Being that Tree and I are both single, we often discuss dating, crushes and the like. Tree recently decided to try online dating, without much success, “I think the word is out on the street that all I want to do is cuddle, so nobody is interested.” I suggested he cuddle with FatGirl and he replied, “He always wants to do more.”
Later that night, while at a gay bar with Tree and FatGirl, I met one of their friends who told me (when asked how he knew FatGirl), “We used to party together years ago; we’d do ecstasy and then cuddle. He always wanted to do more, but I didn’t let him.” “That’s the second time I’ve heard that today,” I replied.
The next night, I stopped by Sleepless and Ice Cream Man’s house. We were discussing the cuddling comments when Ice Cream Man said, “I’ve been meaning to talk to you about your movie suggestions. Why did you think we would like a porn about a gay 16-year-old in Thailand?” “What are you talking about?” I asked. “The movie you recommended, Boy,” Sleepless interjected. “Boy is about an 11-year-old kid in New Zealand who is obsessed with Michael Jackson and yearning for a relationship with his dad,” I advised. “Not on Netflix,” Ice Cream Man quickly informed me, then said, “We’ll show you. One more shot and we’re watching porn.”
Sure enough, Boy is a film about a 16-year-old boy in Thailand who hooks up with (this includes cuddling) a young male dancer at a gay club. Oh, boy. Being that the New Zealand version also includes a young boy and dancing, I can see how the two could be confused.