I'm not sorry, did I offend you?

It is my philosophy that when people let you in on their interpersonal drama, they are also granting you permission to offer your opinions on the situation. All those close to me subscribe to this same point of view. Practical strangers, however, don't take as kindly to my candor.

"That's AWFUL," I interjected as a sparkly T-shirt wearing boi - the lover of my friend Rina's friend, Prisstopher - finished telling us of his open relationship with another man. Another man who happened to be out on the patio of that very same bar. Another man to whom he had just introduced Prisstopher as the other man.

"Noitisn't!" Tommy Sparkles bristled. "He's okay with it. He's ready to settle down and I'm not. He knows I love him, but I can't be with just him, just yet."

"Still - that's got to kill,” I pounded my fist against my left pec, "him, seeing you with your other lover like that. That would kill anyone."

T. Spark glanced away towards the jukebox, looking like he smelled something as disgusting as I thought his actions to be.

"How was that for you," I challenged Prisstopher, "running into his boyyy - friennnd?"

"Awkward," he scrunched up his face, sourly. More in response to my lack of boundaries than his lover’s lover’s sanctioned reprieve.

I turned to Rina, rolled my eyes, and - due to the deluge of liquor I consumed that night – ceased in being capable of recalling any more of the conversation.

The next thing I do remember is Tommy Sparkles' greeting of, “Heeey. It’s that guy that thinks I’m awful,” when we ran into him again an hour or so later.

“I didn’t say you were awful,” I corrected him. “I said the situation is awful.”

And whether or not my $0.73 was warranted, (Betch, please. My insight is worth far more than a couple of pennies.) I’m right.

Fortunately for Sparkles, comma, T. and his actual man, they're likely to move past this HEccup. It’s Prisstopher about whom we should be most concerned.

Having just recently come out at 24 - he’s a white male from Orange County - Tommy Sparkles is the first boi with whom Priss has ever shared a KISS - much less plans to do anything below the belt. One could argue that this freshness makes him ripe for all that commitment free activity that Sparkles has in mind; but I disagree.

Although predominantly hypersexual, gay men are still susceptible to emotional erosion. And despite his attitude – which, I admit, was somewhat called for – Prisstopher's psyche is also hyper-delicate. There is a chance that Tommy Sparkles will do nothing more than teach him a good dick trick or two; but in casually breaking in one hole, T. Spark is almost sure to tear another in the hearts of both of his lovers.

Take my word, y’all. But just know – for once, I hope I’m wrong.