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The life and times of a masculine, closeted, bisexual man.
Ok, so some of you have been asking me about my husband and my marriage, and up until now, I have just not felt like talking about it.
John and I finish talking. I know his lunch hour is almost over. I pull his pant leg..
Technology certainly played it's part. The advent of new mobile apps such as Grindr made it extremely easy to find guys. By the time I downloaded Grindr, I already had a couple of ongoing, online, conversations with men I found in other parts of the world. Chatting online was my release. Sexting, emailing, etc. But these guys were safe, because they were at least hundreds of miles away. There was absolutely no chance of accepting an invitation to hookup. Grindr changed that. When I began chatting with guys on Grindr, they were in my own backyard. The invitations were real. I really could just slip away for an hour or two and fulfill my fantasies. Even still, I was on Grindr for months before making the decision to act. The conversations were more exciting, because the possibilities were more real. I didn't actually think I was going to act on them though.
So, I'm at work the other day. I work part time in a cute bookstore, in case you forgot. We are busy, and there is a line in front of the cashiers, of which I am one.

I was attending a business meeting in another state. In all, 30 or 40 of us were there from all around the country. These were my colleagues, people who held the same position as me, and I've never met any of them. The meeting was scheduled to last for two days, and I arrived in the city the night before. I spent a little time in my hotel room looking up online some of the people I might be meeting. I came across a photo of a guy on LinkedIn that caught my eye. The guy was hot! The photo was obviously professionally done, much better than the usual profile pic. But that's not what made the guy hot. It was the dark hair, blue eyes, chiseled jaw, slight smile. I could tell he was tall, though probably not as tall as me. I like 'em tall. He was my age, which honestly is older than what usually catches my eye. But I never really thought that I would meet the guy. I didn't have any clue as to who was going to be at this meeting. But a little wishful dreaming never hurt, right?
Despite my crush, I behaved. I behaved throughout that day's meeting. I behaved at the NBA game later on that evening. I did not behave, however, in my dreams that night, and I was struggling to behave myself the next morning. I was sitting there in the middle of a room filled with people, and I had to interlock my fingers together to keep from "accidentally" giving him a shoulder message. I had to keep shifting my focus away so that I wouldn't accidentally pull his head back and kiss him on the mouth. I doubt I made any impression on him. I was just another colleague in the crowd. I never got the impression that he liked to play with men, except that Tagalong was always just a little too close and a little too happy. I could just be projecting, though. I've never struggled so much to control myself before. I've never been so afraid of doing something completely stupid. Sure, I've lusted after friends and colleagues before, and fantasized about a few. But this was the first time in my life I feared losing myself.
So, I'm in spin yesterday, and it's about 15 minutes into the class when, ooooh, here comes Mike, walking into the class - late.
So...the one guy on Grindr that I thought we'd be compatible seemed a little flaky..and we ended up chatting back and forth. He told me he's looking for someone dominant..and a regular fuck buddy. He was married..looking for discreet fun. All sounds pretty good except the dominant thing. I'm far from dominant.
You see, while I finally mustered up the courage to correct something fundamentally wrong in my life, it was not a decision I could be publicly proud of. It was not even something for which many of you, the readers that I love, would commend me. I had decided to step out on my marriage, to cheat, with another man. I had decided to get me some of that cock I dreamt about. As messed up as it sounds, I was excited about it. I would even go so far as to say that I was proud of my new found guts. So proud that I wanted to shout it from the rooftops, "No longer will I be afraid of putting myself out there! No longer will I be afraid of taking risks to get what I want!" Never mind how stupid and dangerous the risks, or the trust I will violate in the process.
I learned something valuable about myself through this experience. First, that I am capable of so much more than I even imagined. Second, that the best way for me to accomplish something is to say it out loud. Or, in this case, write about is publicly. It is not enough to make a promise to myself because I learned how to let myself down gently a long time ago. No, I need external pressure, I need someone else to hold me to my commitment and to call me out on my bullshit.
I met someone on line..well..actually two people. and "met" by meaning we're chatting/emailing.So, I headed home for my mom's birthday. As usual, the drama unfolded. She whines about her aches and pains, but then she gets over it when the gifts start to flow. Whatever. So, before I left to go back home, I cruised into the mall. I was hoping I'd run into Daniel - remember him? He's the hot, tall guy that works at the sports store.
This guy chatted me on Grindr a week ago and disappeared. He wasn't on my "Grindr radar" since he was filtered out by age (22). But, he chats me again today. We exchange pics..and yea, he's pretty cute. 5'11" and a bottom. After some back and forth, he says we should hang.

I'm hoping that next week, or the following week, I'll have a new blogger on my blog. Think it's going to be a great addition to the blog, like Tittie Tuesday's has been. This guy will be my Friday blogger..so, check it out in the coming weeks...
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