I've known this guy from another forum I frequent and IRC for three or four years. Since late-September 2006, we started talking a lot and we quickly grew from being just accomplices to best of friends. We are both the same age, have similar interests, etc. The more we talked (both on Skype and on webcam), the more we fell in love with each other. We decided in mid-to-late-November that we were going to meet one way or another. He lives in Southern California; I live in Detroit. On November 25, 2006, he purchased tickets to fly from LAX to DTW and stay with me in my apartment from December 28, 2006 to January 8, 2007.
We were both nervous about meeting in real life. There's always that subconscious worry that your online love won't carry out well in real-life, even though we told ourselves that would never happen. And to be honest, I set very high expectations for everything. I'm happy to say that our meeting has exceeded every single one of them. Everything about our time together has been absolutely amazing. From the first time I saw him coming out of the airport terminal, to my last hug to him as he boarded his flight home this morning—words can't describe how I feel. We watched over a half dozen movies, sat down and ate at nice restaurants, went to the theater, the mall, cruised downtown Detroit, hung out with friends, went for walks, and did countless other little things that made me (and him) very, very happy. Everything was just how I imagined it would be—only better.
Neither of us are out of the closet, although some of my friends definitely have "picked up" on us since he's been here. I'm entirely in love with this man, and I want to spend every day of my life with him. We've been talking, and it's very likely we will be moving in with each other sometime this year. I don't really have a reason to post this here, but it feels good to have people know how I really feel. Sometimes love is found in the most unlikely of places.
We were both nervous about meeting in real life. There's always that subconscious worry that your online love won't carry out well in real-life, even though we told ourselves that would never happen. And to be honest, I set very high expectations for everything. I'm happy to say that our meeting has exceeded every single one of them. Everything about our time together has been absolutely amazing. From the first time I saw him coming out of the airport terminal, to my last hug to him as he boarded his flight home this morning—words can't describe how I feel. We watched over a half dozen movies, sat down and ate at nice restaurants, went to the theater, the mall, cruised downtown Detroit, hung out with friends, went for walks, and did countless other little things that made me (and him) very, very happy. Everything was just how I imagined it would be—only better.
Neither of us are out of the closet, although some of my friends definitely have "picked up" on us since he's been here. I'm entirely in love with this man, and I want to spend every day of my life with him. We've been talking, and it's very likely we will be moving in with each other sometime this year. I don't really have a reason to post this here, but it feels good to have people know how I really feel. Sometimes love is found in the most unlikely of places.
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