Our motto had long been: Keep it between us. And we did. For generations. Passing along old wives’ tales, telling each other how to relieve cramps, cautioning one another never to leave an open drink unattended, not to wear a ponytail, not to open the door to strangers, not to be in a room alone with him. Our tactic was avoidance, to mark landmines and encourage each other to step around them so that nobody went kaboom.
