""Then why are you lying to one right now?" I responded. She offered a few excuses - she didn't want to ruin the friendship, plus, while she'd had male partners, this was the first time she'd be expressing feelings for a woman - but ultimately registered that holding onto these emotions and thoughts would be no better than the possible fallout from putting them in action."
"While my wife felt inclined to ask more questions and break the situation down further, I simply asked, "Do you lie to your friends?" My sister-in-law paused for a moment, then said, "I don't see why I'd have a reason to.""
A narrator recounts a sister-in-law who concealed emergent same-sex feelings until confronting the choice between secrecy and honesty. The sister-in-law initially resists disclosure out of fear of damaging a friendship and uncertainty about expressing attraction to a woman. Choosing honesty eventually leads to a committed household and a loving partnership that might never have formed otherwise. The narrator reflects on the unpredictability of outcomes and the impossibility of knowing another person's inner feelings. The film Dreams (Sex Love) centers on parsing interior human experience and portrays teenage sexual awakening through voiceover and reflective storytelling techniques.
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