He was too preoccupied by too many different feelings to think rationally and realize that he was doing it again, trying to “ungay” himself.

He spoke in earnest of the importance of achieving academic excellence as well as winning football games.

[…]Oh, but my husband is never so happy as when he is travelling. He likes roughing it. . . . My husband. . . . My husband. . . .

And it probably contributed to the inedibility of my mashed potatoes.