JOSH: One of my friends told me (in a very high school fashion) that a fitness instructor at my gym wanted to take me out on a date. "Fantastic!" I thought. He's got a job and enough money to treat me to dinner. There is hope.
I work the hair, work through the nausea and make my way to the Chinese food restaurant that I have already made sure is MSG free since I don't want to bloat on a first date...How Ugly Betty or The Bachelor gone wrong...
When I look around, in Walks Mister Instructor EXCEPT it's not the guy I thought it was...Ok I have to admit it was a wee bit awkward in a "talking to your parents about sex way" for about 5 minutes. And then I realized what I thought was a dating disaster turned out to be something of a Disney movie and I of course was the little mermaid who found her legs...
Cut to 14 years later - which in gay years is an eternity - and I am still with Mr. Wonderful who embraces me for who I am.
