Boy’s forbidden thoughtsWhen I accompanied mother round one of her friends houses, I met her f
Boy’s forbidden thoughtsWhen I accompanied mother round one of her friends houses, I met her friend’s daughter. A little older than me, I happen to come to think about her in a way which boys aren’t supposed to think about girls, and in a way which I could never tell my friends about. That I thought she was cool. That I actually thought a girl was cool.I knew what my friends would think and say, because it would be exactly what I would think and say about a boy who thought a girl was cool. That he was probably a fairy, and that he would probably end up wanting to do all kinds of things that only girls want to do, like wear makeup and wear dresses…….The truth was that in my mother’s sears catalog, there was a dress, just like the girl wore, and I so wanted one for myself. Not only that, I began to imagine myself with her long hair, and how cool that would be….. -- source link