How it all began.... It all started in 1953 in the weeks before Christmas in Flint, Michigan. Marvin had a part-time job in a downtown Department Store as Christmas help, He lived in the country and had to take the Greyhound Bus home after work. One night at the Bus Station while waiting for the bus, a friend spotted Marvin and asked if he wanted a ride home. Of course, he accepted, It was winter, snow, slush, wind,sleet all those things that make winter special. Now this friend had a very special friend with him in the car. WOW! was he handsome. Tall, Wavy hair, long dark eyelashes bedroom eyes, dressed in levis and a leather jacket. He looked to Marvin to be about 22 years old.. Marvin at that time was still sort of shy. And unsure of himself in the Gay World, So he didn't think he had a chance with this hunk! Luck was on Marvin's side. They had a mutual friend. And unknown to each other, confided in that mutual friend, their interest in the other. So they had a "Matchmaker"!!! It wasn't long before the backseat of any friends car, became "Teenagers Heaven".

WHAT ! BILL IS ONLY 15!!!

Now when you are 17 and you find out the guy you
are hot for is only 15 and you thought he was 22, it
comes as a shock.. But he is so hot, it doesn't take
long for you to get over it..

So Marvin had to hop on his bike and peddle over
to Bill's house for some fun.


You should have seen those things they called
bikes in the 50's.
But Marvin was a skater, and really was in good shape!
He took lessons 6 hours every week.
And practiced 3 hours every day.(sometimes
more).
So he had no problems on the bike. And being
young and horny was even more helpful in getting
across town to Bill's

Skating was the most important thing in the world!

Well not after Marvin met Bill!
Bill thought it took too much time away from their time together.
So Marvin would one day have to make a choice. But not now, he was too young.
So he continued to take lessons and take part in all sorts of competitions around the nation.
But Romance became more important then anything. Must have been hormones or something.
(Note: I can not find all the skating pictures to include in the Gallery. All I can find is the VERY old ones. The Roller Skating ones I will include soon. The Figure Skating ones all seem to be lost.
But I am still looking.

MARVIN OR THE MONKEY ? ?

Now it came to pass that Marvin's father didn't care much for Bill, And didn't want Marvin to hang out with Bill. "He looks like a hood"..said Dad.
But Marvin wouldn't listen, and that started trouble in the house. And that led to a fight and Marvin got kicked out of the house and moved in with his Grandmother, who had recently married a new husband. So Bill asked his Mom if Marvin could move in with them. But just a few weeks before he had asked his Mom if he could get a pet monkey. So his Mom gave Bill a choice.. The Monkey or Marvin, He had to make a choice. WELL THAT TOOK SOME TIME! He really wanted that monkey..
But when he made his choice, he has never let Marvin forget that the damn monkey was in the running and almost won!

Marvin beats out the monkey!

So now Marvin has moved in

with Bill and his Mother. At first she really doesn't care for the arrangement and soon learns to love him as much as Bill, Marvin seems to have a good influence on Bill and he becomes less wild, (in public anyway).
We both get jobs and try to continue school, And being young and crazy, "party like crazy" in our small town Gay community. Our "Crowd" is made up of Gays and Lesbians and some BI's andStraights. Now in the 50's we used other labels. We were Queers, Dykes, Fag Hags, And Double Gaiters.
We have our "Annual Break-ups"..Always between Halloween and New Years Eve.. This way during the party season we could sleep with somebody new. Till the novelty wore off,and then we went back together. After awhile this became silly, so we learned how to cheat with permission. And not to throw it in the others face. We even tried sharing. So we stayed together while we were growing up and while we were experimenting with other people. In other words we seperated sex from love. (we didn't know this at the time) It worked sometimes, sometimes it didn't. But we tried.

And Bill's Mom one day while we were having a knock down, drag out fight told Bill that she thought Marvin loved him more then anyone else or anyone else could..(maybe she knew what was going on)???

As the first few years passed, We became known as Billandmarvin.. Like we were as one..