It’s been ten years, and I’m ready to tell this story (sorry, it’s a lengthy one). This is entirely true, and I’ve changed the names to protect people’s privacy (obviously).
When I was 24, I was in a weird situation. I was going through my sexual discovery (I discovered I was bi during this time, but this story isn’t about that), which basically made me who I am today. I had a girlfriend of three years at the time (who was a lazy, do-nothing freeloader), and I was miserable. I worked in a deli, but I was involved in a social acting group, well, improv mostly. We met all met up two to three times a week, one night at a dive bar’s private catering room and the other at the home of the guy who ran the activities. Over the years, he and I became good friends, and would shoot the shit pretty regularly.
Where it gets complex is his wife: we’ll call her “Amy.”