I’m getting old.

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    2 days ago

    I get greeted by my teenage neighbours with “săru-mâna” (“kiss your hand”, reserved for old ladies). I’m in my mid 30s 😭

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          26 days ago

          Being gay and male is also oddly an age deterrent. Maybe from all the sex and happiness

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            26 days ago

            Y’all are having sex and being happy?

            The fact I was buying alcohol at a gas station should let you know I’m not lmao.

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              26 days ago

              You’ll meet a fairly compelling guy eventually. The trick is, you have to recognize that he’s into you, and not accidentally miss the hint and tell him to leave.

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                26 days ago

                I already had a perfect boyfriend long ago. VENT TIME TWO, BABY!

                He was incredible. He was insanely smart, super mature, very calm, artistic, and just the kind of guy who’d make everyone in a room smile the minute you see him. God, he was something else.

                We met in a cafe and i basically harassed him into falling in love with me and we dated even when his friends said I sucked. This was when I was more of a reactionary, yes I used to be very right wing and even a Trump supporter, but he saw the side of me I never even saw in myself.

                We dated, went to plays, and did other things too. But one day he got a fucking brain tumor. I saw him fall apart. He got slower and his mind rotted. Simple things became impossible like driving as bright lights gave him seizures. I stayed with him. How could I not?

                He kept falling apart and I saw it, but are diamonds not beautiful even when they crack and break? I still remember the last date we went on as we went mini golfing and he barely could do anything. I didn’t care, I was just happy he was there. I remember kissing him as he went to bed and found out the next day from his parents he never woke up. He never would.

                I sometimes feel like God gave me my perfect match just to take it away from me. I guess I’m glad I met him, but I needed so much more of him. I still need him to this day. I sometimes feel his spirit guiding me as, yeah I was a fucking asshole back then but he showed me I can be more than just some shitty fucking guy in the Army who voted for Trump. I can be anything.

                But he should still be here too to see what I am now. How much better I am now and how much I changed. Even if he changed and left me, at least he’d be here.

                Fuck man, fuck cancer.

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    26 days ago

    I never really got carded, even when underage.

    One time, coming through the line at a Target, the cashier said he needed to see my ID. I was maybe 45 I think, and was not buying alcohol so was extremely confused. I said “why?” And he said “Fireworks.”

    I was buying those sparkler sticks for my little kids - he had to scan my ID to prove I was over 18 so that I could buy something I was about to legally hand to a 5 year old.