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Once the men were gone, I gave my mother and godmother my best have-at-it look.

Suzanna began on the offensive. "Dear, men have needs. Did you really expect my son to remain celibate if you weren't willing to help him out?"

"Help him out?" I asked incredulously. "Are you saying that if I wanted to keep your son, which I didn't nor do I now, I should've helped out or put out at fourteen? Or maybe I should have waited until I was ...