Unfortunately, Neal got all freaked out at the idea of the girls wandering the streets of Cambodia on their own and insisted that we let the guys go with us. I thought Liz made a particularly good point that his attitude was paternalistic and overprotective. Still, in the interest of not wasting time while Liz duked it out with him, Amy and I dragged her out of the hotel . . . while Houston and Ben watched in amusement. Still, it wasn’t all that bad. Most of the time Ben’s gaze was focused on checking out all the women in the marketplace. Which meant that he definitely wasn’t going to be hung up on me. At one point he gave an attractive girl his patented once-over and then announced, “I’m happy to let her work out her daddy issues with me.” Just . . . gross. I didn’t catch Houston’s response because Amy’s face grew flushed with anger. “That’s wrong. It’s disrespectful and it’s just rude.” “Um, well, you’re right. But I think Ben intended it to be fun—”
