A straight American exchange student shares a bed and bath with his British classmate

We arrived at my then-girlfriend's parents' house mid-Saturday afternoon.

Melvin was American, my new friend from university in the UK over on exchange

had been invited too, and he was impressed by the house.

"We were put into a guest bedroom, with a queen bed, and a round king-size bath in the middle of

the room. 'You guys can easily share that bed,' said the mother. 'But not the bath,' quipped