PrivateTim

He is legally a minor still. He is an emancipated minor, but that only helps in certain circumstances. He still cannot vote, buy cigarettes or go to bars, even ones with 18+ nights, and several other things still reserved for adults. And all that aside, foreign countries like Australia are under no obligation to recognize laws from other countries.

If there is ever a rewrite of this story, can't you crunch the last three chapters into one? Brad is the same arrogant ass going over the same crap repeatedly.

“Let’s keep things in perspective,” I said, pissed off. “We wouldn’t be in this fucking mess if you hadn’t started it. Yeah, let's keep this in perspective Brad; you wouldn't be in this fucking mess if you were not such a domineering asshole and you didn't treat Robbie like a possession instead of an equal partner. And if you think this Robbie thing is a mess, wait until you see you make of Jeanine and Will because you are such a domineering asshole. "I didn’t say I didn’t want to be your partner, I want that. I didn’t say I didn’t need you, I do. All I asked you for was a little more time to try and repair my feelings and emotions. 30 days is plenty of time to have fixed your fragile, snowflake feelings. You go to a shrink for that, you don't fuck people and put that in your boyfriend's face.

“I told you, I’m not going back into this thing half a man. My pride isn’t fully restored, my sexual ego is still fragile... Brad is a fucked up mess. His pride.... Tim can tell him "pride goeth before destruction." You don't need to fuck guys multiple times to figure out your sexual ego. One or two young guys and it is easy to figure out. “Before this shit happened, I was totally committed to you, completely committed. You’re saying that you don’t think I needed you, well you’re wrong. I did. I relied on you more than you can know. It’s like you were my foundation, and when that was pulled away from me, my whole world fell apart.” More than Robbie could know because YOU NEVER TOLD HIM FUCKHEAD. If he was your foundation, why didn't you tell him? Because you are a self absorbed, arrogant prick. MAYBE if you'd told him, and maybe if you hadn't pissed off Dan and made Robbie a target he would not have been vulnerable to Carson's advances. Brad accepts zero responsibility for anything that happened. I think Robbie can do better.

Just perfect. “But they’re helping me deal with my self-esteem issues, Fuck you doña and get over yourself you selfish bastard.

Sorry I didn't comment this chapter.... I was busy popping some popcorn and putting two more logs on the fire.... this is only Chapter 27 of 75. This story is going to REALLY start pretty soon and I didn't want to wait for later to pop the popcorn and miss something.

“Bullshit. You can fucking control it. If I didn’t make him happy, he could have said so. But you know what really pisses me off? I did make him happy. And I didn’t go out and find someone else to fall in love with. No, I was loyal as a dead dog. Well not anymore.” Brad, who cannot control himself, his dick or his temper, is lecturing Nick on control? “Yep. As many as I can. It makes me feel like I’m attractive and desirable, and it really pisses him off. That’s a recipe to make me happy, at least right now.” I saw him digest that sadly. So Brad's mature plan to make himself happy, is to piss off, as much as he can, the person he supposedly loves? Love that Grace gets a nice vacation!

Because it is. That was all really well said. But man are these people fucked up. Brad is fucked up because he wants to fuck his sort of step-son and he wants to piss off a good man, doing good work (Tim) just to see if he can. Matt is fucked up because he wants to fuck his sort of step-father and he has an incredible boyfriend who'd be crushed by it, because it is more than just a fuck. And this "one time and no one will know" bullshit. Either they will neglect to lock the door and Robbie or Wade walks in on them, or someone blurts it out in this incontrollable anger they all seem to have. Even at the height of my obsession with Leo, Devon and Jonathan would I have gone there if the cost was what it is potentially for Brad. No one has even discussed how JP or Stef would react, or think. And what makes Brad think Dan couldn't have gotten to Matt someway? In the middle of a crisis like Brad is in, I'd be completely paranoid and questioning the unquestionable. If Robbie is older and ostensibly more mature than Matt, how much more vulnerable could Matt be? That sounded incredibly petulant. It was almost childish. But I was better at rationalizing than that, and I really did think I was right. He fucked us up like this, I’d put up with unspeakable emotional trauma, so he had to pay the price. Not because I wanted to torture him, because I didn’t. I loved him, I always had, and I probably always would. No, he needed to feel real pain over this; it needed to be hard, really hard for him to get things back to where he wanted them to be. If it wasn’t, he’d be tempted to do it again. Uh yeah Brad, it sounds incredibly childish and petulant, because it is. You don't even make allowance that Robbie was targeted specifically because of you and something you did in your past. I would not intentionally create pain for someone I loved. That is love, that is a fucked up sense of morality from someone who seemingly has no morals.

I don't have any friends whose parents kicked them out after they came out, and thank God for organizations like PFLAG that helped so many, including friends. But I do have friends I've made, after they got kicked out of their parents homes for being gay. It was and is such a foreign concept to me that a parent would let anything diminish their love for their child, especially a mother. But then again, it is a foreign concept to me that a parent would neglect a 3 year old, burn an 8 year with a cigarette because he spilled his milk, and so on. I've seen all these things. Thank God for families who foster and adopt, for organizations like Covenant House, Children of the Night and for the people who serve the addicted, the homeless in general and especially homeless children.

Ha ham welcome to the party. I can't believe Brad brought Kevin over, I thought they were trying to hide Robbie. At this point, with Dan's careful, long term planning, I'd be vetting everyone in my life, including Klip, Jeff Grimes, Kevin, etc.

When I was 8 I thought when I was grown up and no one could tell me what to do, I'd eat ice cream three meals a day and I'd never eat another damn vegetable. It didn't turn out that way.

All of this goes to Robbie's insecurities and Dan played Robbie perfectly, setting Robbie up for failure with a couple of flops, making him more insecure, then having Carson pretend to be boosting Robbie up, and loving him and saying all the right things. I know they have mentioned it before, but Brad needs to call Stef ASAP and get security for the boys. They would be the third leg of Dan's plan I'd think to destroy Brad; his company, his partner, his family. Maui was too obvious, they needed to have Stef call in favors from a Geffen or someone like that and put Robbie in Montana or maybe on the Rising Sun way out to sea. I wonder if this now means that Dan will know they are on to them (Brandon, etc) or will he think Brad being there was a coincidence?

I think you missed the entire point.

I'd forgotten all about Jeff Grimes. Nice that Drew can be in a supportive environment and with people of a similar bent and that he and Will get to do some exploration. I wonder if Will and Jason have gone down the curiosity route. I also forgotten what a long book this is after reading so many short books back to back to back.

Whatever happens with Carson better happen pretty soon because Robbie is unable to hide anything.

Not if he didn't know like Robbie, Jeff, Bill.....

I remember the long discussions in forums on the "old GA" about Christians, preachers and homos. I was so tired of the Fred Phelps like character in seemingly every gay fiction story I was reading; the foaming at the mouth 'God hates f*gs" that was supposed to represent all churches, all Christians, etc. I pointed out the Open & Affirming churches, especially in Hollywood and West Hollywood, the Christian organizations that were running shelters for youth, especially runaway/throwaway gay kids in Hollywood, etc. So I am eternally grateful that Mark and team created Father Tim and the Mission. I wish more money went from multi-billionaires to such programs instead of one more 100m yacht, a bigger private plane or three more homes they never stay in. I also love how The Mission has wound its way into subsequent stories and had an impact, so from the bottom of my heart, thank you Mark for not being afraid to break the stereotypes.

I said in a review of Gap Year that there was something I didn't get or thought it was unbelievable in the context of the story. I won't say what it was in order to not be a spoiler, but the only other thing I don't get or seems unbelievable in the context of the story throughout all 17 books, is how Will goes from the sweet, shy kid, who worships his father, to six months from now is an angsty asshole who does nothing but give grief to his father.

This is one of my favorite CAP stories because it goes so far beyond the boundaries of just fucked up people into intricate and deep plots involving major industries. I see dead people.

I was thinking a couple of chapters back, when Brad had to be in his best suit, etc. It occurred to me that the Crampton and Schluter men couldn't shop for men's clothes in Claremont and Chicago would just be off the rack stuff, so I figured a couple of times a year or so they'd fly to London for bespoke suits from Gieves & Hawkes, bespoke shoes from John Lobb, bespoke shirts from Turnbull & Asser and stop at Purdy & Sons to order a new shotgun for duck season. I bet Jordan is a bottom....

Says the man who lives in Appalachia...... 🤣

Robbie has a moment of clarity. He knows he fucked up. He knows he IS fucked up. And I think he knows Brad is the best thing that ever happened to him. So why can't he give up Carson? And I really want to know why Brad, who is a Carmichael, hasn't asked Kevin more about his family.

I like Kevin. It is weird and twisted he is a Carmichael, but hey, it is CAP.

Brad had a kinda crappy life until he was 6, but how many years is that really? 2, maybe 3, because before that you don't remember much. Robbie has had a VERY crappy life, including some rough times in crucial times of emotional development. He was gang raped repeatedly and had to live with those feelings of guilt and that led directly to Neil, and he killed Neil, and all the crap that goes with that emotionally. So what I am saying is that Robbie is badly damaged and it manifests itself in many ways. He is also not getting any guidance like Brad is. Brad has Stef and Cody helping him think through things. Who is helping Robbie?