Mrs. Byers!! Be honest. What do you think about my mom??
What a sweetheart you are!
Your mother was⦠was the love of my life.
I see so much of her in you.
Even her love of boobies.
I met Karen in homeroom freshman year and I have been WHIPPED for that woman ever since she sat next to me and said
We went to study at the soda shop a lot and ended up kissing killing it in our classes. She liked taking me to drive-in movies as well. Karen would always come to my shows with a bouquet of flowers and my favorite Snickers chocolate.
She ranted to me about the boys that wanted to take her out. I was an ugly duckling who didnāt get attention from boys.
All I knew was that Karen said boys were disposable placeholders who would never take my place in her heart.
Because we were friends.
Good friends.
I didnāt know why, I was 15, but soon I wanted to go to the soda shop and drive-in with Karen for other reasons than studying. My theatre friends asked me if I wanted to be her girlfriend.
I DID want to be Karenās girlfriend!
Except Karen went out with boys so I thought she was straight for the longest time.
I shouldāve known she wasnāt.
So one day in sophomore year - and I have the 8mm film - she told me
Ellaās sister Kali made me this vision of what I wouldāve told her if I had ruined the friendship.
And then we might have KISSED!
I wouldāve asked her to BE MY GIRLFRIEND AND GO ON SODA SHOP DATES AND SING SHOW TUNES AND CHEER CHANTS FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES.
Except I was in a production of Carousel by Rogers and Hammerstein and I was method acting as Julie Jordan.
So I had convinced myself I was a straight woman in an abusive relationship.
Thatās how I ended up marrying Jonathan and Willisās father Larry.
And my rejection shoved Karen deeper into the closet than she already was and she married that goddamn basketball player Teddy.
Ever since I have pined for Karen.
Even when I met the nicest man named Brad.
So, here I am, engaged to Ellaās dad named Jimmy whatsit and waiting on Karen while Jimmy tells me I'm beautiful.
Iām so proud of you, Nancy, because you embraced yourself back when you realized you liked @lesbianest-barb and have since found the most loving polycule of girls!
If only Karen would come out of the closet and start a Hydroflask.
MY GIRL IS OUT THERE SOMEWHERE!