March 16, 2007

GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE 9

eveningsout Boy-meets-boy story ends happily ever after

by Terri Schlichenmeyer

When you see a couple walking hand-inhand, it kind of makes you smile, doesn't it? Ahhh, young love.

You know how it is: two people meet and sparks fly. They date for awhile, getting to know one another, deciding if they have a future together. They shyly introduce one another to family and friends. Eventually, they decide that they want to spend the rest of their lives together, a proposal is made, marriage is planned and there you are. Of course, as we all know, that road map takes a detour when it's a samesex couple, and all the "rules" go out the window.

In the delightful new book Homo Domesticus by David Valdes Greenwood (DaCapo Lifelong Press, $22), you'll read about love gained, lost, gained again, and the happiestever-after ever.

When David Valdes met Jason Greenwood, it could have been Love at First Sight complete with soundtrack, if not for the college setting. Valdes was smitten and flirted

moved into a drafty apartment together and they decided to get married. Although wedded bliss in the strictest legal sense wasn't possible, Valdes and Greenwood had a meaningful ceremony and considered themselves husband and husband.

Although it sounds like a cliché, Valdes Greenwood says that around their seventh anniversary, the couple began to have "problems." Everything one did seemed to irritate the other. Their apartment felt like it was shrinking as problems swelled. David moved out and "the VGs", as friends called them, were officially no longer a couple.

Homo Domesticus

with Greenwood, but conversational lines were mixed up and neither thought the other liked him.

Still, they decided to go on a non-date, a "plan" rather than a romantic rendezvous, because Jason was seeing someone else. One non-date turned into two, and soon they were spending a lot of time together. After months of non-dates and "plans," David, ever the romantic, waited for Jason to declare his affections. When the avowal wasn't forthcoming, he gave Jason an ulti-

matum.

True love always triumphs, though. Jason admitted his affection for David, they

As any good romantic knows, love can make seemingly-impossible things work out fine. David and Jason reconciled. They decided to make their union legally official, since marriage had been recently allowed. Then they began to think of the next logical step: children.

Can they get the family they crave?

Do you swoon at flowers given or poetry recited? Do you cry at romantic movies? Then grab a tissue and get ready for a book

that will tickle your tender

side and make you sigh with amour. The author is chatty, a little gossipy, and not one bit afraid to dish relationship secrets. Reading this book is just like having a latte with your best friend who just got married and can't wait to tell you everything. The fun part is, you can't wait to hear it all. In short, Valdes Greenwood is a born storyteller, and this is one of the sweetest stories you'll ever read.

Take a walk down the w-aisled side and pick up a copy of Homo Domesticus. This happily-ever-after story makes a book you're going to love.

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