I’ve got to admit that when I was sanding plaster I chased everybody out of the house. The girls enjoyed being taken to the park. It was a lot more ...nteresting than watching Mommy and Daddy and Barbara painting. Barbara put in as much time as the rest of us, of course, having committed to our family unit, and having been accepted into it by all of us. She was the purchasing agent. Barbara could make a nickel squeal though she was generous with her time and her assets. Everything we needed came. "Doesn't it feelgood?" But I've turned into a girl."She rolled her eyes. "And I like girls." You... you're gay?"She nodded."Since when?" Since always, idiot." She stepped toward me and put her hands on mybare shoulders. "Didn't you ever wonder why I never went out on dates?"I shrugged. "I just figured you realized all the guys at our schoolwere idiots." That too," said Katie. Then she leaned in and kissed me.She managed a few seconds of lip lock before I turned my head. "I'myour brother!". "What's that about?" Sid asked, interrupting my thoughts as I watched Marie's ass move with her skates. She was wearing a ski jacket, earmuffs, a short skirt, and heavy stockings that looked more like sweat pants. The ski jacket covered her top, but the stockings outlined chubby thighs."Danny took her out a couple of times, but I don't think he's seeing her any more. He introduced us at the mall." How come you didn't introduce her to me?" Sid asked, sounding miffed."I will. Here she comes. You. They didn't call it male hysteria, but he knew full well that stroking his penis until he ejaculated took care of a lot of stress. It made sense that the "hysterical paroxysm," as it was called, might do the same for a woman. In the end, he didn't worry about it. The likelihood of having to treat that malady during the war was vanishingly small. He hadn't thought of it again until after the war, when his experiences with women convinced him that the only thing that caused "female hysteria" was.