Your feelings on the mentioned evening were legitimate as far as you and Ruburt were concerned, even though those feelings, for many reasons, were not mine. This information should be used as guideposts in the future.
I saw the boys in those adorable little suits, and it made me realize this dance is about them. It's not about me and my petty little competition with... with Gloria.
I knew it didn't really have anything to do with me, she says. It never does. Still, Deanna struggled with her self-esteem, complicated by her sexual identity.