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He just looked at me. “I’m here because I love you.” Hey, douchebag Will, if you love someone you don't treat them the way you do as a petulant, immature asshole. he was just upset that you were bulking up on those other companies. It was like now that war was on the horizon, you were jumping in to make a killing.” Where does Will think the private jets, $250,000 cars, multiple homes all over California and the U.S. come from? If you believe a stock is going to go up, you buy it. It is the prudent, responsible thing to do. When you own stock in a company, you also have influence if the stake is large enough. It is absurd to suggest that defense contractors were lobbying for a war for no reason, just so they'd make more money. The UN Security Council unanimously passed United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441 laying out the reasons for action against Iraq. The U.S. Congress with large, bi-partisan majorities authorized action against Iraq. To pretend the war was created by defense companies is ridiculous. “No hot athletes for me,” Dad said, and smiled at Marc. “I have my date.” “And I have mine,” Marc said, smiling back at him Just gross. They've known each other less than 24 hours. We were staying at the Four Seasons in Sydney The Park Hyatt Sydney is so much nicer.

Taking Carmine to Australia is a horrible idea on so many levels, let me count the ways. 1) WAY too soon, what happened to "slow down" from his Dating Advisors 2) He was going to Australia to spend time with Matt, it would be good for both of them 3) In Australia Brad could have copious amounts of meaningless gay recreational sex with young guys, proving 40 isn't one foot in the grave, one foot on a banana peel. 4) I never did warm up to Carmine

Will was a complete asshole when he talked to Brad, but I am not sure Will has any other mode. There was no need to play a game when he called Brad, and he was playing a game. All he needed to say was, from the get go, "Cam got kicked out of his apartment so I'm letting him stay in my apartment. You might want to call and check how he is." - Brad, "I will. Thanks for letting me know." - Now you can see why I am not the top author at GA, because such a normal conversation would not get many readers. I will also say that I don't think buying stock in Halliburton is the moral equivalent of Franklin Roosevelt putting 125,000 Americans in concentration camps. As to Dick Cheney, he had a gay man as his Spokesperson when he was a Congressman and took him with him to the Pentagon when he was SecDef to be the Pentagon Spokesperson. Pete Williams resigned over Cheney's objections when a gay activist publicly outed Williams in an attempt to embarrass the Bush Administration. Williams wasn't in the closet, didn't speak personal views on gay issues and was well liked in Republican circles because he did his job professionally and well.

This chapter confirms Will's callowness, his immaturity, his hypocritical lifestyle, his complete lack of self awareness, his total lack of empathy, gratitude and his lack of knowledge.

It is great to see that Will has such a strong moral sense of right and wrong and that he has taken a stand against Big Oil. It does sadden me that he is quitting surfing though, because of course surfboards and wetsuits use fossil fuel based products in their manufacture. And it does seem a shame to have to give up the Ferrari, but obviously it would be a grievous wrong to keep it and not use public busses. I am also sure that in time he will get used to flying commercially, but it is essential that he refuse rides on family private jets to show his family how committed he is to his principles.

As the old saying goes, out of sight, out of mind. It isn't inconsiderate or stupid, it is just what it is. Despite Alex saying JJ isn't high maintenance, he is. I think Alex's mind took a needed "JJ break". Do we know how old Alex is? My impression is 22-23. He might be older than JJ, but he is still a "kid". Life isn't like that. "Most likely considered" is a loophole I could ride a heard of elephants through. Coupled with "out of sight, out of mind" is a mind deprived of oxygen because the vital blood carrying it has been redirected for other purposes. JJ is so besotted with his Lordship that Alex could skip groveling and apologizing and when JJ tries to guilt him into it, Alex can call his bluff with, "you are right, that was absolutely horrible I didn't call you. I don't blame you for wanting to end it with me." Alex doesn't need a pot of gold and he isn't a cad. The family is cash poor, not poor. They have millions in assets that they'd rather not have to liquify, but that is a far cry from poor. JJ has been manipulating Alex and he knows it. Is he self aware enough to ponder on it? There isn't a character in 20 years of CAP who hasn't made poor decisions because of his dick and Alex is younger than many of them when they made their poorest dick led decisions. He didn't know JJ thought they were exclusive, he thinks maybe it was implied, but never discussed. Alex tried to get with Will before he knew JJ liked him. It was Will who told Alex and Will had been flirting with Alex, just like Will does and he would have gladly bedded Alex had he not known about JJ.

JJ's new skating costume?

Or not 🤔😏🧐 Seriously? Stef & JP fucked their grandson, Brad is fucking his son's first boyfriend, Matt & Wade make babies at will in threeways... go back and read the genealogy that Jeremy did... Mary Ellen making a baby with Alex would be par for the CAP course. No you don't. The arrogant douche deserves whatever he gets. And a win win. Alex needs a legit heir, his family is cash poor and the CAP/Bridgemont DNA can wrap around each other in joy.

Wally and Clara are simple people, with simple values, where kids do what their parents tell them and parents try and do their best for their kids. As messed up as it is, Wally thinks he is doing good for Zach, but suggesting things to improve on. He doesn't understand he is not helping and he is crushing his son. But before people are too hard on them, me included, remember that Wally & Clara took in Gathan and Ella, and raised them as their own. Remember that they allowed Zach to go to Don Bosco last year and DLS this year. Not many parents let their kids move out of state just to follow their dream. I would be surprised if Frank does not already have a guardianship for Zach already. He needs to have legal way he can consent for Zach to get medical treatment, to enroll in school, a dozen other things. Yes, there are many area where respect is automatic, and expected. You may lose respect for someone in those areas where it is automatic, but in many cases you still have to follow protocols of respect anyway, like in court; on the floor of the Senate or House, etc and there are prices to pay when you do not keep the veneer of respect. Zach will figure out how to get around Wally. He is already more sophisticated than him.

“You forgot to tell him that the strippers thought you were so hot, they blew you on the ride there,” Will said. How can anyone doubt that Will is a complete ass after this? It was absolutely NOT his place to say that in front of Cam, a guy Brad is really into. Will would go ape shit and slash some tires and and cut up some John Lobb shoes if someone did that to him.

I've decided the gay hockey league isn't good for Matt or Wade. Make them stop 😋 Something in my memory says there were issues in Australia. Matt needs something to do, whether that means taking classes at MIT or BU, or volunteering in an entity like the Mission in LA. He needs a healthy outlet for his energy. Ice hockey clearly ain't it. For Wade, Paper Chase, is still the reality at Harvard Law in 2002, not Legally Blonde. He doesn't have time for frivolity. Lastly, Alta Vista? On his Netscape browser?

This time reading through the story, I couldn't help but wonder, when did Brad become the driving force for intervening with Jeremy and Alex? How does he even know about Alex and JJ? “Will called me last night and read me the riot act again, telling me to butt out of JJ’s life,” I said Will is the one who doesn't like it when others tell him what to do and not do, so how is it okay for him to tell Brad what to do? If Will is being consistent, should he just focus on his own life?

I didn't remember if I wrote a review on this chapter or originally or not, but as I re-read this chapter the first thing that sprang into my head was. "Brad isn't this stupid". As far as I remember, Brad wasn't in the loop with Wade, Matt and Stef on what was going on with JJ and Alex. Will specifically said "don't tell my father", which again is against his "transparency is best" standard.... for everyone but him. As far as could tell, Brad hasn't done anything. It was Wade, Matt, Will and Stef who were talking about Jeremy's involvement with Alex. JJ jumped to the conclusion it was Brad who prompted Matt to talk to him, but I don't see that in the story. All Matt did was tell JJ about Alex's apparent complex. No one (until this chapter) suggested they should break up JJ and Alex, what little there is to break up, just warn him. If JJ hadn't jumped down Matt's throat, he might have paused to process what his physical interactions with Alex have like so far, and how he has been left sexually frustrated. Not rehash everything I've said above, but.... I don't think Brad was the driving force behind Matt talking to JJ and Will was part of a plan to do exactly what Matt did. I think Matt acted when he did because things were accelerating with Alex. It was great Will wanted to think, as Mark put it, but you can't have paralysis by analysis when events are overtaking the timeline. As to "an isolation that he has always felt... a loneliness..", has JJ always felt isolated? He got along with his adoptive mother better than his adoptive father, but did that make him isolated? He liked different things than Will, Brad and Darius, but it didn't feel like he was excluded. And when JJ had his 14th birthday, just before Will went into meltdown mode, it was Will who was feeling isolated and lonely. JJ had a big party with a bunch of his school friends from H-W so we know he had them.

I wish we'd seen more of the Schluter family in Hawaii. I wanted to hear about the Vera Wang Suite ay Halekulani 😄 Zach really needs to up his game when it comes to a ripping contest. He did get the jerk coach fired, but the players are the ones who can make your life miserable on the team and in school.

Maybe you don't understand the context. Garden Grove and Westminster are cities populated by Vietnamese and Vietnamese-Americans. 1 of every 5 persons of Vietnamese descent in the U.S. lives in Orange County, 1 in every 2.5 lives in California. These people well understand what they were fighting for. The consequences of losing were exactly as predicted, mass slaughters and re-education camps. Ho Chi Minh wasn't a liberator, he was just another Marxist mass murderer.

Jeremy is going to be hurt by Alex, but he was going to be hurt by his first boyfriend ever, regardless of who it was. That is life. It is how we grow and mature. As to the comment the guy made to Zach, that is meaningless. Athletes say that stuff to each other all the time. You come back with, "boyfriend? I don't have a boyfriend, I'm dating your Mom" or something else similarly snarky. As to the game, you can watch the complete game on YouTube and they talk about "Zach's" (MJD) ankle injury. It is a pretty entertaining game.

I'd have preferred if Matt and/or Wade talked to the coach privately and remained anonymous in underwriting the trip. I also might not have underwritten the whole thing. I think the players needed some buy-in and responsibility. If I didn't underwrite the whole thing, I'd tell the coach I'd sponsor scholarships for guys who really couldn't afford it, again, anonymously.

Maybe grandma in your part of the country, but my grandparents and great grandparents went to fully integrated schools in CA. Come on out to California and I'll introduce you to a bunch of older people in Garden Grove and Westminster that would happily explain why exactly they were fighting, and the U.S. was helping, to prevent the Communist takeover and what happened to those that could not get out.

De La Salle and Mater Dei are more like college programs than high school ones. Once the x-rays were negative the team docs/trainers would go to work on Zach's ankle. There is no "ice it and take two aspirin", they'd have DMSO to remove the swelling then start ultrasound and other NMES treatment, a taping tighter than a cast and an anesthetic corticosteroid shot on game day if needed. He'd be ready by the following Saturday.

Thank god for #MeToo..... that got me a new Maybach 😲😁

Oh please, no one has a more sanitized vision of themselves than the British, followed by all the other European colonizers France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal; and don't even get me started on the Japanese. The U.S. is a rank amateur compared to these. We already know that Alex is going to have to marry a woman so she can give him a legitimate heir. Alex is hardly a "Euro-Giglio", he is already a Peer of the Realm and will be a Duke one day. It is Jeremy who has been maneuvering to get Alex into a position for "things to happen". He doesn't know exactly how to close the deal, but he's been the one moving to get Alex close to him. The U.S. more readily admits its mistakes than most countries, especially England. I think we flagellate ourselves too much sometimes. “Thanks,” I said, smiling at him. I’d been there less than fifteen minutes. I am confused. Why do you have to go to a car dealer to get a car? When I buy a new one, the salesman delivers it to my house, I sign some papers and he gets a ride back to wherever the car came from 😋

I think you miss the point of people who are not Will fans. The Will fans talk about how wise he is and mature beyond his years and so much smarter about what is good for him than Brad is.... and then when Will melts down, fucks up, throws a hissy fit like the spoiled, clueless ass he is the Will fans go "OMG he is young.... blah blah blah". Will might be young, but he is also emancipated. That means no adult can put the brakes on his behavior when it is destructive or dangerous. You can't have it both ways. Brad does have no game. He's been out of the scene too long, especially when he is trying to date someone his son's age.

I'll be 97 years old by the time CAP gets to 2018. 😆

“He has a job, and they’re relying on him to be there,” I said coldly, irritated that Will had no concept of the responsibility that came with working for a business. “I’m sorry, Dad,” he said. “That came out wrong. Cam didn’t seem all that into his job, and I’d hate for him to miss out on some cool experiences because he’s worried about where he works.” This is an example of why I have a problem with Will the Wise that everyone else seems to love. Will has no clue that there are people who have to work to live, to pay rent, buy food, etc, whether or not they are 'into their jobs'. He has no concept of what it means to not only have your family drop all financial support of you at 18 years old, but to completely eject you from their lives, leaving you alone and poor. Despite his time at the Mission, he does not seem to be aware at all.

Zach's isolation is self imposed. I was hooking up with guys in high school, despite being a varsity athlete in a high visibility program, a good Christian boy and a campus leader. The key was compartmentalization. Oh, and alcohol. Before high school I hooked up with neighborhood friends and we all just viewed it as middle school experimentation. No one thought it had anything to do with our orientation. In high school I added in some hunky guys, but in those cases it usually involved them being under the influence and me pretending I was. Since I was this totally straight Christian jock and many of my hook-ups were too, we pretended it was just hormones and alcohol not mixing well. It never effected our friendships, never came out (who was going to tell, they had as much to lose as I did) and none of us did a deep dive on our sexuality. I didn't even consider that I could be bi until after high school, even after my freshman year in college. I don't think Devon would care one way or the other. I know this was just the beginning of Wikipedia and many other tools, but there had to be biographies of Brad online that listed Will's age to anyone who was that curious. He smiled. “I don’t. I’m unique in the gay world. I pretty much have to get to know a guy before I fuck him.” This comment reminds me of how many of my friends would hook up in WeHo or The Castro and no know the guy's first name, let alone his last name. I have one good friend from my younger days who said he'd never hook-up with someone until he knew their last name. We finished our light Friday workout, then we hit the showers. I kept to myself even more in there, making sure not to look at anyone, and making really sure that I didn’t get hard. I started showering with other dudes at the YMCA starting at a very young age and continued for the next 15 years or more through my college days and not once did I or anyone else ever bone up in the locker room. This seems like one of the great myths or storylines in gay fiction about how a gay teen outs himself by popping wood in the showers. Never ever seen it. And for myself, trust me, I was looking. I could have identified half the athletes in my high school by a picture of their dicks alone. I can still visualize some of the most memorable ones thirty years later. 😄