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Apr 06, 2013 04:41PM

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A dissing..... Word guuuurlfriend! Fo sure! :)


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I'm miffed at Kendra for not describing said fireman. Spill, sister, spill!

I hate to disappoint everyone but I have no idea what he looks like. I haven't actually seen him yet and I think it would have been beyond awkward if I had asked them to discribe him. I can only take the dumb blonde excuse so far you know?
Oh well, at some point I will be able to come back with some details but not today :-(

You go girl!

You might. Or you might not. One can’t ever know for sure, but so what? Look, Hector, this may be hard for you to see right now, but life with a partner is no better than life without one, it’s just different. When you look around and see all the supposedly happily partnered people around you, can you really say that they’re any happier than you, or that their life is more joyful than yours? They might be happier, and if they are, can you really say for sure that it's because they have a partner? I’ve known people who were part of longterm relationships who were not any happier than me or any single person. In fact, their life sounds like a litany of Hell. How can it then be that one's happiness is in any way connected to whether one is partnered or not?
Don’t for even a moment, buy into the thought, “I will be happy WHEN I find my perfect partner” Don’t wait. Don't wait to be happy. Go ahead and worry, and wonder, and haunt online dating sites, and date and meet and play, and come away disappointed and feeling utterly defeated. It’s all perfectly normal, and I still go through all that too.
But don’t wait. Don’t ever, ever wait. Don’t wait to be happy because the love of your life may never come. The worst mistake you can make is to delay your own happiness, a happiness you can have RIGHT NOW. Waiting for the perfect boyfriend/lover/partner/husband to appear, and bestowing on them the power to make you happy is the deepest, saddest cruelty you can inflict upon yourself. It’s also the biggest waste of time.
Hector wrote: "People told me not to worry, that a man will come eventually. Don't chase him, let him come, and so on. But the truth is I'm growing old. I'm 33 but years pass so fast. And no gay man want long distance. No man want to come and sweep me off my feet.... It's just not gonna happen. Coz this is reality…”
I’m 48, and I’m growing old faster than you. Many men have swept me off my feet but none have carried me off to their castle. And so what? I’ve got my own castle, and I’ve got an office with a really great view! And I’m surrounded, inundated as a matter of fact, with family and friends and colleagues who think the world of me! I just threw a party for some of them this afternoon as a matter of fact, and my mum cooked, and my dad sang karaoke for them. Okay, that karaoke part I could have done without, even though my dad sings with a really rich and resonant baritone voice. I’m just embarrassed that he loves to show off so much.
People will tell you "not to worry", you probably will anyway. People will tell you, "don’t chase him let him come", you probably will chase him and lunge at him anyway. Do all these things if you must. Even believe "it’s never gonna happen", because it might not. But whatever you do, DON’T WAIT.
The decision to be happy in your life right now is yours, it always has been. Count the many ways that you are blessed and you'll quickly see your blessings are too many. Consider the many ways that you’ve been spared, even if remaining single is not what you would have chosen. Live your life grateful for the way it is right now, because there is much to be grateful for, for as long as you have the eyes to see it. Remain open to everything that every day brings you, because life as it shows up moment to moment, is an embarrassment of riches. Love completely the friends and family whom you care about the most, because you just don't know how much longer they will be with you. And welcome every stranger who enchants you or vexes you because in them you will find God, in his many, many guises. But whatever you do, DON'T WAIT.
*Getting down off my soapbox, a little red-faced and feeling embarrassed for having gotten so preachy with Hector*

Sometimes I just drop and feel melancholic all of a sudden :( Of course I'll try not to give up. I just really hope I wont be single forever. Thx4 listening.
I hate the doctor to give my mom a nervous breakdown and makes her cry, it hurts me to see my parents suffer, because there is this monster that does not care that he destroys others feasibility and a chance to live normally.
We will have access to my medical records official and unofficial, for this is a patient right and they will also help me to get a new doctor, because this is also my right.
Hector I am also 33 years old and we need to not give up, the right one will come, I know because my mom was 36-37 years old before she meet my dad and she have lost the hope to find her soulmate at that time.
I want to read fanfic from Xobit that write Transformers m/m and I am beginning to read one now. So my day is to read fanfic, read Macky and Goesta stories in the complain departement, see tv and talk with my parents and my friends here on GR.
I have my feelings under control, still very angry and hateful, but I know what to do and what to say. Know my Rights as a patient and this will I use and we will take this case to Appeal of the Board of Health and maybe in tv, if they are not doing the right thing. They are not going to hide or flee.
We will have access to my medical records official and unofficial, for this is a patient right and they will also help me to get a new doctor, because this is also my right.
Hector I am also 33 years old and we need to not give up, the right one will come, I know because my mom was 36-37 years old before she meet my dad and she have lost the hope to find her soulmate at that time.
I want to read fanfic from Xobit that write Transformers m/m and I am beginning to read one now. So my day is to read fanfic, read Macky and Goesta stories in the complain departement, see tv and talk with my parents and my friends here on GR.
I have my feelings under control, still very angry and hateful, but I know what to do and what to say. Know my Rights as a patient and this will I use and we will take this case to Appeal of the Board of Health and maybe in tv, if they are not doing the right thing. They are not going to hide or flee.

Fortune cookie comfort, I know. But it's true too. If you glow with love rather than aching with need, someone will come along and find you irresistibly attractive. When he does, don't even worry about tomorrow, let alone forever. Kills it, and you. Just don't let anyone or anything use you, or use you up.
So says the annoying preacher. What's he know anyway. ;)

Hector I'm aggrieved to think that you feel are "just an ordinary guy". You my sweet lovely friend are FAR from that. Chasing pretty men and hoping they will give us a second glance is universal, gay or straight we all do it. Unfortunately society puts so many pressures on us about looks and body image, we are made to feel that if we don't match up to the images we see in the media every day of the " beautiful people" then there's something wrong with us! I think this impacts on people like ourselves who say single into our later years, you know you shouldn't but you do start to question if its something to do with the way you look and you do wonder if its because you're too ordinary, not sparkling or funny enough, am I too boring blah blah blah.....I'm 53 and I've done the self doubt thing but I'm over it now because over the years Ive come to see and realise that most of the so called "ordinary" people are actually the extraordinary ones and the supposed perfect ones are generally just superficial wannabees ( granted that doesn't apply to every good looking guy or girl) with very little staying power.
People should love you warts and all and one day someone will or then again as our wise and wonderful Aves says they might not but don't let being single get you down. Its all a state of mind Hector. Just because you're still a single guy at 33 doesn't mean you're ordinary at all. Look at your talent with words and Art and look at all of us on here who have been drawn to your lovely personality and willingness to share openly your hopes and fears, and none of us have seen you .... thats the real you not your looks! Ordinary.... I don't think so. Enjoy your life day by day and again quoting Aves.... Don't Wait!
I'm single and proud of it, I get more than enough love from so many different people in my life and to be honest I don't think I could live comfortably with another person because I know id find it hard now to give up any control of my life to a partner, I'd struggle with a 50 50 relationship.... Selfish but sadly true! Onwards and upwards my love, enjoy life whatever it brings because good or bad ... its all an adventure!


I'm miffed that at this moment I want to smooch the big Gmeister!!!

Goesta wrote: "I'm sorry to have to mention that my longish short doe have a sing-along, but it's in the part marked "breve - silenzio""
I am beruddered that Goesta posted all those comments that were well worded and so easy to understand. Thankfully the Big G's latest comment is back to being completely unintelligible. I was so worried that he started to make sense so it's a great relief to be totally baffled by "my longish short doe have a sing-along, but it's in the part marked "breve - silenzio"
Kendra wrote: "Seriously, I am miffed that my husband told my in-laws that I have a "thing" for firemen. They just moved into a new house and the neighbor is a fireman. All I did was ask how old he was (it's a ..."
I am destrutioned that Kendra is being denied access to firemen. Obviously your husband needs a career change. He should apply for a job as quickly as possible at the Fire Department.
I am destrutioned that Kendra is being denied access to firemen. Obviously your husband needs a career change. He should apply for a job as quickly as possible at the Fire Department.
Goesta wrote: "Lucas wrote: " Thankfully the Big G's latest comment is back to being completely unintelligible....it's in the part marked "breve - silenzio"
"
Big G. take your medicine. It's under the part marked "(Breve) n.b Pause non cantabile. Silenziosa."
Now silenziosa my dear chiseled green friend.
"
Big G. take your medicine. It's under the part marked "(Breve) n.b Pause non cantabile. Silenziosa."
Now silenziosa my dear chiseled green friend.

I'm in a state of wretchedness because Goesta wants to whip out his silkerchiefs! Am I the only one who finds that slightly titillating?

You might. Or you might not. One can’t ever know for sure, but so what? Look, Hector, this may be hard for you to see right now, but ..."
I have to say that this made me feel a little weepy too because it is just sooooooooooo poetic and encouraging. I just loved it Aves and I have sent it to my friends and my younger sister who is 40 and single.
I might also crib some of it for a future sermon. It is packed full of wisdom, encouragement and love.
Thank you :)

Perfectly said, Ms. Macky, Wordsmith and Confidante Extraordinaire.
When I was younger, I was very concerned with what people thought of me. Now that I’m older, I’m more interested with what I think of them.

It grieves me to announce that Riptide Publishing are selling the next Cut and Run book at a 25% discount for the next few days.
see here
http://riptidepublishing.com/titles/c...
Alas the book will not be published until next year!! Next year!! Just imagine that. An entire year of torture and deprivation. Anyway the discount for pre-orders will only be available until the 14th of April.

You might. Or you might not. One can’t ever know for sure, but so what? Look, Hector, this may be hard for you to see right now, but ..."
Well, how annoying to admit that even I feel inspired! The hubster and I have been together since we were 19 (will be 32 this year) and it took way too many years for us to realize what Aves has so elequently shared with us.
We were actually just talking the other day about where we would be if we hadn't had kids at 21 before we finished college. We both agreed that we probablly wouldn't still be together because we had the expectation that the other person would make us happy and our life better, but that was so far beyond the truth it wasn't even on the same playing field. Don't get me wrong, we DO make each other happy and my life IS better for having him in it but that is because we work at it, everyday. But first, I have to be happy and he has to be happy with who we are individually before we can even begin to be happy together. I am probably not saying this very well but hopefully you understand the rambling.
Oh, and one of the things that helps me to be happy is looking at firemen :-). My husband thinks it's "cute" so he, of course, teases me about it whenever he can. When we pass a station he'll say "Kendra, don't look now, you might combust" or something like that. And Lucas, I think I would probably be unable to function if he became a fireman. But, he is a really good engineer and that is pretty darn sexy too.

You can ring my bellllllllllllll. Ring my bell!
Aves you cant omit it. I want to complain about that!
It is packed full of wisdom, encouragement and love"
Thank you, Ijeoma. I don’t know about wisdom but certainly my intent was encouragement and love, and not to bludgeon poor Hector over the head just because he’s going through a rough spot right now.
And okayyyyyy…we’ll do Ring My Bell. But only once!
*Bashing head on the table because now I can’t get the damn tune of out my mind*

Ring my bell :)
Yes it is one of those songs that grow on you ...... like fungus and then no matter what you do you simply cant get rid of it. It just pops up in your mind unexpectedly and doesnt go away ever!
You can ring my bellllllllllllllllll
Ring my bell

Ring my bell "
Ring-a-ling-a-ling….
AAAAAARRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It grieves me to announce that Riptide Publishing are selling the next Cut and Run book at a 25% discount for the next few days.
see here
http://riptidepublishing..."
I'm terribly sheepish and peeved at myself for pre ordering said Ty and Zane book 12 months previous because there is money off! * wry grimace!*
@ Aves... * fistbump* and you can ring my bell anytime you little bundle of piloty gorgeousness... Platonically of course!!
@ Kendra... Oooh firemen and sexy husbands... Good taste Mrs!!
@ Ijeoma... I wish you'd been around in my early church days. You are sooo cool!

What can I say? Everyone lurvvvvvvvvvvvves me :)
Bishops, clergy, thousands of Anglican congregations all over London are simply bedazzled by my cool and charming self, both Godly and gorgeous ta dah!!!!!
(and also rather weird and peculiar but we wont mention that tee hee).
Everyone lurvvvvvvvveeeeeeees me apart from my boss in my civil service job and his ilk bleugh!! And who cares? Cos he doesnt count ha ha (evil but Holy laughter)
Seriously I have such fun with people in this group and everyone is so kind and supportive and talented and funny and courageous and open. Really great.

Kendra wrote: "All the recent talk of ringing my bell and Fleetwood Mac and '70's music makes me want to dance. I grew up listening to ABBA and still love to put their albums on when I clean, which I seriously h..."
I am angry that I don't have time to watch The Adventures of Pricilla Queen of the Desert and listen to all the ABBA songs and see the wondrous heartwarming moment when the drag queen's son asks his father if he can perform (dance + lip-synch) ABBA in drag. It's a supreme moment of heartfelt, traditional drag-queen/son bonding. Oh, not to mention the ABBA turd :-)
I am angry that I don't have time to watch The Adventures of Pricilla Queen of the Desert and listen to all the ABBA songs and see the wondrous heartwarming moment when the drag queen's son asks his father if he can perform (dance + lip-synch) ABBA in drag. It's a supreme moment of heartfelt, traditional drag-queen/son bonding. Oh, not to mention the ABBA turd :-)

Oh, yeah…I have to tell you, that very first boyfriend of mine, the one who shoved me on the bed and launched me on my career of bottoming for big, burly men, was actually a newly graduated electrical engineer.
He was my first real boyfriend, I was his second real boyfriend and his first Asian one. Happily for him, he became the living example of, “Once you go Asian, you never go Caucasian”. He and his current Asian partner from Taiwan have been together happily for over twenty years”.
Our relationship histories from when we were both twenty-two could not have turned out more differently. After I left him and broke his heart, foolishly thinking that there were going to be millions of equally handsome men coming my way long after I’d forgotten him, he dated one or two more Asian men before landing on the Love of his Life. They’re together to this day, sliding gracefully into middle age.
I on the other hand, have jumped from one bed to another, landed on top of enormous penis after enormous penis, ricocheted from one relationship disaster to another, and have never had the the satisfaction of being in a loving and longterm relationship worthy of the name. I could get really embittered about it all, until I remember, that when I was WITH these “Eager young lads, and roués and cads”, I was having a really, really good time! No, I really was!
You and your wonderful husband have had the great good fortune of growing up together, and growing together. My younger brother and his very high maintenance wife, whom he adores, have had the same thing. They’ve been married twenty-four years and similarly to you, they were married at twenty, not even out of college.
You are incredibly blessed, Kendra. Now go on and select “Dancing Queen” on your iPod, drag your t*tties through the house, and you’ll find that the drudgery of housecleaning will be over in no time flat.

The only reason I'm still up at 2am is because you wonderful people have inspired me to write a 13,000 word short story in 4 days.
And while I've had my head down, ass up, you've expressed some of the most thoughtful, true but gut wrenching posts on relationships and being happy.
Love to you all. And a big hug to Hector. It's hard, honey, but Aves is right. You can be in a relationship but still be alone. We are all alone in a certain respect, it's just good to have people around when you need them and if you ever need me, I'll at least listen....

It grieves me to announce that Riptide Publishing are selling the next Cut and Run book at a 25% discount for the next few days.
see here
http://riptidepublishing..."
I'm not sure HOW I feel about a 25% discount on a book I'll have a year from now. A deal? Craven cash-grab? Ok, I'll make, nowadays, much less than that in interest on the whole amount spent later, and I probably will read it, but. Bit much, people. Being a fan used to mean waiting at midnight on release day in front of the bookstore. At least that was fun and exciting. All those little Harry potter wannabes milling around all dressed up, plus the nerd.
Hmph.


Hi AB, thanks for responding :) I think I'm a helpless-bottom kind of guy. U know, unreal romantic (yet horny) gay man (maybe thats why I insist on merging erotica and romance in all my stories lol). I dont know... I just dont want to b alone. I'm often sad when I walk out and see heterosexual couples walk together. I even envy old couple walking around. I just want to hv someone. I guess my desperation grows larger coz I realize Im stuck here with very little prospect. And that scares me :(
Sorry to hear that Hector, I do not think you are stuck there but have provision to meet the right one, but sometimes we need to let this drop until we by chance meet the right one.
I know this because of that my mother had abandoned this and just at this time she met my father, she was in the late 30s when this happened. Now they have had the silver anniversary and in a few years it's golden wedding.
Sometimes more society seem to want we have a boyfriend or husband, my parents were lucky, but my aunt was not so lucky. My grandfather was of the old school and did not think one of the academic man was right and she live as singles today. My aunt has learned to live as a single and will never have a boyfriend who she says she is too old and can not yield to a boyfriend more.
So you can see how different life can evolve from person to person.
Hector I wish you all the happiness and good health in life single or with a lover/husband xxx <3 a lot of hugs and smooches
I know this because of that my mother had abandoned this and just at this time she met my father, she was in the late 30s when this happened. Now they have had the silver anniversary and in a few years it's golden wedding.
Sometimes more society seem to want we have a boyfriend or husband, my parents were lucky, but my aunt was not so lucky. My grandfather was of the old school and did not think one of the academic man was right and she live as singles today. My aunt has learned to live as a single and will never have a boyfriend who she says she is too old and can not yield to a boyfriend more.
So you can see how different life can evolve from person to person.
Hector I wish you all the happiness and good health in life single or with a lover/husband xxx <3 a lot of hugs and smooches

It grieves me to announce that Riptide Publishing are selling the next Cut and Run book at a 25% discount for the next few days.
see here
http://ri..."
It grieves me to announce that I too have purchased Cut and Run book 8 an entire year in advance. I still have 6 and 7 to read but what can I say? I am both book hoarder and bargain hunter. *sigh*


I am irritated that Anil is in Istanbul when he would rather be in the leafy and quiet suburbs of Surrey.
Anil next time you come to London let me know. I will introduce you to Bisi Alimi. Bisi is a gay rights activist (and many other things) and he is someone I regard as a brother. He has a partner but he has soooooooooo many friends and an international network of people he works with and knows. I am sure he will be able to introduce you to some nice eligible men and even if you dont meet a husband I am sure you will make some life long friends along the way.
http://www.bisialimi.com/profile/ - that's my wonderful brother.
Let me know when you are coming into London. :)


Okay, I ‘fess up. I had to be Mr. Nosey Knickers and I clicked on the link to get a good perv…
Ijeoma, he’s HOT! With a face like that (those cheekbones!), he should a model.

this at the Barbican.
So up my other alley. Drat.
Hector rote: "Will I grow old and die single... ??? :'( "
Regretfully (and I am complaining here) that this is quite possible.
Despite all he wonderful advice about don't worry eventually you will work it out like the old saying goes: all things come to those who wait well, that is just not true where you live. With the exception of a few world travelers in this group, people here are thinking in terms of how it is in the US and UK.
You do need to take action if it is at all possible because you cannot become a couple if you live in a repressive society which is so restricted that every gay man is in the closet or in a back alley late at night having anonymous sex.
If where you live is as devoid of publicly "out" gay males and there is almost no way to meet anyone. The likelihood of you finding somebody is greatly diminished if your country is forcing gays to hide in fear.
If at all possible you should try to get to a large city with an area that has a large concentration of gay men in a society where homosexuality is legal and acceptable. That way you can take advantage of gay community centers and other gathering places where guys meet guys.
Unless you are exaggerating the repression in your country and the total invisibility of gay men, then you cannot compare the experience of people in the US and UK to what you are facing. Maybe you'd eventually find someone in a gay-friendly place to live but if it is as bad as you say it is where you live, you know you cannot find what you cannot see.
Regretfully (and I am complaining here) that this is quite possible.
Despite all he wonderful advice about don't worry eventually you will work it out like the old saying goes: all things come to those who wait well, that is just not true where you live. With the exception of a few world travelers in this group, people here are thinking in terms of how it is in the US and UK.
You do need to take action if it is at all possible because you cannot become a couple if you live in a repressive society which is so restricted that every gay man is in the closet or in a back alley late at night having anonymous sex.
If where you live is as devoid of publicly "out" gay males and there is almost no way to meet anyone. The likelihood of you finding somebody is greatly diminished if your country is forcing gays to hide in fear.
If at all possible you should try to get to a large city with an area that has a large concentration of gay men in a society where homosexuality is legal and acceptable. That way you can take advantage of gay community centers and other gathering places where guys meet guys.
Unless you are exaggerating the repression in your country and the total invisibility of gay men, then you cannot compare the experience of people in the US and UK to what you are facing. Maybe you'd eventually find someone in a gay-friendly place to live but if it is as bad as you say it is where you live, you know you cannot find what you cannot see.

Anil wrote: "I am irritated with Istanbul. I love the city, but I've realised that it is too noisy for my taste and the public transport is a nightmare after having lived in Surbiton, Surrey (Yes, the town of w..."
Anil I am frustrated that you do not have a boyfriend and someone who will love you as you are and that you feel that you are in the wrong place, but need to be in London. That the school did nit give you the chance to be and stay in London/uk.
I wish you all the happiness and good health in life, a lot of hugs
Anil I am frustrated that you do not have a boyfriend and someone who will love you as you are and that you feel that you are in the wrong place, but need to be in London. That the school did nit give you the chance to be and stay in London/uk.
I wish you all the happiness and good health in life, a lot of hugs
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