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I believe that's an example of overexplaining, because he explained common words that we already understood or could easily figure out. All we needed were the explanations for the Aussie lingo. Wrap your laughing gear 'round that, mate?

Again, that's English, but with a slightly different vocabulary that would need to be explained, and I'm sure that's what you did, one way or another. It's the same type of problem peiople have when they hear or try to sing Waltzing Matilda.

But that's not a foreign language and can easily be figured out, although it's obvious that they are lower class, possibly uneducated speakers.

Cruella - very cute turning her into the Disney villain in 101 Dalmatians. But the boys are being careful, and that's why Mac has to drive to the campus before they go to the dog park, and why he also has to drive to somewhere else before they return to the house, since Luella knows they don't have a dog and would question it. For those that have forgotten, Devin is Bi, so if it came to having a problem with artificial insemination, he could actually do the deed. And yes, it is possible for a skinwalker to transition into the opposite sex, so Mac could transition into a woman so Devin could practice having heterosexual sex, if it came to him having to do the deed to have a son, ar vice versa. Thank you for your questions and your support.

First of all, I thought my suggestion of using the parentheses was easiest for the reader, since they wouldn't have to look for a note or go to a glossary. And we're not implying that the readers are idiots, but we're just making it easier for those that don't speak the second language you are using, so they can understand. I know, I for one, and I'll admit it, lose interest in a story and stop reading when too much of it is written in a language that I 'm not familiarity with. because I feel I'm missing too much of the story - possibly something important. If that makes me an idiot, so be it.

Gramps and Pops knew how she was and were very careful around her. They may have let her see them as dogs in the back yard, but they never let her see them transition.

What get so complicated? If you use a foreign phrase in your story you can just use parentheses following the foreign phrase with the English translation in it, such as the following. "Oh mon dieu!" (Oh my god) she cried.

Thank you for your support and I'm glad you were able to catch up.

No problem. We all do that from time to time. I'm just glad you're trying to keep me on my toes when I do make a mistake like that.

When I looked back at the chapter, I didn't find Gramps referring to Devin as his great-grandson. Pops explained that the boys were his great-nephews, and the boys referred to his as their great-uncle, but that's all. Let me know if you found something different.

Thank you for the additional information.

Yes, that is a possibility when they use their ability.

That's exactly why I gave her that name.

Thank you for educating me about this. I guess I should have gone to see the Mean Girls movie. However, before I retired had had run into several individuals that would have been classified as a "Karen".

I take it the "Karen" reference is a character out of the Barbie movie, since you made the Ken reference. JFYI, Luella next door has never been married (I wonder why) and lived with her daddy until he died. But the boys definitely have to be careful of their activities when they're at the house. Thanks for the feedback.

Thank you for caring, and my absence was caused by health issues, but hopefully the worst is behind me. The slip at the restaurant was my error, and hopefully the owner of Dominick's didn't catch it. I'll have to correct that. As far as the "Karen" remark - I must be out of the loop. I'm not sure what that means, although I can guess. The skinwalkers have the ability to use surrogates the same way as others, it's just that they have to make certain their sperm isn't used for others. Their ability will allow them to impersonate a clinic employee, or employees, as they enter the clinic to destroy the sample after the surrogate is impregnated. Thank you for the feedback and catching my error.

Yes, the neighbor, Luella, might definitely be a threat, so the boys have to be careful. Thanks for the feedback.

Yes, she definitely can become a threat, not just a nuisance. Thanks for the feedback, Chris.

Thank you, Danilo, and yes, I think we all knew the nosy neighbor would be the one to spill the beans, so to speak. I'm glad you enjoyed this chapter, and thank you for your continued support.

Chapter 02 – Getting Settled In Devin and I were still in the kitchen getting a drink when we heard the front door open and close, so we rushed out to see who was there. It was Gramps and Pops. “We thought maybe you’d gone home, when we saw you weren’t here when we got back,” Devin stated. “No, we won’t be returning home for another week,” Pops responded. “We just ran out to the grocery store to pick up some snacks and drinks for the house.” “Thanks, we appreciate that

Or after doing a marathon session watching RuPaul's Drag Race.

I think the old adage for writers is to write about what you know, and most American don't know that much about the rest of the world. I'll admit that I have included trips overseas in one on my stories (to the UK, Australia, and Japan) but I had to do one hell of a lot of research to pull it off. I had spent time in the UK when I was young, but things have changed there and my memory isn't as good as it once was, therefore I had to do a considerable amount of research in order to pull it off, but as I did I tried to explain as much as possible so every reader could enjoy it as well. Since this situation was brought to my attention, I've tried to make allowances for this. When using feet, yards, and miles, or ounces and pounds in my stories, I try to include the metric equivalences. When I'm talking about high school or college, when I use the term freshmen, I put (1st year) behind it, and sophomore (2nd year), Junior (3rd year), and senior (4th year), but now I see it might be more useful if I included the character's age. I try to make my stories as interesting as I can for anyone to read, no matter where they're from, but I'm learning there is more I can do to accomplish this. Thank you for sharing pointers, aswell as your viewpoints on the situation.

Anton, I know it might be late, but I'm taking care of that issue in Chapters 9 and 12, the Thanksgiving and Christmas chapters. These chapters had already been edited, so I hope I didn't make any obvious errors when doing it.

That probably explains the many times I reread and rework each chapter before posting them. I just wish you guys had suggested the stretch clothing earlier, while I was writing those chapters. Posting one chapter per week doesn't give me a lot of time to go back and rework them now, because then I'd need time to get them back to my editors to go over them again before posting, and they have outside lives and can't drop everything to re-edit my chapters. I'll just include it in the future chapters I'm working on.

Thanks for the feedback, Anton. Yes, Mac and Devin have to be aware and careful all the time and Devin needs to be careful and learn to control his impulsiveness. I'm glad you're enjoying this story. I knew it was a different take than the 'usual' shifter story and I was a little worried about how it would be accepted when I first started posting it, so I'm glad the readers like you seem to be enjoying it. I guess I need to get out and buy clothes more often, and I will take your and drpaladin's suggestions into consideration. I had thought about stretch clothing before, but I was worried that they wouldn't stretch as far as would be needed. I guess the fabrics have improved since what I was thinking about.