I had this unnerving urge to stay private. Private about my homosexuality. You see, most mornings I go swimming at a local pool, and over the last few weeks, a guy who has often seen me in the change room after my refreshing dip, struck up a conversation with me. He teaches English to migrants, and …
5 Tips for Staying in Love
This year my partner and I will clock up twenty-eight years together. And although the anniversary of when we met will arrive six months before the date we became a couple, it highlights the fact that love should never be rushed. Take time to fall in love. Don't go shopping for it. For it will tap you on the …
Thanks to the Straight Man
This is my newest love letter. A love letter to the modern straight man. In decades past I hid my sexuality, somehow making my homo nature painfully evident the more I tried. I freaked out when I'd meet a 'manly man' who still had a limited view of the world. Yet it was me who chose not to …
The Couples Curse: The Remote Control
I have a saying about my long term relationship: Warren taught me to cook and I taught him the importance of having a proper Hi-Fi system in the house. And as a couple, we are mad about movies, music and entertaining, so both go hand in hand. But over the years, the few remote controls that sat in the …