Chapter 3: Tina“How well can you lie?”
It’s happened to the best of us. Living our lives as gay, we have sworn never to get involved with a straight woman. However, one day, it happens. Completely unannounced, out of the blue. When we first realize our attraction to the forbidden, we think, "Okay, so, I want her. I'll get over it."
Then, against our will, we fall head over heels. We know they aren’t like us—they tell us constantly. They continually profess their straightness, even when they begin waking up in our beds. Still, we cling to our thin fragments of hope—that love conquers all, that they are just afraid and will overcome it, that this is the woman we will someday propose to. It doesn't usually happen that way. Even if she turns out to actually be gay, it’s always with some othe
