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“Have you actually seen one, my little eromenos? A cunt?” I’m so cross with him I say without thinking “Yeah, I’ve seen my mum’s.”

And suddenly I hate this book and the author and will not be continuing but I am in fact going to mark this as a finished book because I had to read previous awkward moments but you know this one takes the cake and that’s about all I have to say about that

“Oh. Laurie. And your plus one. I didn’t know pederasty was a vice of yours.”

That’s hilarious

“He’s very generous, your dad.” The cashier’s words bloomed in the silence like jellyfish


God damn it I hate my life I knew some form of this scene would be brought up and it’s worse than I imagined

See this is where the like world difference comes in and I have to search up what Oxford looks like

This whole scene is going to be awkward for so many different reasons
1) the age difference especially in front of his friends
2) the financial difference between a doctor and a cook at a diner
3) the difference in conversation especially with older lawyers and doctors
4) and lack of knowledge with toby showing up in old spice

“‘It’ll be boring, Toby,’ or—” he glared “— ‘I’m ashamed of you, Toby’?”

That part

I love this whole scene where Laurie is like looking up at toby it’s like just so domestic

“That’s not love.”
“Well, what is?”
“What I had with Robert.”

Ohhhhhhhhh that’s not good poor toby Jesus

“He’ s my prince. Fierce and fragile and tender and cruel.”

“Is it . . . Is he—” Sam paused, confused again, and tugged at his braids. “God, I sound like a perv even saying this . . . but, it works? I mean, it’s good? You can submit to a kid?”

That’s hilarious