Here I was in 2007, newly single for the first time since I was 23 years-old. It felt like riding a bicycle with training wheels, having to learn how to date all over again, with the added complication of navigating dating women! There are so many lessons I’ve learned since then, through living and dating. I want to tell my 41 year-old self all that I know now, and how to avoid the misunderstandings, hurt, heartache and even at times, the danger, but I am also wise enough to know that she wouldn’t listen. I had to live through my experiences, my misadventures. I had to discover what did and did not work, and begin my journey of self-exploration, a necessary ingredient for dating women.
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to Straight to Gay to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.