Another weekend almost over. Ben came down to my neck of the woods this time. I do wish we lived closer, but it's nice having weekends be so extra special.
Friday night we had dinner with my friend Tom. I love how well Ben gets along with my friends (and family for that matter). Afterward we went to a bakery and got a bunch of different flavors of macarons. They were very tasty.
Saturday we met up with a guy that I had been corresponding with for a couple months via email. He had messaged me on OKCupid, looking for new friends. He is in a long term relationship, so I figured it would be cool to meet him. The three of us had a great time. We had lunch at a really good little hole in the wall deli that Ben looked up on Yelp. Then we went out to fly Ben's aerobic kite at the park (unfortunately not enough wind). After that, our new friend's boyfriend got off of work so all four of us went to get frozen yogurt. They are really nice and friendly. It feels great to have another gay couple in the area as friends. Next time Ben is down in this area, our friend has invited us over so he can cook.
The rest of the weekend was pretty lazy. I dusted off the old Nintendo 64 so Ben and I could play Mario Kart. We also played Mario Party (brought back memories, haha) and today we turned to the Xbox 360 to play Left 4 Dead (a first-person zombie shooter game). Ben isn't much of a video game player, so I greatly appreciated playing games with him.
We also video chatted with Ben's teenage cousin and uncle today. This was my first time "meeting" them. They live on the east coast, and have offered us a place to stay whenever we visit the area.
Overall it was a great weekend. Ben and I have passed the eight month mark and things are better than ever. We had an amazing time just talking and joking. I feel so blessed to have him, and to have our families (for the most part) be so supportive of our relationship. Our new friends don't have it quite as lucky with their families, which I think is a huge shame.
Anyways, things are mostly good. Now once the two of us can get our careers in order we'll be right as rain.
6 comments:
This is one of your most hopeful posts. Even though it's words on a page, I can feel your pride and joy how things are turning out.
Especially when you contrast it with your early posts where you worried about being asexual and not really feeling alive. It is amazing what Ben has done to extract the wonderful you that has been there inside all along, but needed the right spark to fire the passions.
But Ben should not get all the credit; you really challenged yourself to make changes and they have paid off very nicely. So woohoo for you!
it's very cool that you and ben are doing well and are even making some new couples friends to hang out with!
i loved mario kart 64. i played the shit outta that game when i was growing up!
Meeting other couples is great!!!
Awesome you met that othet couple! We met a couple too some time ago that I consider friends now, and it really gave myself a boost. Enjoy your time man!!
I love meeting people. I think it's so much easier to make friends in the gay world
Great to hear that everything's going so well! Sure ups and downs here and there, but overall you two seem to be going quite strong. :-D
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