Poor Brian. As usual his friends want to help but have no idea how to help him. Perhaps they just need to back off and let Brian deal with his own feelings? When he's ready to be "active" again I think Justin and Brian need to get stuck in an elevator together.
I know that science tells us that. But I know of a few families with more than one gay member, often in different generations. So although it hasn't been proven, this makes you wonder if being gay can sometimes be hereditary.
I think there's definitely a genetic element -- if one identical twin is gay I believe the probability that the other will be gay too is way beyond chance. The same if you have one gay sibling -- it raises the chance that there will be another. I read about one family with five kids and ALL were gay.
But with gay parents I've never seen any proof other than anecdotal that gay parents are more likely to have gay kids.
Hunter has his own life. I see him as very independent. It's not out of the realm that he'd be living in Philadelphia. It's also a way for him to get some distance from two very - um - micro- managing parents.
You can tell Brian and Gus are father and son, and they seem to have a solid, loving relationship despite having different sexual orientations. I don't think having the same sexual orientation is a requisite for good parenting - Brian is doing just fine.
I go from cheering Micheal on to wanting to slap him on the side of the head, hard. Mikey - WTF, Brian's partner/husband of ten years just died and you want him to be out dancing partying and tricking? I had hoped Brian's friends would have realized by now that he is no longer the Brian who indulged in mindless pain management practices to keep the world and time at bay. How can his friends hope to help him come to terms with the devastating turn of events if they can't see him as the man he is now?
And as far as Justin goes - how soon after the death of a loved spouse would someone fall into a new, hot and heavy affair with a past lover who left you multiple times. I don't think the trust will come easily or especially quick nor should it.
Brian, the dad, did good with the talk outside of Debbie and Carl's home.
Heartbreaking - the sadness of Brian thinking Gus and him will have a barrier between them and wanting to reach out for Ron's reassurance. It seems as if Mr. I Don't Need Anybody really depended upon Ron's love and support to anchor him.
Sad - The Pittsburgh crowd wanting to help but at a loss. Micheal as usual, means well, but missteps, I mean would he be out looking for sex if Ben died. Give Brian some time, after all did he forget just how badly Brian was handling things just a little while ago in CA. it's 15 years later from when Brian's father died he has matured since then.
Please don't send Gus to Saint James - that's just so wrong, IMO.
I think Michael is so used to the idea of the "Pain Management" Brian that he expects him to be reacting the way he did in 201 -- but it's 14 years later and Brian has changed a lot. Brian realizes that he can't fuck his pain away. But he doesn't know how to get rid of it. That's the problem.
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same as for a kid with two straight parents -- more than
90%.
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is gay I believe the probability that the other will be gay too is
way beyond chance. The same if you have one gay sibling --
it raises the chance that there will be another. I read about
one family with five kids and ALL were gay.
But with gay parents I've never seen any proof other than
anecdotal that gay parents are more likely to have gay kids.
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But why is Gus going to public school seemingly out of the question?
Glad to hear that Hunter is still part of this world. When he wasn't mentioned in earlier chapters, I got a little worried.
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out of the realm that he'd be living in Philadelphia. It's also a
way for him to get some distance from two very - um - micro-
managing parents.
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I go from cheering Micheal on to wanting to slap him on the side of the head, hard. Mikey - WTF, Brian's partner/husband of ten years just died and you want him to be out dancing partying and tricking? I had hoped Brian's friends would have realized by now that he is no longer the Brian who indulged in mindless pain management practices to keep the world and time at bay. How can his friends hope to help him come to terms with the devastating turn of events if they can't see him as the man he is now?
And as far as Justin goes - how soon after the death of a loved spouse would someone fall into a new, hot and heavy affair with a past lover who left you multiple times. I don't think the trust will come easily or especially quick nor should it.
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Heartbreaking - the sadness of Brian thinking Gus and him will have a barrier between them and wanting to reach out for Ron's reassurance. It seems as if Mr. I Don't Need Anybody really depended upon Ron's love and support to anchor him.
Sad - The Pittsburgh crowd wanting to help but at a loss. Micheal as usual, means well, but missteps, I mean would he be out looking for sex if Ben died. Give Brian some time, after all did he forget just how badly Brian was handling things just a little while ago in CA. it's 15 years later from when Brian's father died he has matured since then.
Please don't send Gus to Saint James - that's just so wrong, IMO.
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Brian that he expects him to be reacting the way he did in 201 --
but it's 14 years later and Brian has changed a lot. Brian realizes
that he can't fuck his pain away. But he doesn't know how to get
rid of it. That's the problem.
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