The Roast Mistake
So here's what my Tuesdays looked like for the past five years.
Stories in Group Sex tagged friend of a friend, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 16 to 26 minutes. Writers to know: Indigo Garden, The Cobalt Writer and Heather Study. Readers usually start with “The Roast Mistake” and “The Weight of Watching”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
So here's what my Tuesdays looked like for the past five years.
My name is Milo, I'm twenty-nine, and until eight months ago I was married.
We boarded the Sunrise Voyager at four in the afternoon, both of us sunburned already from the taxi line, and I want to note up front that…
The DJ thing fell apart in March.
I want to start this off by saying everyone in this story is a grown adult.
The breakup happened on a Tuesday, which I think says everything.
I'm twenty-nine years old and I got dumped by text message.
The dive boat was supposed to be my treat to myself.
The last of the guests had gone maybe twenty minutes before, and the quiet that came after was the kind I wanted to bottle.