tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14630771.post8406368610416573074..comments2023-10-28T05:51:59.950-07:00Comments on Looking Out From a Southern Closet: Thursday ThrowbackStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11483662500004895811noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14630771.post-66468395977088817472017-03-03T05:06:07.239-08:002017-03-03T05:06:07.239-08:00Ur-spo; thank you and I too, applaud you for being...Ur-spo; thank you and I too, applaud you for being a strong role model for others. Stephennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14630771.post-82228509081771187002017-03-02T20:21:55.703-08:002017-03-02T20:21:55.703-08:00well said !well said !Ur-spohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237644452200889946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14630771.post-57966731810643329942017-03-02T15:26:21.003-08:002017-03-02T15:26:21.003-08:00Michael; in today's world yes, we could have h...Michael; in today's world yes, we could have had the white picket fence, the kids, and acceptance pretty much. When I grew up, where I grew up, it was impossible. Thinking back on it and the hindsight of years later I too am really not sure if I would have been strong enough to have walked out the door and left my whole life and world behind. That's what I would have had to do. The proverbial clock as you say does not turn back for no one and I can not capture the water that has flowed down stream. I accept it, I live with it, and maybe in the next life paths will be walked that never was. Stephennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14630771.post-8488308683285079532017-03-02T15:11:21.433-08:002017-03-02T15:11:21.433-08:00Thanks for your post...it gets me to reflect on th...Thanks for your post...it gets me to reflect on the decisions that I have made in my life. I think the important thing to always remember is that all of us need to chose our own paths, and we shouldn't judge others for the fork in the road that they selected. I do think that times are so different know than they were when I was first discovering who I was. If I were in my 20s now, I think I may have chosen a different road. But who knows? Who can turn back the proverbial clock? When I was in my 20s I did want kids and the white picket fence, but today, two guys living together can have that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14630771.post-15838490379602994832017-03-02T14:59:07.833-08:002017-03-02T14:59:07.833-08:00Sooo-this-is-me; thank-you. It is hard not thinkin...Sooo-this-is-me; thank-you. It is hard not thinking about the wasted time and all the what if's and if we delve on it too much it will consume us. The best thing is to remember and perhaps learn from it to better ourselves or at least advise someone from the wisdom we have gathered along our journey.Stephennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14630771.post-75453779854794409222017-03-02T09:14:24.195-08:002017-03-02T09:14:24.195-08:00That was a great post, it's so true, I try not...That was a great post, it's so true, I try not to think about the time I wasted hiding but it keeps me up at night sometimes. The truth is however, if I read that twenty years ago, it wouldn't have changed my mind, I would have actually been angry with you. I love that picture, it's interesting, at first I thought it was one of those gay vintage photos but then I realized the guy is using a laptop, must have been an early model lol.Sooo-this-is-mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02001864616415319712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14630771.post-37637879380371072722017-03-02T04:18:56.225-08:002017-03-02T04:18:56.225-08:00John Gray; So, so true. Years ago it just wasn'...John Gray; So, so true. Years ago it just wasn't accepted at all, I know it still happens today, but yesteryear it was a thousand fold worst. The tolerance (acceptance) is being changed by the brave men and women living their lives as they were intended. I applaud you for being a strong role model. Stephennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14630771.post-19224367093007558862017-03-02T01:42:19.352-08:002017-03-02T01:42:19.352-08:00I think " following your own" path is so...I think " following your own" path is so much easier tiday than it ever was.<br />I was chatting to a doctor the other day who is a devout muslim <br />He must have seem my wedding ring and presumed i was married to a woman, so when we chatted about holidays, he asked me where my " wife" preferred to go<br />I told him i have a husband not a wife and it clearly threw him but just for a moment<br /><br />Our conversation carried on as normal<br /><br /><br />John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.com