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Have Some Pineapple Sunday arrived like an earthquake. Parker had a hold of my right arm and was shaking me. “Matt, wake up. We have to go to breakfast now,” he said with some urgency. “Huh, wha…what time is it?” I tried. “It’s 9:00 and we have to get to breakfast before they stop serving.” “What about your mother and uh…uh…” “Aunt Helen.” “Oh right,” my brain wasn’t quite working yet. “I went over to their room already. They said to meet them in th

The holiday was just beginning.

Disney Date Night We were planning on meeting the girls in a few minutes because we had reservations for dinner at one of the swankier restaurants at the hotel, so we had to dress up a little. Parker put on a yellow V-neck sweater over a white dress shirt and added a mostly red patterned tie. “Oh, you look nice,” I uttered when I saw what he was going to wear. “It’s very, uh, Haircut 100.” He said, “Hmm,” and went in front of the mirror posing a few times to the right and t

Ready For Takeoff Saturday finally arrived and we were going to the airport, flying direct to Orlando, renting a car, and checking in at the hotel. Eventually we’d be hitting all three parks: The Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, and MGM Studios. I was going to enjoy the heck out of this trip because I wouldn’t have to worry about anything. All expenses were covered, everything was top notch, and I was with Parker. I’d just show up, everything had been prearranged and paid for. It would indeed b

Yes, Chapter 30 was more of an aside than part of the story. I wrote it and wasn't sure what to do with it, so I stopped the narrative put the aside in and then continued the story again. I thought there was some important information about the narrator and his frame of reference which kept me from excluding the chapter altogether. Matt is never sure whether to embrace the gay world or the straight world as he has one foot in both. And what he is saying here is more of a manifesto, a warning to the straight community (which he still feels a part of). He's saying "Here's what guys are all about. I was able to fulfill my needs but it took another guy to get me there." This is more a lesson he is teaching from his perspective, so yes it does sound textbook...intentionally so. It is from the textbook that Matt would write based on his own experience, so it is biased. But we can take what he's saying with a grain of salt or believe it wholeheartedly as he does. You can actually skip from chapter 29 to 31 if you just want narrative.

Sometimes nothing is better for the soul than a good cry.

Perfectly said. What if being straight or gay was as mundane as whether you prefer chocolate or vanilla ice cream?

My Friend’s House The next couple of weeks passed by accompanied with much studying, and then it was time for final exams. With finals, you never know how well you did because you take your exams and then you’re off campus for the summer before the exams are graded. You can only gauge how well you did by how you felt you did. Eventually you are pleased or not when you get your final grades mailed to you a month later. But the most important part is that once final exams are over, no

Yes, I guess that the boys often complement each other even though they might not always recognize it.

That's a pretty good explanation. Sexual orientation and personality traits are not mutually exclusive. Although stereotypes becomes sterotypes for a very good reason. I always felt that the terms homosexual, gay, and queer are not 100% equivalent, while others use those terms interchangeably. Do females consider themselves gay or lesbian? But why do we need labels at all?

Yes, there were many points touched upon here, more than I intended perhaps. I recently spoke to a married friend of mine who confessed to masturbating in bed often while his wife was asleep. She caught him a few times and said "that's disgusting." Have some heart, he's just being a man. And you're certainly not helping matters.

Matt's Rant –– What Does That Make Me? Women have no idea what it’s like to have a penis. OK, duh. Take it on faith that all guys love their penis. It is the main driving force in an obsession that becomes the focal point of our lives as soon as we hit puberty. If you ever have a son, you’ll know he’s hit puberty when he loses interest in Legos and replaces it with another activity behind closed doors. No matter what sport, activity, or hobby a male takes an interest in during h

It is inevitable...but Matthew has to grow up a bit first.

Yup. But when you are in a real relationship for the first time, everything is new. There are a lot of first times for everything and first times are memorable.

Gotta tell it like it is. When one tries new things, there are little surprises...the good and the not so pleasant.

Parker's Birthday Party Well, the party went off without a hitch. For those who had never met me before, I was introduced up front as Parker’s boyfriend, so there was no possibility of things being misinterpreted or me feeling excluded. I even met Parker’s brother, Nick, for the first time. He was pretty friendly to me. When he met me, he said, “Oh, so you’re the guy I’ve been hearing so much about. Hmm, you don’t look gay at all.” He meant that as a compliment. So I replied, “O

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Parker's Birthday (Part 2) I was awakened in the morning by Parker fidgeting. Usually when I awoke without an alarm clock going off, I'd turn over and fall back to sleep. Once Parker awoke and went through his waking up contortions, he was ready to take on the new day, so sitting still in bed was not his strong suit. He would try for my benefit, but he'd fidget. He usually slept longer than me, so it normally wasn’t an issue, but it was the day of his 18th birthday party, so he was t

Thanks. This one took a long while to write. Thanks for reading.

Hey, I know it's been forever since the last installment. I've had a change of employment that has kept me busy.This chapter was actually difficult to write.I didn't want it to come off as too X rated, yet I wanted to capture the true essence of a real first-time event and the feelings that go along with it. Thanks for sticking with the story.

Parker’s Birthday Parker’s Birthday was May 4th, which fell on a Sunday this time around. As a result, his mother was holding a party for him at the house on the Saturday before to coincide with her work schedule. Parker asked me to come over after work Friday night and stay over the weekend...with his mother’s blessing of course. If Ginny was going to be at home during one of my stays, I made sure Parker always asked her permission to show her the proper respect and prevent inconven

There was research conducted a couple of years ago that came out in a news article about how penis size relates to nationality. And the results were that overall, Swedish men were the most well endowed, while South Korean men were the least well endowed. But I have to wonder whether any African nations were part of that research.

The Dorm Fiesta “Who was that?” Parker asked after Joe was out of ear shot. “One of my friends. I’ll introduce you two when he comes back,” I replied. “Oh, OK,” he said as he went back to sipping his root beer. I didn’t want Parker to know it was Joe quite yet because he’d get all nervous in the interim. You see, Parker had it built up in his mind that Joe was his nemesis. He figured Joe would resent him for the whole roommate thing, which in reality had been amicably

And can you imagine that it's exactly the opposite in the States? Plus there's a theory that the Vatican was complicit in circumcising boys. Less sensitivity = less masturbation = more baby-making sex = more Catholics. The Vatican supports any scheme that produces more Catholics. But that's a debate for another day.