Mitch gave a resigned sigh. "It does. I just feel so bad for both of you, having to have sex with men." She made a face, like a three-year-old being forced to eat her cauliflower. "Maybe someday you'll come to your senses."

We headed out to a local club with live music and dancing. After getting our hands stamped as minors we entered and I was a little overwhelmed. I'd been to a few, well, I guess you'd call them country-dances as a kid, but I'd never seen anything like this before. The lights were low, but there was plenty of neon glowing from the ceiling and from people on...