What's your love story?

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We've have a good marriage, more than 20 years later we have 2 great daughters, and no regrets. But we lucked out, I would never recommend anyone jump into marriage that
Quickly.

Thank goodness he was persistant! And in your case, quick was the way to success - great story! Thank you!
 

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Not a love story but a good piece of advice for all of us single folk

David Wygant: Is Your Love Life Worthy of Valentines Day?

Excellent article and completely true. As broken hearted as I am about ending my last relationship, I was no longer being treated as "a gift", even though he was still a gift to me. My self worth was in danger of being damaged, and I could not let that happen.

Thanks for posting that link.
 

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Excellent article and completely true. As broken hearted as I am about ending my last relationship, I was no longer being treated as "a gift", even though he was still a gift to me. My self worth was in danger of being damaged, and I could not let that happen.

Thanks for posting that link.

You're welcome Femme. :smile:
 

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I met my partner at uni, he is the twin brother of my best friend's (now) husband. I'd heard about him, and seen a photo of him and, I can't really explain this without using a cliche, 'knew he was the one', we've spoken about this often and he felt the same (to the extent where the first night we were supposed to be meeting, as a group, he cancelled because he was too nervous). He wasn't out at the time but had mentioned to his twin that he thought he might be gay, his twin wanted me and him to meet so we could talk about the feelings he was having, as I was the only gay guy he knew.

Anyway, a Uni get together was arranged for my 20th birthday, which, by chance, is the day before the twins birthday's. It's freezing cold and raining and this cute guy walks up holding on to my best friend's arm, and I think 'wow'. A short run for a bus then when we get seated I caught him looking at me, smiled to myself and felt a tingle in my spine. Later that night we talked loads then had a bit of a kiss and a cuddle in a small local club.

It hasn't always been easy, and there have been plenty of down's to go with the up's, but this week we celebrate 10 years together (and our birthdays) by going off to a small cottage by the sea. Every now and then I still get a tingle run down my back when I catch him looking at me in the way he did on the bus those 10 years ago.
 

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I met my partner at uni, he is the twin brother of my best friend's (now) husband. I'd heard about him, and seen a photo of him and, I can't really explain this without using a cliche, 'knew he was the one', we've spoken about this often and he felt the same (to the extent where the first night we were supposed to be meeting, as a group, he cancelled because he was too nervous). He wasn't out at the time but had mentioned to his twin that he thought he might be gay, his twin wanted me and him to meet so we could talk about the feelings he was having, as I was the only gay guy he knew.

Anyway, a Uni get together was arranged for my 20th birthday, which, by chance, is the day before the twins birthday's. It's freezing cold and raining and this cute guy walks up holding on to my best friend's arm, and I think 'wow'. A short run for a bus then when we get seated I caught him looking at me, smiled to myself and felt a tingle in my spine. Later that night we talked loads then had a bit of a kiss and a cuddle in a small local club.

It hasn't always been easy, and there have been plenty of down's to go with the up's, but this week we celebrate 10 years together (and our birthdays) by going off to a small cottage by the sea. Every now and then I still get a tingle run down my back when I catch him looking at me in the way he did on the bus those 10 years ago.



Nice! I read this and thought to myself "aaaaaaawwwwwwwww..........."
 

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Every now and then I still get a tingle run down my back when I catch him looking at me in the way he did on the bus those 10 years ago.

Nice! I read this and thought to myself "aaaaaaawwwwwwwww..........."

Totally with spoon on this....so nice. I love the fact that no matter what you've been through in the last 10 years, he can still make you tingle. That's another one that gives me goosebumps. :smile:
 

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I met my partner at uni, he is the twin brother of my best friend's (now) husband. I'd heard about him, and seen a photo of him and, I can't really explain this without using a cliche, 'knew he was the one', we've spoken about this often and he felt the same (to the extent where the first night we were supposed to be meeting, as a group, he cancelled because he was too nervous). He wasn't out at the time but had mentioned to his twin that he thought he might be gay, his twin wanted me and him to meet so we could talk about the feelings he was having, as I was the only gay guy he knew.

Anyway, a Uni get together was arranged for my 20th birthday, which, by chance, is the day before the twins birthday's. It's freezing cold and raining and this cute guy walks up holding on to my best friend's arm, and I think 'wow'. A short run for a bus then when we get seated I caught him looking at me, smiled to myself and felt a tingle in my spine. Later that night we talked loads then had a bit of a kiss and a cuddle in a small local club.

It hasn't always been easy, and there have been plenty of down's to go with the up's, but this week we celebrate 10 years together (and our birthdays) by going off to a small cottage by the sea. Every now and then I still get a tingle run down my back when I catch him looking at me in the way he did on the bus those 10 years ago.

I love this story.... (and oh... those looks... I know the tingle of which you speak)
 

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Well,

About 3 yrs ago, I got a PM from someone. He said that he really enjoyed my posts and asked if he could send a Friends Request. Oh ya,the bottom of his PM said "btw, my 1% is for guys like you.

I had seen him around and had seen his gallery, and my 1st thought was WOW :eek:, he's hot! Anyway, I'm always open to meeting new friends, so of course, I thanked him for his compliments and told him I'd be happy to accept.

We PM'ed back and forth, and I found him to be pretty cool and fun to talk to. At some point, I gave him my phone number and said that if he ever felt like he needed to, to give me a call. After that we continued to talk through messages, and I kinda forgot that I had given him my number.

A few weeks later, I answered my phone, and it was him. I have to say, I was pretty surprised. We got to talkin about where we lived, the girls we dated, basketball, etc. Before we knew it, we had talked for over 2 hrs.

We messaged, talked on the phone, and texted, and talked in the chat room here for another couple of months. During one of those times, he mentioned that he wanted to travel to either NY or Calif. I jokingly said that if he came to Cali, he would have a free place to stay, lol. To my surprise, he decided to come visit.

Now, one thing that I need to explain is that I was still convinced that he was completely straight. We had said flirty things, but I just considered it what I call "Board Banter". One of the things that I like about this place is that there are so many straight guys secure enough in themselves that they'll flirt back and forth, knowing full well that there's no serious intentions involved.

So, we made plans for his visit. I made it for a week that I didn't have my kids, so there would be an extra bedroom for him to stay in. (little did I know :rolleyes:). I knew by now that I had what I thought was a crush on him, but truley thought that he saw me as just a friend. I was pretty blind towards things he had said to me. One time I was going through relationship problems, and I recall him saying "Tell them that if they don't see what they have, you have someone else that would". Again, I thought he was just boostin my ego, lol.

Anyway, it was December 21st. I had a couple of friends that I confided in about how I felt about him. He had texted me one morning something about how he had a dream that he woke up with me, and it had made him smile. I immediately started texting one of those friends about it. I told them how I wished it was true, because I felt like even tho there was no chance, I was actually starting to fall for him, and a couple of other of my "wishes", and hit "send"......

I looked at my phone and Holy Shit!! Her name was directly above his, and I had mistakenly hit his :eek: My first thought was OMG, I have fucked up this friendship. I crossed the line. No longer will he see me as a friend that he could openly flirt with, without second guessing how I was taking it :frown1:

I immediately started texting apologies, that I was kidding, it was a joke, etc. Hours went by and he hadn't responded. I just knew he was pissed. How could I have done something so stupid, and lost a good friend. :mad:

My text bell went off, and I actually didn't want to look, but when I did...I read "That's too bad, cuz I feel the same about you". Did I just read that?? Really?? I think my smile must have reached both ears :biggrin1: I couldn't believe it. My heart beat faster and I could wait until I could talk to him and make sure he wasn't jerkin my chain. I still wouldn't let myself believe it.

We were inseparable on the phone. we both had ear pieces and kept them on (including spares while the others were recharging, lol) from morning till night. We would get teased in chat because we would have each others cams up, along with our group of friends, and be on the phone the entire time. It was not uncommon for our monthly minutes to be above 10,000 (14,000 was the record, lol).

April came, and he flew to visit with me. He flew into San Jose and I played my 1st trick on him :smile:. I called him after he landed, and told him that I was stuck in traffic and wouldn't be there for quite a while. Then I hid behind other people and admired him walking past me and waiting for his luggage, lol. Gawd, he was more handsome in person than even on cam.

The drive home was amazing. And the surprises were'nt over yet. I had put a pork shoulder in the crock pot, and had set the table, so it would be ready when we got home. I arranged to secretely call a friend when we were about 20 minutes away, and she came in my house and lit all of the candles in the house ( I had a lot). It was awesome when we walked in.

We had an amazing week together. Everything was perfect. It felt like the saddest day of my life when I took him back to the airport to go back. But, he decided he wanted to move back here, and on July 7th, I flew back to the opposite coast, packed the Uhaul, and drove back here with him.

That was almost 2 years ago, and I am more in love today then ever. I never thought that I could have this type of a relationship with another man. I couldn't be any happier :biggrin1: I'm still amazed everytime I wake up with him next to me.

Oh, and we use a hell of a lot less minutes on our phones now :tongue:
 

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Now, that's the story I've been waiting for! That completely warms my heart and makes me feel good. I like the both of you so much and I've been curious for so long. Thank you for sharing!

Btw...1%? Wow....you are awesome to turn that into 100% love :smile:
 

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Now, that's the story I've been waiting for! That completely warms my heart and makes me feel good. I like the both of you so much and I've been curious for so long. Thank you for sharing!

Btw...1%? Wow....you are awesome to turn that into 100% love :smile:

He's the awesome one :wink:. He's also my very 1st m/m relationship :smile:
 

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It's nice to know that love like that exists in the world. I may never have it myself, but just knowing that other people do? It makes me feel good :smile:
 

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I met my boyfriend of a little over 2 years online. We both played World of Warcraft at the time but we didn't actually meet IN game. I was playing and a quasi-gamer-friend messaged me and was like, "Hey, I just joined this new guild, you should hop on vent and say hi." For those of you that don't know what vent is, it's short for Ventrilo which is a chat program used mostly amongst gamers. I go ahead and hop on his guilds vent server and introduce myself. There's a few people in there. Me, my friend (we'll call him Vlad, a shortened version of his characters name), and 3 or 4 of his guildmates whose names I can't all remember. We were all talking amongst ourselves then a few people logged off leaving me, Vlad, and 2 of his guildmates, both male. I sent Vlad a message in-game about how I thought one of the guys, we'll call him Draven, had a hot voice. He said I should flirt with him. I politely declined. I'm not really forward enough to flirt, and even if I were, I'm not sure I'd flirt over an online voice chat with a guy I had 'known' for all of ten minutes. He kept pushing me, I kept declining. I suddenly hear him in vent say "Hey Draven?" "Yes?" "My friend likes you." "Uh... okay?" "Yeah, my friend in vent? She likes you." I raged. Lol. I immediately logged off vent without saying anything and started yelling at Vlad in messages. He basically told me that Draven was a bitter guy, always angry and bitching about work and the game and whatever else, and that he needed someone to flirt with him to make him feel better. I was supremely annoyed. I don't flirt with strangers to give them false hope or make them feel better and he completely overstepped his boundaries. I quit talking to him that day.

A couple days goes by and I keep thinking about Draven and how bad I felt about logging off without saying anything and about what Vlad said, etcetera. I saw him online one day and sent him a message. I explained what happened that day including all the crap Vlad had said about him. We got to talking and sorta never stopped. First it was in-game, then it was on ventrilo, then I gave him my number and we texted, then phone calls. After 2 months we decided we cared about each other enough to see what happened. I live in Kansas City, he lived in Houston at the time. He came up to visit me for Christmas of 2009. We've been madly in love ever since. :smile: We toughed out the long distance relationship bit for 14 months before he moved up here and in with me. This is easily the strongest and best relationship I've ever had. The most trusting, the most comfortable, the most honest... I never even knew a love like this existed. I love him more and more every single day. We never argue (not to say that we don't get annoyed with each other, we just don't ever argue and the annoyances are extremely minor compared to my previous relationships) and it sometimes feels like we never left our honeymoon period. We still giggle and laugh and cuddle and play wrestle and oogle each other. It's silly, but I love it. :smile:
 
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Reading these stories put a smile on my face. I've been in love and it was major but it didn't work out and I admit I am still getting over her but just reading these stories make me feel good about love. Thanks