Dad, what's wrong with you?
Your father got some very upsetting news last night.
He does have cancer?
No. He doesn't have cancer. He found out something about his father that he never knew before.
I'm listening.
Your grandfather died of AIDS.
How did he get AIDS?
Apparently, Paula, he was having sex with other men.
Who was?
Your dad's dad.
Why?
Because he liked it. Why else? He was probably closeted.
Or bisexual.
Dad, why are you so upset, though? You're like catatonic.
Well, it was a secret that was kept from him his entire life, Liv. So now, whatever image he had of his father, of his childhood, has been pulverized.
You know, he was probably a bottom. That's how you mostly get it. Receiving. Dad, do you feel like your father was less of a man or something?
He might have not been gay. A lot of straight guys like ass-play.
Yeah! Maybe he was just too embarrassed to ask Grandma to use a dildo on him.
Oh, Jesus!
Can we not, please? Uh...
Even if he wasn't a top, it doesn't mean he was femme. He could've still been butch, Dad.
Maybe he was a bossy bottom.
Yeah, maybe Grandpa was a power bottom. [to her dad] Does that make you feel better?
No. That makes me wanna throw up.
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