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A much-delayed response. . . I abhor both parties in American politics. I think the Democrats should change their name to the American Socialist Party, and the Republicans should change theirs to the American Idiots Party. Since I can't stand either, I now identify as an Independant, who will not vote for either presidential candidate, with no hope of an Independant/Centrist candidate ever having a snowball's prayer in Hell of ever being elected. Having nothing good to say about either Biden or Trump, I will say nothing at all, which really says it all. Now I'm going to read another chapter of one of my own stories since I don't have the patience to read Ronyx or Fox right now. Any suggestions?

I've read more than once that we're all friends here, as long as we respect one another. And I do mean to be respectful. But Luara, I am extremely tired of this story and your continuing efforts to drag it out to what end. So, as much as I have enjoyed it to this point, even having skipped the last two chapters hoping for some resolution, I have decided to stop reading. My impatience is greater than your wonderful ability to maintain a line of unrewarded expectation. I'm moving on to some of your other stories. Arrrggghhh!

A much belated comment: Join the club. I used the better part of a box of tissues writing this story. 😢

Being the narcissist that I am, and also being frustrated by how long it is taking for Rusty to accept his love for Matty, I am reading my own stories. As a child Wayne's age, I had a teddy bear named Honey, and my brother, who is two years older, had a rag doll named George. There is so much of me in all of my stories, both as one of the boys, and as the father figure. But, as another author once said, "write about what you know," which I have done, heavily embellished with self-hero worship (What Is True Love Anyway) and wishful thinking.

After some thought, I have decided ti keep my comments to myself. 😡

My sentiments, exactly!

I'm going to weigh in here again with comments that may piss off some of you even though they aren't meant to do so. As background, I remind you that I grew up in the 50's and 60's when American society, at least that part that I was exposed to, was moralistically strict. I lived a heterosexual life for the better part of 60 years. For all of that time, my own thoughts and prejudices about gays was based not on scripture or society, but only on one thing: I found the thought of men engaging in oral or anal sex with one another repugnant. It wasn't until I started reading gay porn that my thoughts and opinions changed. I truly believe that "anti-gay/lesbian" attitudes are still attributed to that same underlying "instinctual?" attitude. As a Christian, it irritates me no end when people hide behind scriptures to justify their own personal feeling of distaste. Paul condemned heterosexual sex outside of marriage (fornication) in the same verse that he spoke against homosexuality. But almost nobody today says anything about heterosexual couples having sex before marriage. And Jesus, who had nothing to say about homosexuality, said that to divorce and remarry was to commit adultery. And I can guarantee you that many who condemn homosexuality are or worship with people in second marriages. Back to the topic at hand, some things are best left unsaid. . . . 😇🥰 so sayeth a moralistic old man. 🤣

Confused and envious.

@Summerabbacat, I was just looking at the number of views my stories have triggered, and I am happy that this one ranks highest by far. At the same time, I re-read your comment and need to say how much it meant to me. So complimentary, and so open-minded. Even if I have said it before, thank you so much! At the risk of repeating myself, my view of the Old Testament is that it is a primarily a history of the Israelites, a people who, as children, needed laws to help them evolve and grow. It obviously does not explain all the other peoples that populated the earth at the time, supposedly also created by the God in whom I believe. In the Christ, God addressed ALL the peoples He created. So much for proselytizing. Love you, guy.

Need I apologize for this comment? I don't think so. Not here. He yelped as Rusty grabbed him and kissed him with all the tongue he had. Call me old fashioned and heterosexual if you must, but I just do not understand how one person can kiss another person with such fervor without love being at the center. I mean, I sucked a dear friend's dick with great pleasure, but I could never kiss him, because I do not love him. Therefore, as I have said before, I can hardly wait for these guys to admit to themselves and each other that they are IN LOVE! Especially Rusty, since Matty has always known he loves Rusty. Again, my own impatience springs forth.

The only thing I lack more than patience is the words to express my impatience. I'm going back to Jonathan and Maddox's story. It's finished. I might wait for you to publish two more chapters, Laura, so I don't have to wait between them. 🥰

That's supposed to be happily ever after. Sorry, I'm more than half looped, three sheets to the wind, drunker than a skunk. Where did that last one come from anyway? Whoever heard of a drunk skunk?

What's an HEA?

My anxiety level is already almost at its peak, and this is only chapter 2. I'll keep going for now but may escape to another of your stories at some point. Call me a sissy or whatever; it will be appropriate.

I can sympathize with this comment as I have written a similar comment to Ronyx's story "Seth On The Road To Chaos." However, @re2, as a nice reader responded, take heart, read on, persevere (my words, not his). I, too, wish Rusty and Matty would just recognize the truth, say it to each other and move on and attack Conner as a team, but it isn't our story to write. I will add, though, that as an incurable romantic, I don't understand how Rusty can enjoy the kisses as much as he does without knowing the love that they represent. Seems a dichotomy to me, but as I said, it isn't my story. Laura, that being said, would you hurry the hell up?!?!?! 😅🥰😇😂😂

NO. Gay individuals have no duty or obligation to identify who they are any more than anyone else does. But as a tax preparer, can I just come out and ask, "Are you gay?" without any indication that they might be? If they are gay, no offense, but if they aren't gay, just imagine the offense. I think I can understand, or at least sympathize, with your sensitivity on this subject, based on how the "straight" community has treated LGBs over the years. But please recognize that not all of us fall into the "insensitive, bigoted, bastard" bucket. Now that I have hurt your feelings, so have you mine. 🤧But we'll both get over it.🥰

OMG! @JamesSavik. You have so much experience you need a spreadsheet?!?!?! HAHAHAHA Excel or QuatroPro?

I totally agree with this comment! Having been married to the woman I loved for 50 years and coming from a family without divorce, I used to think there was something uniquely wrong with gay relationships that didn't last forever. Now, with so many heterosexual relationships not lasting a lifetime, I have a different perspective. As a tax practitioner, I have a gay couple who didn't present as gay. After 4 years of them coming to my office together for ONE of their tax returns, I finally had the guts to ask if they were a couple. Their response was a surprised, "Yes, for 15 years now." When I asked why they didn't get married and file jointly, they answered that they would as soon as Texas recognized same-sex marriages. I also knew a lesbian couple who had been together for 25 years when they moved away. I also have another gay couple who have only been married about 6 years, but they have weathered some trying times and remain together. So my obviously limited experience is that even gay and lesbian couples can stay together for LONG periods of time. I wish that for all. God bless you all, wherever you are in your relationships!

He was overthinking things, as Ray said. It was just sex. He would have it and be done with it. His attraction toward Maddox would finally reach its apex, and they would be done, I call bullshit. Having had an affair that lasted only a month ( we were both married and she ended it, fortunately), I can say from experience that for the more vulnerable of us having sex only makes the attraction worse. It doesn't end it. Thank goodness for these guys. 🥰 Oh gosh, I am so loving this story!

Thank you for your response, @Ron. I accept it as it 2was intended, and yes, I suppose my comments were judgmental even though I might have meant otherwise. Again, my only excuse is my ignorance, which is no excuse, really. I learned in ROTC in college that an "excuse" is what we give when we don't have a "reason." And in the military, excuses are not acceptable. But, judgmental though they may be, I do not retract or apologize for them. It's just where I come from.

Websters defines it thusly: 1 having or characterized by many transient sexual relationships. 2 indiscriminate or casual: which begs the question of how many is "many, indiscriminate or casual." As a bisexual Christian who has had only two gay experiences late in life, I can only say that as such a person who lived a straight life for 74 years. Through the 50's and 60's a girl was "promiscuous" if she slept with more than 1 guy. I struggle with what is apparently a part of gay culture, that of having sex with multiple partners. I don't condemn it, because I'm not a part of it and I am ignorant of it. But as the first 4 words of this paragraph state, from a straight Christian's standpoint, more than two is promiscuous, and more than 5 makes one a slut. Please don't be harsh with me. I don't mean to be judgmental in my comments. Only trying to offer my own perspective on the subject. Feel free to respond as you like.

None of us have any room to condemn others. We condemn ourselves by our own actions.

@Laura S. Fox, I don't know if you keep up with comments this long after posting your story, but all I can say is a special thank you for this chapter. It left me almost in tears, partly because of the validation it gave me for some of my own stories. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Love blossoms amid the turmoil.

because everything he did felt like lovemaking Now we're getting somewhere. 🥰😍🥰

I know I'm a broken record, and I have to be patient, but I'm looking forward to the point at which they are making love and not fucking. Obviously, patience is not one of my virtues since the boys haven't even started fucking yet.