Hearing that, my engineering mind just had to know "It didn't embarrass you, or anything?"

After a brief laugh, she answered "Just surprised, is all, not embarrassed. You were married, so I have to figure you already know what girls look like. I think maybe you liked what you saw" -

the allusion that I had been tenting my bathrobe caused me to blush — "so it actually kinda made me feel good. I don't know that I want it to happen again, but it's okay this time." before turning and heading back toward her room.

Hearing that I hadn't traumatized her, or caused her any discomfort, made me feel somewhat better. But I was still going to let Teresa hear about it from me. A couple of hours later, when the rest of them got home, Teresa saw the look on my face and sent the girls back to their rooms so that we'd be able to talk. After I told her what had happened, Teresa was amused as she told me "Don't worry about it, Ted. I expect it embarrassed you more than it did her, and I know that you didn't do it on purpose or anything; it was after you'd gone back downstairs that she said she wanted to take a bath tonight, so you couldn't have known she'd be there. I don't doubt that you got an eye full, but I know you're not going to try to make anything like that happen again, either. Just chalk it up to experience, and try to remember that things like that are probably going to happen if you're sharing a house with four females. I think it'll only bother them if you let it bother you too much."

Seeing my confusion, she explained "They like sitting with you, and even on your lap. If you start getting too stressed out by seeing them naked or topless, you might get too particular about letting them sit with you, too — and that would hurt them more than you just seeing them would.

If it happens, it happens; like I said, I know you're not some Peeping Tom or anything."