I wouldn't meet him at first, he was on the other side of the campus, but @ATLJono was also starting at AU. And, eventually, we would meet.
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I was still heartbroken over a boy from home at first, writing to Jim about how ~lost~ I was and such — but Jim helped me through it.
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And, even though I wasn't out upon arrival at AU, I ~cautiously~ started coming out to people within a month of arriving. It was glorious.
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Over Thanksgiving, I came home to Ohio & came out to my mom. She was as wonderful as a mom could be. ... The next week, I went back to DC.
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Over those weeks,
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Then, on Dec. 1, 1995, he kissed me. And I kissed him. And we started dating.
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I screwed many things up over the course of our relationship, did many things just out-and-out wrong, learned many things, and grew up some.
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(I still screw things up today, as I have done most days since '95. But, that's life, and y'all know I love living honestly about that.)
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But, throughout the past 20 years, I have been so incredibly blessed to have met, fallen in love with, & then become friends with
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@TommieWho @ATLJono No -- friends for many times more time than we ever dated back in the '90s!
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