He never returned, never took me for a weekend or a summer. My father forgot I existed and if my mother didn’t drag him into court on a regular basi..., he would have never made a single support or alimony payment.“He was almost a figment of my imagination. For years I would lie in bed and pretend that he was overseas, fighting spies and saving countries from nuclear destruction, like James Bond. One night the phone rang downstairs as I imagined my father coming home victorious. I got so excited. We stayed out again until last orders, and back to jays friend marks apartment. Only there about 15 mins and my friend falls asleep in the toilet lol, so we put her in marks spare room bed 2 sleep it off.Back out drinking and mark suggests “now you have 2 cocks 2 fuck Amy”Jaw on d ground again lol, I was like what are you taking about ? We’re just having a good night pmsl.Mark then says “Amy I know about you and jay, I won’t open my mouth”I was baffled didn’t know what to say.He whipped out his. How?” asked Ronnie.“It is different!” insisted Susan. “They let some man have sex with them!”“OK, so they found some guy, who they thought was cute or something, and he paid some attention to them, and they decided to make out with him, and ... well, you know...” Ronnie shrugged her shoulders. “I guess I just don’t see the big difference between doing that with a man and doing it with your boyfriend.”“But we came here to ski!“ moaned Susan.“No, you and I came here to ski,” corrected her friend.. “I said someone could argue that I could act against my own nature, but I’d counter by saying that doing so is what was valued, and in the end, would result in my own happiness. And as such, altruism is impossible, in the purest definition. I also recall discussing doing one’s duty without being attached to the results, sort of like you said just before. I recall a debate with her over what it meant to do ones duty, and where our ultimate responsibility lies. My thinking on that has evolved.