In her love letter to her gay "boyfriends," New York Times bestselling author Wednesday Martin shows just how an unconditional-and non-traditional-romance transformed the life of a teenage outsider forever.
As an awkward high schooler, Wednesday struggled to find her place in Grand Rapids. Until a handsome senior encouraged her to believe how talented, smart, and wonderfully different she was. Naturally, Wednesday fell for him...He was falling, too. For another boy. Yet this one-sided crush proved life altering, paving the way for a string of "boyfriends" who offered Wednesday something deeper than physical connection.
Boyfriends of Dorothy is part of The Real Thing, a collection of moving, hilarious, and big-hearted essays on the modern realities of friendship, romance, commitment, and love, with art by Geoff McFetridge. Each story can be read-or listened to-in a single sitting.
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[There are a few things you need to know about Grand Rapids, Michigan, the place where I grew up] ***(Amazon Original Stories, 28 May 2018, ebook, 37 pages, kindle in motion, Prime Reading)
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I really enjoyed this essay. Martin explores friendship and non-traditional love. I couldn't relate to her experiences of falling in love with gay men. Well, not completely though I've had a few crushes on straight women over the years. Part of me wondered if she was just setting herself up for disappointment by falling for cute boys who turned out to be gay. The cynic in me thought 'why do you keep repeating this pattern?' I also felt like she was using her 'gay boyfriends' at times to make herself feel better. There are a lot of funny moments in this essay.
