“I like you. I really do. I enjoy spending time with you. I’ll even agree to have sex with you if you want. But you asked me for the truth and...I felt you deserved it. What do you want?”And that was really the dreaded point. Even though I didn’t want to confirm it, we both already knew the answer.I didn’t want to be with someone who didn’t, or couldn’t, want me back with equal intensity.“I’m sorry,” I sputtered. “I have to go.” I got up and headed for the door.“Naku, please don’t leave. It turned out that they were two sets of ribbon streamers that were as close a match as possible to the color of the girl's gown. Tara had three streamers on each clip in royal blue and Mary had the same only in mint green. Heather came out at the same time and had her streamers in red. I heard Heather thank Mary for finding such an attractive date for her brother. I then heard her tell Tara that she was looking forward to seeing her at the dinner, the dance and the party afterwards. . The lucky husband is selected by a majority. If we can't get amajority we make up things for them to do, or invent games to winpoints. "Last month, we tried a new game. Each couple took a differentroom and the first husband to bring his wife to orgasm won. The onlything was that each wife inserted a tampon first and the husband hadto remove it with his mouth and then keep it his mouth while heserviced his wife. It was like trying to whistle after eatingcrackers. Two husbands were really. Dinner was quiet but they did their best. Both promised to make the next year better. Neither knew how but they could hope.Gabriela went to a New Year's Eve party with a girl friend. They decided it was time to have a good time. She tried. She really did, but went home disappointed and discouraged at the drunken imbeciles she'd encountered.January started out like the old year ended. Gabriela sighed and wondered if this was all she had to look forward to again. There had to be more out there.