I would have thought you would have wanted to be around all your cousins.” “I'll be down later, mum.” My mum gave a loud sigh and left the roo.... I could hear her footsteps going downstairs towards all the merriment. There was lots of noise, mainly laughing, coming from the living room I had recently left. That conversation feels like yesterday. I had been unhappy well before, but I don't recall hearing any homophobic abuse from any of my family before that day. I had gone from a. She had always believed that, yet ... her own daughter appeared to not care. Moreover, she even seemed to embrace it. Diana had told her that shortly after they moved to the retreat she had realized that Jeff was getting ready to tell her that he wanted a divorce because of what Diana had done with Jack. Susan hadn't heard the details of that yet, but it must have been bad. Bad enough that Diana and Arlene had cooked up some crazy scheme to keep Jeff from leaving. Diana had mentioned that. She and I had bonded quickly, and had become closer friends than anyone else we knew. We were both very promiscuous and would often end up sharing stories about our naughty adventures. She was straight for the most part, only fooling around with girls when drunk.One day when swapping stories Ana had a great idea, why not make a bet? That's exactly what we did, we decided that whoever could perform the sluttiest action and provide photographic proof would win, and the other person would have to. I’m sure I’ll age gracefully, but I always get the third degree whenever someone checks my ID.”“I can see how that’d get old,” Andrea said. “But again, the guys have to be better.”“Not really,” Jaime replied. “The setting doesn’t matter so much; crappy guys are still crappy guys. I’ve been learning the hard way to look for the right ones.”“How do you tell the difference?”“For one, they’re probably guys you’ve overlooked before; I know I have. They’re usually cute, but not the gorgeous.