It was like speaking of foreign language that no one else can understand... This was the language of love.

Then the phone bill arrives and Bingo's mother forbids any more long-distance calls to Melissa. How can his love survive?

There are other pressures too, like Cici, large and blonde, who has a passion for Bingo and keeps getting him into compromising situations.

And Billy, Bingo's tough neighbor, who's smitten with Cici, And worst of all, Bingo's parents suddenly start behaving as if they're children.

If this is the mainstream of life, is Bingo seriously in danger of drowning?