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Although Americans appear to the rest of the world as frank and open people, the truth is often the opposite when it comes to relating on an individual basis. This is particularly true regarding sexual relationships.
The fact is, Americans are only now learning to discuss sex and sexuality with candor, and usually that is within the limits of marital sex.
While no one is advocating sex as the prime focus of life, and while sexual privacy is very important, many adults harbor fears about themselves and their sexual behavior that could be erased if they were more aware of other people’s behavior. Most of us have been brought up to be at least slightly ashamed of anything sexual, and it is frequently reassuring to discover that we are not different, naughty, or even perverted in our sexual practices. In discussing sex with others, people find out how truly normal they are.
The characters in EAT OUT WITH MOM are cases in point. Their story is one of real importance for our hung-up society. It is a story well worth the reading if we are ever to understand our own sexuality.
Peggy was furious.
She was mad, angry, very pissed.
Stomping around her room, she flung a pillow against the far wall, knocking a picture to the floor, and she didn’t care if it shattered into a zillion pieces.
All these years and she never knew.
A sister . . . a baby sister she had no idea she had.
A baby sister coming to stay with them. No, to live with them!
To live with her and Tommy for years and years and years! It would be as if a stranger walked into their home and stayed put.
The call had come the day before, telling Peggy of the death of her parents, along with the information that she was the beneficiary of their estate, divided evenly between her and this baby sister. The money would certainly come in handy, but what in the world would she do with a baby sister?
Fictional reading for entertainment purposes only.