Sarah was complaining about her boyfriend. “Chuck is always trying to put his tongue in my ear.” This was greeted by a general chorus of “Ewww…” and laughter. “He must have read somewhere that it’s sexy, I guess. Yuck!”
This led to a general discussion of boys as sex-crazed monsters. One said that a boy had tried to feel her up on their first date. Another complained that her boyfriend kept trying to put her hand on his you-know-what while they were kissing.
The conversation grew in pitch and hilarity, each one trying to top the next, and Jane, thinking somewhat giddily that she should make a contribution, suddenly blurted out, “My boyfriend likes to spank me!”
Unfortunately this exclamation occurred at one of those unpredictable moments when everything has momentarily gone quiet. And of course
