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October 6

Tía Bertha met Sebastian this afternoon. It was both funny and infuriating. If there is one thing my tía Bertha hates more than Catholics, it’s gay people. She hates lesbians more than gay men, but she hates gay men too. I don’t know why though. Supposedly, she used to be friends with all sorts of gay men back in the day before she was touched by the hand of God. In any case, now she doesn’t like them. I had to introduce Sebastian to tía Bertha again. Because even though she’s met him like ten times, she never remembers him.

“Hola muchacho! Que guapo! What a handsome friend you have, Gabi! If only he were a little bit older, maybe he’d take me out on a date.” And then she winked at him. Eww. Eww. Eww. But she didn’t stop there. “Do you have girlfriend, handsome?” Before I could warn Sebastian about tía Bertha, he laughed and said, “Girlfriend? No! But I have a boyfriend.”

I heard Beto shout all the way from the living room, “Oh shit! This is gonna be good!” He is such an instigator. Tía Bertha didn’t shut up about the sinfulness of two men together until I couldn’t take it any longer and said, “What about the sinfulness of sleeping with a married man?”

I should have kept my mouth shut. That cut really deep. We aren’t supposed to talk about her current situation. She just looked at me, hard, her eyes glistening. She was hurt, and I felt horrible. Gabi’s diarrhea of the mouth strikes again. My brother just shook his head. If my mom hadn’t been at work, I would have been in deep shit. I don’t get it though—why do I feel so guilty about saying that to her, but she doesn’t feel a little bit sorry about blaming Sebastian for the fall of Sodom and Gomorra, the dissipation of morality in society, and the coming of the anti-Christ?

Later…

Because Sebastian is gay, he is allowed to spend the night since there is no fear that we will have sex and make babies. I finally got to ask him about Pedro. He revealed that Pedro is a really good kisser, has a big “package” (though Sebastian used another word which I feel uncomfortable even writing) and knows a lot of poetry in the mother tongue which he recites to Sebastian (how romantic is that!). He speaks Spanish with a sexy Bolivian accent and is learning a lot of English but is really embarrassed to speak it out loud because of his sexy accent. Sebastian also says his mom is back on speaking terms with him, but his dad is still really angry and doesn’t want to see him. He also says that his tía Agi’s house is cool and she seems to be loving and accepting. Though she did tell him she doesn’t want to see any cochinadas in her house. Which translates to: no sex. Why is every mom’s concern about sex? There are more important things in life like school, careers, poetry, books, ice cream or learning how to make the perfect chocolate cake. It’s so damn frustrating.

We have to go to sleep because it’s like 3 a.m. and we’re supposed to meet Cindy early tomorrow for breakfast. And we will go to sleep just as soon as Sebastian is done chatting with Pedro. He was right—he does have a sexy Bolivian accent.