Word: boyfriend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Patrick tells me about Norma, a fresh-minted graduate and friend of his. Norma said she was crazy about her new boyfriend because he was "wild." Patrick asked her what was wild about...
...from his home in Port of Spain, Trinidad. "The charge is unjust," he said. In his version of the encounter, "This girl mentioned that she had written an erotic poem. Later I asked her what she had done for the weekend and she said she went with her boyfriend. I made some quip about that, but there was no intention to be in any way offensive. And if she felt I was, then she could have cut me short or walked away. I never touched...
Stacy P. Gilber, a junior at Brandeis, accompanied her boyfriend, a Southwestern salesman, to an awards ceremony in the Pocano Mountains last March. Numerous prizes were given out, including awards for hardest worker, most hours, and best sales presentation. Her boyfriend, who is paying his way through New York University law school, won a trip to the Bahamas during Christmas vacation...
...about the next months of silent agony when you don't tell your roommates; you don't tell your boyfriend; you don't go near UHS; you try to think it's not true; you try to think you'll have a miscarriage; you sleep all the time because you're tired and your body feels swollen and you hate yourself and there's nobody to tell it to and nothing you can do about it. Until you have to do something about it. And then you have to do it yourself. With no help; take this body...
Finally your boyfriend or your best friend figures it out or senses something or just asks and you cry maybe for the first time and tell them and hope they'll tell you what to do, staring at them, waiting for it to be all better and to go away. They tell you that of course you'll get an abortion because you can't stop your education; it's just the wrong time; it's a sad-sad thing that's happened to you. They make the appointment. They spend a lot of time with...