Tulip Season
The pandemic is coming to an end, and so are marriages and relationships. Up and down Rowena, everywhere for rent signs. Couples who used to jog together in a row, now only one jogs and the other smokes cigarettes again. rescue dogs are being walked with one resentful owner. Free books here, free dresser over the hill and around the corner. Crying babies moved to inlaws so crying mom can rant on the phone to sister in Florida. A lot less hiking, a lot more going blond, going Keto, going out in soft pastel shirts.
Bill doesnt want to be called Bill anymore, he wants William. He will correct you every single time, with only a hint of self-consciousness because its taken him years of discipline to become appropriate in all weather conditions. He can have that new name, he thinks, as he presents himself like a William. #Gaydad father of twin boys from an Indian surrogate with a Taiwanese egg. He doesn't want anyone to know that he's separated from the twins' other father. He can't even bring himself to think of the twins growing up with two sets of gay dads.
He suspects, that their separation might have been caused by 1. Brain damage/temporary insanity brought on by a bout of Covid 2. Sabotoging caucasian marriage counselor 3. One of them stopped getting the same haircut.
He tells the story of his separation like it's a fairytale. So removed and cleansed of the messy parts, the brutal parts, that he cannot even get himself to think about.
Bill doesnt want to be called Bill anymore, he wants William. He will correct you every single time, with only a hint of self-consciousness because its taken him years of discipline to become appropriate in all weather conditions. He can have that new name, he thinks, as he presents himself like a William. #Gaydad father of twin boys from an Indian surrogate with a Taiwanese egg. He doesn't want anyone to know that he's separated from the twins' other father. He can't even bring himself to think of the twins growing up with two sets of gay dads.
He suspects, that their separation might have been caused by 1. Brain damage/temporary insanity brought on by a bout of Covid 2. Sabotoging caucasian marriage counselor 3. One of them stopped getting the same haircut.
He tells the story of his separation like it's a fairytale. So removed and cleansed of the messy parts, the brutal parts, that he cannot even get himself to think about.