O.K. hammock

a short story about clumsiness in sex, making love romantically, and conception stories

My father-in-law Bill’s tale of how my wife was conceived ranks high on my list of most unwanted anecdotes. But when he asked if I had heard it before, for some reason my brain could not parse an answer other than ‘no,’ and the inflection with which I said it somehow belied interest rather than the cold hostility I felt towards knowing how my father-in-…