I was surprised when we got there that there was only men there. There was an older guy his name was Russell. I was a young 19 and he ...nd I got into quick conversation. As we talked I noticed his bulge in his pants,I grew curious about why he he looked horny. I asked him where the girls were,trying to take my mind off his pants so I wouldn't grow attention to myself. A lump grew in my throat when he told me that we were at a cock party. I looked at him . .. then get a dog!If you want someone who never criticizes what you do, doesn't care if you are pretty or ugly, fat or thin, young or old, who acts as if every word you say is especially worthy of listening to, and loves you unconditionally, perpetually... ... then get a dog.BUT, on the other hand, if you want someone who will never come when you call, ignores you totally when you come home, leaves hair all over the place, walks all over you, runs around all night and only comes home to eat and. Leave me alone.”I tried to ponder what could possibly have prompted this. Did I say something wrong? Do something wrong? Certainly something changed her mind about me. The problem was, I couldn’t think of anything I did or said that she would take such exception to.I could only come to the conclusion that she had finally seen my reality, which included migraines, being generally being incapacitated at times, and, of course, needing to be taken care of at those times. Presumably, she had decided. Anything being passed while we were at the table always went to the left, pictures, whiskey glass or whatever it was. David Lee looked as ragged and rough as the day he was carried from the mountains of Afghanistan. Parts of him both physically and mentally were still there. His left leg had been shot off below the knee by a sniper, his right blown off while being evacuated. David always had a distant look in his eyes at least until he was well self-medicated and then the remnants of the man.