reno

Whoa, you’re educated. You do realize you’re talking to a blue-collar man who barely finished high school?

One who reads and writes at the pace of a first-grader. If I hadn’t been the star linebacker, and the team hadn’t needed me to win state, I likely would never have graduated at all.

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