This was all something new to Dorothy who had gone through a more traditional youth with sock-hops, football games, proms and bridge games. She admit...ed herself that she was totally preppie material, the essence of one of the seven sister colleges. Her parents wanted her to have a good education for her to be able to be an asset to her future husband, but that was soon tossed to the wayside.Maude claims she was fascinated by Dorothy from the start too. Such a contrast. Dorothy was barely. A few years passed without the feeling. By then I had come out to my mom and told her everything she already knew. And that leads us to one and a half years later my back ridged, my eyes opened wide, and my mouth unable to form the right words. The interesting thing was it only took two little words this time, just two."Don't you need some new underwear?" She asked me. These are not the "two little words," you'll read them soon enough. "How much do you have left on your gift cards you got for. Aunt Sandy informed us that there were more guests than she had expected and that we were to use the small cabin on her property instead of sleeping in her large house. This was not a problem at all for mother or I until we realized that there was only one queen size bed and a very tiny couch. Ofcourse neither of us realized this until later that afternoon after drinking large amounts of red wine and retiring early. Yes, my aunt is a borderline alcoholic and she doesn't like to drink alone! I. "She turned to Brooklyn and happily told her, "You are a great kid, evenif your mom is a terrible person. We're all proud of you. You havefamily no matter what, she's not the only one in your life anymore. Heis still your grandfather and you have aunts and uncles who'll help youif you ask. She fears them, it was clear long ago that the only one shefears more than being mature is our family and you are part of it nomatter what she says."Liv asked what she meant. Jaimie walked the kids off and.